Just found a large queen size wool blanket last night at a local Thrifty Shopper store for 5 bucks ! Super excited. Doing a men's retreat this weekend at a Christian summer camp... We'll be inside but the cabins are un-insulated. Looking forward to using the blanket! Thank you for the tip Dan!

I really liked your bigger wool blanket. After I figured out how you put yours together, I just finished making a 90x90 blanket from two Harbor Freight 60x80 wool blankets. Total cost, with tax = $18.36. Sweet!

All snugged in--Now I gotta pee....

As always, taking a known method and stepping up its game! Thanks Dan

With wool blankets and a flannel fitted sheet. Love the warmth comfort and rase and roll.

Good idea. I keep a few stainless steel diaper pins on hand. They lock closed and come in bright colors, easy to find. 4 for a buck at Walmart.

I use a cashmere wool blanket for summer which is light and soft and for a camping pad I use a sheepskin, I just dont like sleeping in plastic! For winter camping I use an old military sleeping bag that is cotton on the inside and outside with a down filler and I put my cashmere wool blanket inside, I still use my sheepskin as a camping sleep mat.

Brilliant! Good knowledge to take in the woods. I also enjoyed seeing you on Toundsends showing how to wear a blanket as a coat. Great, useful content.

Nice vid :) I've been using that method for years. I move around a lot in my sleep and end up waking in the middle of the night so I have the exact same Kilt pins. I haven't had trouble since.

Try the same technique when sitting on the blanket DIAGONALLY, instead of squarely. One corner as the foot box, and the diagonally opposite corner as the head covering. Some won’t like it; others will. Courtesy of Half Vast Flying

I just had two regular sized wool blankets sewn together on 2 sides (side and bottom) and halfway up the 3rd side so I can climb in and out easily and I don't have to fold and refold or safety pin my blanket every time I move So much easier and doesn't add much more weight to my gear for that second regular sized wool blanket

Watched one of your videos because it kept getting recommended to me. Subscribed after watching it, and looking at your channel. Quality content my man.

Thank you for this video. Yet again, you have offered clear instruction on a valuable topic. Again, thank you.

I love watching your videos. I used to camp a lot in the past. Your advice is very clear and full of positive energy.

I do something similar but instead of safety pins I use a military poncho as the ground sheet, putting the blanket burrito on top, wrap up the lower part and snap the sides and foot together (I added two snaps to the 'foot' area) and work my way up to my head and now I have protection from ground moisture and some protection from rain! Also adding ground litter for extra insulation is easier and less of a mess!

A very well made "How to Video" on the good old wool blanket. Thumbs up!

Great video Dan. I usually carry 6 extra heavy duty giant safety pins. My wool blanket is extra heavy duty 60"x 90". Weighs in about 5 lbs. but worth the extra heft. If it is really cold I want sufficient protection.

This helped much! I use a strap to bundle me legs. Takes getting used to but the warmth is nice

Goid video and that's a good use of big safety pins with the blanket bag.

Great vid Dan. I like the two to three blanket layers of warmth you have. I turn my blanket into a temporary sleeping bag by using paracord ties but it only gives me one layer. Thanks for sharing.

Nice!… great video!..

Sweet tricks you're gifting us these days

“Snug as a bug in a rug” lol Great idea Dan!

I think I'll have to do this in my bed because my wife keeps pulling the covers off me .this is something similar to what the Scottish highlanders done with their kilts and plaids in Scotland hiding from the English .Alec from Scotland

Thank you!

It’s a great method and I use it with a queen size wool blanket.

Wow, good stuff, thanks! Snug as a bug in a rug, like your sleeping bag - nice!

That’s a great tip Dan. Thanks and take care.

Nice video sir! Thank you for always sharing your knowledge!! Gonna leave that sleeping bag behind one day and do this.

I am trying to find a way to attach a wooby to the inside of my wool blanket. I got these plastic clips from Perry peacock that you can use on a tarp to put them anywhere to make a tie down point and they got a bunch of them maybe If I can tired them down around the periphery of the blakei can join them and have the best of both in one.

Excellent info Dan!

Very nice video I’m from Alaska and this is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like that and that way is cool very very cool

Czech Army Sleeping bag......can add a second blanket too. Bought two for about "20 US dollars/£18 Sterling 🙂

Thanks Dan, again as always great info and easy to understand…Ed

I love your vids I'm just starting and love to learn new stuff

Thanks for the video. Would you recommend using a woobie/poncho liner for additional warmth in temps down to 40?

