uses for a very holy blanket

[Tengu]

an old grey woollen one.

I am thinking of making leg wrappings.

but any other ideas?

 

[Pattree]

If it has holes from moth or the fibres are becoming weak - bin it.

If not, it sort of depends where the holes are and how good you are at darning.

In the sixties I saw blankets repaired with macrame and used around camp fires.

 

[Broch]

If it has holes from moth or the fibres are becoming weak - bin it.

If not, it sort of depends where the holes are and how good you are at darning.

In the sixties I saw blankets repaired with macrame and used around camp fires.

Ah, the sixties and seventies and macrame

 

[Pattree]

Read the book, sung the song, have the macrame waistcoat.

 

[oldtimer]

If it's holy, bless it: if it's holey, bin it.

 

[Laurentius]

an old grey woollen one.

I am thinking of making leg wrappings.

but any other ideas?

Cut it into small pieces for quilting, or unpick it and use it to stuff cushions.

 

[Tengu]

Im sure its got some use.

I would darn it up but I have plenty blankets; found another last week.

Today I found two coloured ones but I suspect those are synthetic

 

[forrestdweller]

make a poncho?!

 

[Pattree]

Make a bonfire.

 

[Woody girl]

Make a patchwork lap quilt. Cut squares (4-6 inches) out of the good bits, and sew them together to make a lap quilt for watching TV, or cuddle round your shoulders when reading in bed.
You could sacrifice a tatty blanket of another colour and patchwork alternate coloured squares. Back it with a bit of cotton (old sheet) and to quilt it simply, just run a machine down the valley of each seam, or stitch by hand in each corner of every square.
To make it more interesting you could do Japanese stitching on alternate squares...its got a name, but forgotten what it's called. Seen it on yt. It's realy just making patterns with simple running stitch.

 

[GreyCat]

Make a patchwork lap quilt. Cut squares (4-6 inches) out of the good bits, and sew them together to make a lap quilt for watching TV, or cuddle round your shoulders when reading in bed.
You could sacrifice a tatty blanket of another colour and patchwork alternate coloured squares. Back it with a bit of cotton (old sheet) and to quilt it simply, just run a machine down the valley of each seam, or stitch by hand in each corner of every square.
To make it more interesting you could do Japanese stitching on alternate squares...its got a name, but forgotten what it's called. Seen it on yt. It's realy just making patterns with simple running stitch.

Sashiko.

GC

 

[Tengu]

Yes, thats it. I have some templates for it.

And a lap quilt sounds a plan but I have a lot of projects on.

 

[Woody girl]

Sashiko.

GC

That's it! You can mend holes with it too, so tengu could have a delightful sashiko blanket and not have to cut it up.

 

[birchwood]

Back it with canvas and use it as a picnic rug

 

[haptalaon]

You could fold it to a good size and then quilt it to an outer layer to make a sit mat. A cheap alternative is putting it in one or those freezer bag for life bags, and it's immediately usable on the ground.

 

[C_Claycomb]

Donate to a chilly cat or dog.
Life is too short to spend time on some stuff.