A game of thrones costume designer has revealed the cloaks worn by the night s watch brothers are actually just beat up ikea rugs.
Ikea rug for nights watch cloak.
They have ones as low as 20.
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Kids or yourself run around all day and you don t want any accidents with flying carpets.
Ikea s official instructions for making your own night s watch cloak.
After this fun fact went viral ikea released instructions for making your own cloak.
Ikea has some basic instructions to make a night s watch cloak.
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The night s watch may be the scrappiest military force in westeros but it s apparently no match for the game of thrones costumers in that domain.
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In the ikea cloak details those appear around the 27 30 mark.
All you need is a black skold rug 79 and scissors.
They add a feeling of softness and warmth and help pull groups of furniture like armchairs and sofas together.
Now ikea a retailer that s all about the diy has released basic instructions on how to make your own night s watch cloak at home.
Game of thrones costume designer michele clapton used ikea rugs for the night s watch cloaks.
In a talk at los angeles getty museum last year that s just now getting some attention online the show s longtime costume designer revealed an odd secret about the north s.
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First you will need to buy a skold sheepskin rug which.
These steps involve cutting a hole in the rug for your head dying it to look like distressed animal fur and sewing on.
After the dye sets give the rug another round of distress and then give it a nice waxing.
While the costume people admitted they re made from ikea rugs they didn t say which one.
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You can also distress the rug for further authenticity.
The night s watch true to their backstory as a borderline forgotten and perpetually underfunded westerosi institution are actually literally running around wearing beat to shit ikea rugs.