Over The Shoulder Blanket

Hello crafty friends!

Do you ever get cold sitting watching tv, while

reading or when

you are on the computer?
I do, I sit to watch tv with my feet up on the 

hassock, covered with a blanket.

But my arms get cold.

Pulling the blanket up doesn't help a lot,

it just doesn't work, especially when I need to 

use my hands to hold a book or type on the computer.

My friend Jenn showed me how to make this 

"over the shoulder blanket"

Today I'm going to share that with you.

I chose 2 designs of fleece and purchased 1.5 yards of each.

I laid the pieces of fleece out evenly on top of each other.

And laid a yard stick down about 4" from one side.

You can also use masking tape or blue painters tape for this.

I cut a square out of the corner measuring about 4"x4"

Leaving the yard stick in place, I cut strips about 1" wide

up to the 4" mark.

Find the center of the fabric, I chose the 1.5 yard side.

Cut up to the center of the fabric.

This is where the space for your neck will form.

Cut this just as you did the other edges.

Now you will need to decide how you want to do 

your edges.  You can simply tie them in knots.

Or

you can make a small slit through both layers on each strip

of fleece,

then bring the ends of the fleece through the slit in the fabric.

Hopefully you can see in this picture what I mean.

Here is a picture showing how it looks with,

on the left the strip going down through the slit,

and on the right, the strip going up through the slit.
It doesn't matter which way you do it, it's all a matter of

preference. 

Here is shows from the other side.

Here is the finished blanket with all the strips done.

I decided to do them with the slit method for this blanket.

Here I am with my finished blanket.

I love it!

I can keep my arms, shoulders and neck warm

and also have my hands free.

Thanks for stopping by today.

I hope you've been inspired in some way

and will come again soon.

Until next time,

do something creative.