Great job

Great video and advice

Great tip.

Great information as always my friend 😇

That's a good addition to the burrito wool blanket method. I do think though that 2 twin size wool blankets are a much better option, vs 1 queen size, for anyone 6 foot or larger. 2 are much more versitle than 1. Thanks for the video....

(excuse my bad english) say, what is the coldest night temperature you can comfortably sleep at with such a blanket (and a tarp as cover/shelter of course)?

Simple. Genius. Thanks man

It’s like swaddling a baby 😂👍🏻

Great video! Will remember this for my next camping trip. What do you think is the comfort temperature of sleeping with a wool blanket alone? And what are the dimensions of the one in this video?:)

I recently purchased a Faribault Frontier Wool Blanket, queen size. I'm going to leave the darn thing to one of my children in my will!! I'm afraid of poking holes in it!

Brilliant!

Super

Going to try that tomorrow

Just sew 2 wool blankets together into a sleeping bag

Great tip!! Thanks Dan!

Awesome video dan. Thanks

Thank you it helps a lot

Wool blankets are not very warm but they are fairly fireproof.....I would do this with a long fire or Siberian fire .

Hi Dan, love your insights. What is a good thickness and charachteristics for wool blankets. I would love a video on what to look for in a good blanket. Do you favor loftier fuzzy wool or the sturdier denser blankets like mil surplus that are more durable for outdoor camping?

What do you put on the ground in between you and the wool blanket? I have gone backpacking before with a sleeping bag, bivy, small thermarest pad, and ground cloth but still froze my ass off (mountains in early fall and the sleeping bag was garbage). I know my body and with just the wool blanket, even this big one that I think you wrote in other comments is massive and pieced together at 100"x100", I would freeze.

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Nice tip, thanks!

Wool blankets are the best. I sleep under mine even in my house just to keep my pimp hand strong.

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For the sane or less weight and for speed and simplicity i prefer a sleeping bag

I wanted to ask a question about the whole wool blanket idea. How on earth do you clean them? Laying in them gets sweat in them, mud on them. Surely not very practical. I grew up in the countryside and actually kept sheep and know all about the properties of wool but washing it is tricky.

Dan I know this is a year old video and hope you'll answer. Is the blanket you have one single or 2 sown together. That was a great informative video. Thanks.

good vid.. questions: how tall are you?, and what are the dimensions of your blanket? thanks...

Great guide, thanks! :-)

Can you please post a picture of how you sewed this together.

Snuggly buggly🙂

So do I have to unpin and re pin that each of the 2-4 times I’m going to have to get up to pee during the night? Or is it possible to slide in and out without having to do all that?

Dan where can we get thick 100% wool blankets for inexpensive?

What are the TOP 5 old-school brands for 100% wool blankets? Also, what's the difference between merino and sheep wool?

sound advice Dan, I know because my grand dad taught me that trick right around 60 years ago... that being said it looks like you might have pieced your blanket together from one or two more blankets am I right?

Check out a "Great Kilt"

What size blanket is that?

Is that a queen or king blanket.

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Dan I have a question❓ do your school teach forging knives. That is something I was interested in. If not do you any ideas on how or where I could get started forging

Hello sir. I am wondering what size your blanket is? I have always found that I am too wide and fat to be full wrapped. I must be doing something wrong.

so this is all you sleep in?? 🤯 in the world of ultralight this could be incredible, not to mention affordable

snug-as-bug-in-a-rug

I wonder if I could sew the folds together... hmmm

What are the dimensions of that blanket?

Great video man. I’ve never tried to sleep in just a wool blanket. What temp do you go down to with that set up?

where'd you get those large safety pins ?

If you're in love with a wool blanket, stuff it around you inside your sleeping bag

swaddling

Like swaddling a baby

Snug as a bug in a rug

where did you get that uge wool blanket

And when a bear comes what do you do?

How big is your blanket?

Snug as a bug in a rug lol

Good vid. What size wool blanket were you utilizing?

Hey man, what is the significance of carrying half of a wool blanket??

Snug as bug in a rug.

The solution to stay warm is don’t sleep on the ground.

why not just use a good quality light weight sleeping bag

What size dimensions is that blanket?

Orrrrrr.... You can use a sleeping bag

I just zip up my down military surplus mountain bag. Ta Da!

How do you get rid of the smell of sheep 🐑