What To Note In Buying Them The correct weight for a pair of blankets for a single bed is Tibs. and for a double bed about 11lbs.
Many housewives when buying blankets do not trouble about the weight, paying far more attention to the texture and fuffness of the material. The weight, how-ver, really is of importance. Good quality all-wool blankets should be somewhere about the weight quoted.
Other points to remember are that super fluffy texture is not always guarantee of quality, as clever combing will give a thick fluffy coat to inferior blankets. An even closely-knit texture should be looked for, the blankets should be firm and yet soft to the touch, and the fi at the borders should be closely observed, as a badly-stitched or roughly-finished blanket may indicate bad work throughout, 'This season there is quite a craze for coloured blankets, and they are obtainable in the' most lovely colourings, such as deep orange, delicate pinks and blues, beige, and even scarlet, They are no more expensive to buy than cream blankets, and it is certainly an attractive idea to have blankets that tone with one's bedroom colour scheme. Patterned blankets, too, are having a verne, one of their chief recommendations being that they can take the place of top coverlet and save the laundry bills.
It is' always more economical in the long run to have blankets cleaned rather than washed. Itis a good plan to give them an airing in the garden occasionally on a sunny day, and if they are kept clean and fresh in a dry cupboard with a lump of camphor or a few moth balls, the moth is not likely to trouble them, Tt is rarely that moths attack blankets; they do not like the smell of them,' but to be on the safe side stored blankets should be now and again overhauled.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.