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Hope everyone has a fantastic Friday. Live long and prosper, you glorious bastards.
TIL not everyone uses a duvet (also TIL that that thing's called a duvet). That's really surprising to me, so some people just use the blanket directly? What do you do when it gets dirty, they're really hard to wash?
As posted further down, here's my understanding:
A duvet is hard to wash, but a blanket is about the same as a duvet cover, it's just thicker and thus takes up more space in the washing machine. My washing machine does a good job of spinning out the water, so it doesn't take forever to dry.
Aussie English is almost the same, just replace duvet with doona
I live in a cold bit of Australia and we use doonas with doona covers and an optional top sheet
We nearly never wash the doona, just the cover and the sheets
A duvet by definition is down. Duvet is the French word for down. Though I'm sure most people don't realize this and use duvet to refer to just about anything blanketlike.
it's only a duvet if it comes from the Duvet region of France, otherwise it's just a sparkling blanket
Oh I wanted to make that joke :(
No, people use "duvet" specifically to refer to the blanket-like things that go inside duvet covers. Sometimes those are filled with down, but many types of filling are used these days. Back when the word "duvet" originated, down was probably the only filling used, but now that we have alternatives, it makes sense that the word "duvet" is still used to refer to non-down alternatively-filled blanket-like things, because language evolves.
I think you mean a duvet cover, a duvet is a thick (cotton or down filled) blanket. Also called a comforter or quilt in America.
I find it absolutely insane that someone would use a duvet without a duvet cover.. I change my duvet cover once or twice a week, can't imagine these people are washing their entire duvets once a week.
I was also gonna ask why you couldn't just put your weighted blanket in a cover, only to realize that I don't know the right words in English. Also weird that people just don't use covers for their blankets, but if you're not happy with the color of your blanket, that would be a good reason to start using one.
Not all blankets are difficult to wash. Mine just goes in the washer with the rest of the linens.
It's better than buying a house in the late 1970s.
"Do you have a kitchen in a color other than harvest gold or green coral?"
Oh, so you're looking for wood panel?
Seemingly unpopular view these days, but I absolutely love that type of wood panel wall covering. Something about it just gives me really cozy vibes, even if it isn't really "pretty"
cozy > pretty any day
Reminds me of my late grandmother's home. Not the stuffy, weird old people smell kind of place, but nice wood panelling, regal hardwood furniture, patterned wallpaper, trinkets, shells and geodes
No, you want to go down the hall to the 1980's, next to all the brass and glass. If you see nothing but blue LEDs on everything, you've gone too far.
No, but we can add floral patterns for only a small extra fee!
Lul my mother in law just remodeled her kitchen this last year and chose both of those colors. Tbf she's from those time periods.
Not mine but saw this online and thought it would be a good idea. I love the idea of a weighted blanket but get way too hot at night.
I wanted to get like, a weighted jacket, so I could take it off and throw it on the ground and have it make a thud, like I'm piccolo, or rock lee, right, and maybe get jacked at the same time, but apparently it costs like 200 bucks for one. So that sucks.
Edit: Also, none of them taper at the waist, which I feel like would be a good idea since that would more evenly distribute the weight on your hips instead of just on your shoulders.
Weighted Clothes are terrible for your joints.
https://youtu.be/joO82ovqoyg?si=tQWB7UZLK_bcx4R3
... Pre and Post Because Science Break-up...
I can take two of these carpets, staple them together and fill it with gravel. Would that work?
I ended up making my own, it was surprisingly easy and fun.
I just bought the fattest thickest yarn available at micheals and finger knit it into a giant blanket. With it being so thick it was easy to just work my way back and forth knitting it by pulling loops with my fingers.
I went overkill and used too many skeins and now it won't fit in my washing machine, so I can only wash it at the laundromat on the turbo size machines. Also when it's wet it takes my fiance and I combined to lift it.
But hot damn is it amazing, it's both heavy as hell but breathes really well so I don't get too hot under it. And it's large enough I can fold it in half for double weight/warmth if I wanna just cook myself like a lil bean burrito.
Highly recommend it, it's a fun beginner project.
can confirm. i barely know how to sow, but i was able to make a blanket with just my hands by following a yt tutorial. super simple and the blanket is really nice, tho mine wasnt as heavy as a weighted blanket.
Tangentially, what up with all these putty ass lookin’ whips?
I've been noticing a lot more Nardos after watching that.
You usually put a duvet cover on them, so the actual color of the blanket doesn't matter.
This savage probably doesn't have a mattress protector either
I just got a cover for mine. And then you can actually wash the thing. Not like you wanna put something that weighs 10lbs dry in the washer and dryer
The best sleep I've ever gotten in my life was during a long hospital stay (I'm fine now) where for a bit I was just cold all of the time and they put a "Bair Hugger warming blanket system" on me. It blew hot air down directly on me and had a thick normal blanket on top of it for insulation. Slept HARD, I was in (relative) heaven.
That sounded good so I searched for it, but that looks like an absurd thing to have in your house.
While not the same, there are similar ideas out there for the regular consumer that aren't as absurd.
Not sure if this is mostly meant to be a joke but the gravity blanket comes in a bunch of different colors including bright and light colors.
Even as a joke, it's not very good.
Amazon "weighed blankets" immediately had options in every color, plus printed patterns.
Is it bad that I like the grey color?
I don't have anything to really add to the thread, but just wanted to say good luck with the move and whatnot
YES WHYYYYY are they all this color? They remind me of the anti-suicide blanket they gave me in jail.
You could put a duvet cover on it, in whatever color or pattern you like. And you can't really wash weighted blankets easily, anyway.
The knitted ones come in different colors.
When my partner got a Bearaby one they giggled...
Actually years later they still giggle when they climb under it
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