Next in the series of turning blankets into garments is this coat/cape made from a fleece blanket.
Fleece has wind-resistant and rain-resistant qualities, a lovely drape, light weight, and it is so cosy.
This is a simple, versatile design that took eight minutes to produce – thirty seconds to make the two cuts for the armholes: the rest of the time was spent in measuring for the position of those armholes and locating the looonnnnnnggggg
safety pin for a closure.
Here's the armhole slit under the 'collar' ; the depth of the collar can vary but in this instance, because the blanket was big enough, I made it long enough to act as the sleeves when being worn as a coat.
Worn 'other way up' – the collar becomes even more prominent and the coat shorter.
The collar can snuggle around the shoulders, the neck, the ears and also be pulled over the head and act as a cowl and/or hood.
It is a great item to take traveling because it is essentially……a blanket.