Updated hoodie

So, I've learned that this may be a balaclava. I call it a hoodie or a cowl because I know how to pronounce "hoodie" and "cowl" :)

I've worn one of these out in the chill for a couple of days now. I need a little more coverage at the bottom since the breeze has gotten between my shirt and the cowl neck. So I've put a rounded hem at the bottom, like on a man's shirt.

I just rounded the bottom of the front and back .

Then I sewed it together, leaving a gap of 3" at the bottom of the side seams. Fleece doesn't ravel, so I didn't even hem the bottom.

Then  I finished by sewing up the hole in the top.

Now this can hang down further on my neck and hopefully cover up any gaps.

So far I've made five of these from one 50" x 60" blanket. I might be able to get one more out of the scraps. 

Today, I looked at the fleece blankets in the local Dollar General. Looks like the cheaper the blanket, the more stretchy, and therefore, the better I like them for this pattern. Fleece yardage from the fabric store is not as stretchy (at least what I found in my stash.) The very first prototype of this hood was made from some hunter orange fleece from Hancock's closeout sale. It was tighter than I liked, so I gave it to an eight year old, and it fit him. Experiment, y'all!