Tutorial: Reading blanket that keeps your arms covered

Tutorial: Reading blanket to cover your arms

Reading a book while curled up in bed is a happy luxury. But when it’s cool outside of the covers, your book holding hand can get cold. Detective Houndstooth shows how you can make a reading blanket, with arms sewn in to keep even your book holding hand warm and toasty. It’s similar to a Snuggie, but she has made hers shorter so it covers just your torso and arms – the parts of you that stick out of your regular bedding when you’re reading in bed.

Click below for her tutorial:

Reading Blanket Tutorial, by Detective Houndstooth

[photo from Detective Houndstooth]

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Christmas is one of those holidays that you just can decorate too much for. There’s no limit to the amount of holiday cheer you can bring into you home! There’s no such thing as too many Christmas decorations. You can bring Christmas décor into any room of the house – including the kitchen! Which is kind of fitting given how many Christmas activities and gifts are made in the kitchen. We’ve rounded up 13 Christmas kitchen accessories you can sew for your home or to give as gifts.

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