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Oct 17, 2010 at 1:35 pm #1264489
After making the quilt I made a hood. It's got 2inch if loft and baffled construction. It was my favourite piece of kit I had with me last night. My head was cosy whilst I was cooking, sleeping, packing. I put it on when we got to where we decided to kip and wore until we took of the next morn. Just gonna add some cord to go under my arms just to help it stay put and order some mini cord locks.
My mate liked it enough that he's got me making him one and I reckon it'll be a steal as I'm only charging him round £40 and Nuntakas are over $100. Oh and it weighs around 110 grams.
I may post a tutorial on my blog with step by step pics if people would be interested.
Oct 17, 2010 at 1:45 pm #1655378Looks great and do that tutorial on your blog. Which leads to the question what is the web site URL?
Oct 17, 2010 at 2:28 pm #1655391Rob,
Ok! Time to come clean – where did you buy this???!!!!
Just kidding, of course. It looks too nice! You did a professional job.
Todd
Oct 17, 2010 at 2:43 pm #1655396Nice job! What's your blog URL???
Oct 17, 2010 at 4:26 pm #1655406Very nice!
Also very smart to make it separating at the neck … that makes it much more versatile, especially when wearing when not sleeping.
Pls do post some instructions.
Oct 17, 2010 at 5:45 pm #1655427That looks fantastic.
Please give a link when you have the directions up, I will have to make one.
Great jobOct 18, 2010 at 11:53 am #1655644Definitely blog it (and put your blog url on your profile!)
Looks great.
Oct 18, 2010 at 2:35 pm #1655704Here's the link to the blog article. Sorry for the way some of it looks, I can never get it to do exactly what I want. Let me know what you think of the article and any questions about what I did.
http://rob-thegreatoutdoors.blogspot.com/2010/10/make-your-own-down-balaclava.htmlOct 19, 2010 at 11:52 am #1655950Great idea and great execution! What an excellent, super-functional piece of gear for the quilt sleeper. I'll be making one of those, probably in synthetic. Great job.
Oct 26, 2010 at 7:16 pm #1658331Very nice work, Martin! I think I will try one of these :)
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