Cuddle Party

[ysabetwordsmith]

Everyone needs contact comfort sometimes. Not everyone has ample opportunities for this in facetime. So here is a chance for a cuddle party in cyberspace. Virtual cuddling can help people feel better.

We have a cuddle room that comes with fort cushions, fort frames, sheets for draping, and a weighted blanket. A nest full of colorful egg pillows sits in one corner. There is a basket of grooming brushes, hairbrushes, and styling combs. A bin holds textured pillows. There is a big basket of craft supplies along with art markers, coloring pages, and blank paper. The kitchen has a popcorn machine. Labels are available to mark dietary needs, recipe ingredients, and level of spiciness. Here is the bathroom, open to everyone. There is a lawn tent and an outdoor hot tub. Bathers should post a sign for nude or clothed activity. Come snuggle up!

For the upcoming 4th of July, enjoy some of my previous posts about fireworks.  Watch a video of fireworks going off and fireworks fail.

Comments

Re: Thoughts

[redsixwing]

Hooray for air filtration!

I think I'm going to wind up in a blanket and possibly with a cat, and that should make a big difference.

... one of these days, I'm going to get one of those blankets in person.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

They're not hard to make, although they're expensive to buy.

https://www.thesprucecrafts.com/weighted-blanket-diy-4164314

https://gentleweight.com/weighted-blanket-fillers/

https://www.friendshipcircle.org/blog/2016/08/23/diy-weighted-blanket/

Ones I didn't see:

* You can make a fantastic blanket with washers if you're willing to take the time to sew all the fuckers down.

* You can make a weighted blanket simply by layering heavy fabrics, such as old denim or sweatsuit cloth, which is to say you could get the materials at any thrift store and patch them together.

* Some cotton or wool throw rugs are just big enough to cover a person, and heavy. Look for channel-woven or braided rag rugs usually meant for kitchen use.

Re: Thoughts

[redsixwing]

Oh, brilliant! I didn't even think of making my own.

Sewing washers on is fine with me, and that way they don't shift. The easiest thing to come to my mind is, make a weighted insert and put it in a duvet cover. Those are cheap, even cheaper than buying the kind of yardage it would take to sew my own, and then I don't have to worry about the beads getting out.

Heavy fabric would work, too, and be more washable.

Food for thought. Thank you.

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

Basically, you make something like ring mail. Choose a durable fabric for this, such as denim. To make it permanent, add a layer of padding on each side, then cover that in nice fabric and quilt it all together.

To make a removable weighted liner, consider sewing the washers between two layers of cotton sweatshirt material, which is both tough and cushy, then put your duvet cover on the outside.

Note that a weighted blanket should be about 10% of your body weight. For some people this is too light, for others too heavy, so test before you sew. Get that amount of washers, put them in baggies, and pin them to a blanket for testing. Adjust the weight as desired.

Keep the thing on for as long as you'll be using it -- some people find that the weight starts making a body part ache after a few minutes or an hour, let alone overnight. If you make your own blanket, you can put the weight just where you want it, like leaving your feet unweighted.