Put together a wool blanket anorak this week. Used a Harbor Freight wool blend blanket (80% wool/20% polyester) - cost me a whole $8 on sale. It isn't the nicest blanket but aint too bad - I did wash it to get rid of the chemical smell (and again when the cat decided she was jealous of the time I was spending making it that should clearly have been spent worshiping her -and peed on it! ). I used the basic pattern from here. Since the blanket is a bit itchy I opted to line it with some Wally World special fleece that I had laying around - made it nice and cozy.
The hood is slightly oversized. If I fold it back a bit it gives good visibility but if it's really cold I can nearly cover my face if necessary. The arms are also extra long (I hate sleeves that are too short!). I can cuff them back so they fall at my wrist but I can also put them down and basically cover my hands down to the finger tips. The back is just long enough to cover my back-side sitting, another inch or so would have been nice but hey.
I also took a shot at a hand warmer/kangaroo pocket. That part didn't turn out quite as well as I'd like and will need some refining. (Ripping those stitches is gonna stink.)
Overall I'm quite happy with how it turned out, especially since I've never sewn a piece clothing before. Time to grab the snowshoes and see how warm it is.
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