wool blankets

[graybeard]

The cheaper than dirt catalogue has supposedly 100percent wool blankets for less than $10. Anyone try them? Seems like they'd make good camp blankets and be fairly PC. thanks, graybeard.

 

[Robert58]

You will see Capotes made out of the Italian brown blankets and some made out of the gray. The white hospital blankets are nice also.

Robert

 

[Legionair]

I have several of the Italian blankets, and they are 100% wool. Mine vary in shade from medium grey to tannish to plain brown. They have a dark brownish stripe on them as well. Nice blankets.

Don't have experience with the others, but there was a thread on here maybe 6 months ago (under the treking forum) about blankets, and the view was that some were labeled wool but had other material in them...

Legion

 

[bnail]

. . . Don't have experience with the others, but there was a thread on here maybe 6 months ago (under the treking forum) about blankets, and the view was that some were labeled wool but had other material in them...Legion

I agree, for the price, you can't beat 'em, even if they are blended. the only complication I found was that the blended blankets wouldn't take a dye job.

 

[Many Klatch]

I bought a few blankets for that price once. They had wool in them. I think that all the wool had been reused several times and it was really scratchy. Eventually, the only thing I was able to use them for was lining the trunk of the car. They shredded with use.

Buy a good one, even at an antique store. It will last longer.

Many Klatch

 

[George Holton]

Haunt the auctions for Hudson Bay blankets and be REALLY pc . I have bought them from 15 to 40 bucks. just watch for moth holes. Bob

 

[agill]

The cheaper than dirt catalogue has supposedly 100percent wool blankets for less than $10. Anyone try them? Seems like they'd make good camp blankets and be fairly PC. thanks, graybeard.

I have an Italian wool blanket with a stripe on it that I like very well. I use it inside my mummy sleeping bag when camping if it is cold. Good quality wool.

 

[Russianblood]

The cheaper than dirt catalogue has supposedly 100percent wool blankets for less than $10. Anyone try them? Seems like they'd make good camp blankets and be fairly PC. thanks, graybeard.

I bought 2 of the 100% wool British white hospital blankets. The older one is 100% and the newer one is a blend of unknown proportion but I couldn't tell the two apart without reading the label. For under $10, they are excellent blankets.

 

[Russianblood]

Haunt the auctions for Hudson Bay blankets and be REALLY pc . I have bought them from 15 to 40 bucks. just watch for moth holes. Bob

Hudson Bay blankets aren't PC for everybody. My time frame is the 1750's/60's. Plain white wool works nice though.

 

[rlee58flh]

The white hospital blankets get even better after a trip through some hot water and the dryer. Randy

 

[k.jacobfrost]

The only problem with putting them though the wash is that they will felt a bit and come out smaller then when they went in.

Frost

 

[Harddog]

The only problem with putting them though the wash is that they will felt a bit and come out smaller then when they went in.

Frost

Frost,

Felting a bit is not a problem. Washing a wool blanket is called "fulling" and not only may felt the blanket a little, but also makes the individual threads closer and tighter which makes for a warmer blanket. Good wool blankets probably only shrink about 5% so you don't really lose much in size.

Randy Hedden

 

[Harddog]

The very best wool blankets I have ever used were handwoven Amish blankets. If you live anywhere nere Amish or Mennonite country you can find them in the $25-$35 dollar range at auctions and flea markets.
Amish wool blankets are twice as thick as any blanket I have ever used.

Randy Hedden

 

[redriverclerk]

Hudson's Bay made blankets from the 1600's. They have quite a history, and more than just the traditional "point" blanket.

 

[atki]

A common misunderstanding that Hudson's Bay made blankets. They never have. They imported blankets that were made for them. They used several different companies, including Earlies, Atkinson and Whitney.

The labels on Hudson's Bay Blankets were never used until the late 1800's when Whitney started selling their own blankets. HB put a label on to make sure you knew it was a 'Hudson's Bay' blanket.

wb

 

[Minuteman]

I bought 4 of these for less than 50 bucks including shipping and they are warm , feel like 100% wool. Couldn't see paying 100$ for something I was gonna throw on the ground around a fire.
[url] http://www.majorsurplusnsurvi...OD&Product_Code=080358&Category_Code=210[/url]

 

[Slamfire]

Cheaper'n Dirt has a good selection also. :v

 

[sequoia]

I see a variety of HB blankets on ebay. What would be a PC color?