Here is how to find out what IKEA Products have been recalled in your Country and Why

IKEA, the Swedish giant generally has a very good safety record. However, there have been instances where it has been forced to recall products due to manufacturing defects or insufficient labelling.

IKEA was most famously in the news in 2016 for having to recall its MALM and other chest drawers after 4 children died due to these drawers not being anchored to the wall and tipping over. IKEA put a call out to customers so they could get a refund or replacement or get a free anchoring kit.

Other than that, there have been over 50 recalls of IKEA products in the last 10 years in the US alone. It’s earliest recall in the US was for the SNUTTIG soft toys which were recalled for the possibility of the seams opening up and exposing small children to plastic beads.

There have been recalls of products across a variety of product lines. The RUND glasses and mugs were recalled in 2011, the SULTAN HEIDAL spring mattress was recalled in 2010, SMILA wall lamps in 2013 due to strangulation hazards, and even Chocolate!

Funnily enough, products that are recalled in one market are sometimes not recalled in others. The most famous example was the MALM drawers, which were recalled in almost all markets except for Australia.

Of course, product recalls are not just restricted to IKEA. Other companies of similar size have had their own problems keeping up with safety of their wares and having to do nationwide recalls.

To find out all the products that have been recalled by IKEA in your country and why, go to these country specific pages on the IKEA website:

IKEA Product recalls in the USA.

IKEA Product recalls in the UK.

IKEA Product recalls in Australia.

IKEA Products recalls in Canada.

If you would like to add to this list, please let us know by leaving a comment.

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Because it used the same cable all over, I always had to know what row I was on, but nine out of ten of those rows, nothing in particular was going on. So I couldn’t stop paying attention, but what I needed to attend to was boring.

It may have ruined me for knitting cabled sweaters, but maybe I just need something that’s more engaging. Like this Modern Aran Cardigan pattern from Lion Brand Yarn.

This is a reworking of an old pattern from their archives, and you can tell that form the classic look of the cables and the oversized feel (nothing cropped about this one!). It has allover cables, but like a classic Aran sweater it’s not the same cable, so you’ll have to pay attention to what row you’re on and what cable turns happen for which cables on that row.

Because of this, it’s considered an intermediate knitting pattern, but if you’re comfortable working from multiple charts at once it shouldn’t be a problem for you. There are three different charts and seven different cable moves.

Also because the pattern is so big and boxy there are only two sizes available, with a finished chest measurement of either 49 or 63 inches (that’s 124.5 or 160 cm). It’s up to you to decide how much ease you would like and whether that will work for your body.

The pattern uses worsted weight yarn (and calls for another classic, Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool). It calls for six buttons and includes pockets to make it extra cozy.

This one looks like a great winter project to make and to wear if you’re up for a bit of a challenge. You can grab the free pattern or buy a kit with the yarn needed direct from Lion Brand Yarn.

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]

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