Instant Hat and Scarf from Airline Blanket

Make a warm scarf and hat from an airline blanket in less than a minute.
No sewing necessary. The only tool you need is a pair of scissors.
Or if the airline takes yours, I suppose you could use a piece of broken wine bottle to do the cutting.

Mitch and I sporting our spiffy warm new duds.

Step 1: Cut The Blanket

Cut the blanket in half the long way.
If scissors, knife, or broken wine bottle aren't options, here's another method:
Lay it on pavement and bang and scrape with a rock until it's mostly cut through, then rip it.

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[Yerboogieman]

denver?

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[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

you said that you feel safer because handguns are illegal. what about for self defense? "Oh well if they are illegal than criminals can't get them right?" Wrong if a criminal is going to be trying to shoot you i 1 dought that he would care if it was illegal and 2 would have purchased through othor criminals (ie the black market) and also i am never moving to canada (because of the crazy laws and also because it's so darn chilly!)

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[RaNDoMLeiGH]

Welcome to Canada! Buy a gun!

[citizen251]

How about harsh language? Is that legal in Canada?

[turnerfromdh]

yeah you can have scissors and alot of stuff that could cut it on airplanes. you can even have lighters! lol

[Zaphod Beeblebrox]

actually the arport once took (and never gave back) my grandpa's expensive brass zippo,he hates them now

[mchs60chip]

Would it be possible to tie the top of the hat shut inside of it to make a beanie/hat without the tassel?

[amh210]

This seems reasonable for those airlines where you actually have to pay for your blanket and take it with you. Otherwise, aren't you stealing the airline's blanket that they were nice enough to lend to you to provide comfort on your flight?

[porcupinemamma]

That was a concern for me too.

[pedrobedro]

Quite mad but effective. I am the proud owner of a sewing machine, would it be allowed to sew the hat :)

[hawkfrost64]

but with a needle and thread, you could make a slightly more sturdy beanie hdbdhbjs 

[mskogly]

Hehe, thats priceless! With nedle and thread you could have made a whole collection of uglydolls during an internation flight. I suppose you would get banned from the airline forever. but TOTALLY worth it! m.

[podup365.com]

Awesome! When the group I am a part of flies to Zambia in August 2009, we will lay claim to all of our blankets and any others that are left behind. Then we will proceed to make hats and scarves for the people of Zambia that we are there to minister to. Believe it or not, it is cold enough for a scarf or hat in Zambia during the month of August (at least in the wee hours of the mornings it is).

[starstylers]

Awesome. Super stylin' chaps. You boys aren't regular marijuana users by any chance?

[derttiej]

lol i just want to laugh at the hat making process, but the truth is im probably going to make it on a plane one day to show off

[IdahoDavid]

Really nice. And it is so handy for those homeless guys flying with major air carriers. Seriously, though, very innovative. Now can you show how to make a last-minute tux using the same material?

[el eliel]

hey, this would have been handy to have had before I flew into IDAHO last time. the weather had turned abruptly and kinda sucked. I had no hat. I had no scarf. but I could have... :(

[keng]

or you could cut it in half (width-wise) and make two furoshikis...80)

[bruc33ef]

Absolutely great! But, er,... which airline would I have to fly to get one in chocolate brown to match my new shoes?

[GorillazMiko]

Awesome job! :P And Mitch has a very nice Instructables Robot T-shirt (they're all the same), I wish I had one... Nice job!