Mentalechoes

I was doing some heavy proscrastinating from a badly needed kitchen cleanup when I came across this site where you can buy slankets! Let me tell you, before I actually opened this up in a browser my mind was absolutely racing with all the possibilities of what it could have been.

Was it some spanky new sex toy? Was it a genetically engineered furry snake? A new cocktail? A Jamie Oliver recipe? I really thought it couldn’t have anything to do with blankets! Nah, no way! It couldn’t be that easy!

Well, actually it was. Turns out the slanket is a blanket with sleeves. Which goes to show that not everything has to be complicated and high tech in the 21st century to be geek cool. Sure, I thought it was stupid too when I first saw it. But hearing that the cold front that was responsible for turning Moscow into a frozen artic wasteland with temperatures around -45 degrees centigrade is headed our way, I suddenly saw the slankets true potential!

Imagine being able to lay on the couch with your arms and upper body totally covered as you read a book, whilst flipping telly channels with the remote, and maybe writing… stuff. All because you can, and staying totally toasty warm! If you’re lucky enough to have someone with you, you can even share the arms, one each, and have fun playing clapping games, or slapping games! (Whatever turns your knobs I guess) Truly the fun never stops with a slanket.

Seeing as how it looks something fairly simple in design I think I am going to try making one for myself. How hard can it be? I never actually have sewn anything in my life, but you know, I say never let that stop you! Hell no! If you never did anything you didn’t do before, you wouldn’t do anything at all! So making my very own slanket will also be my first foray into the world of sewing!

Wow, it’s not just an blanket with sleeves, it’s an fantastic adventure! Where will the craziness end?!

I just hope I can get it finished in time before the Russian cold front turns Amsterdam into a frozen artic wasteland too!

Padwanna!