I have always heard and read about how warm wool blankets are, but when I bought a brand name blanket to use at home, I found that I have never slept colder under any other type of bedding in my life. Is there something wrong with my blanket or is wool more marketing than substance?
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I do antique wool blankets on beds in winter, and it’s fantastic if layered correctly.
From bottom to top: flannel bottom sheet, (person), flannel top sheet, loose weave cotton blanket, wool blanket, big fuzzy blanket.
The warm air gets trapped in the air pockets between the cotton and the wool, which makes it toasty, and the wool doesn’t touch my skin and get itchy.
I was gifted a wool blanket handmade from the wool for the animals on a local farm. It is so itchy! I appreciate the sentiment, but I’d take a fleece blanket over that one any day. Now when my parents come over? I put it on the couch so they think I use it.
>If you wash it once or twice it will fuzz/loft up.
Careful about shrinking with using hot water, same with hot clothes dryer!
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