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    Rob Hubbard
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    @robwa10

    Locale: England

    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.
    HoodHood 2Hood 3

    #1655378
    Martin Rye
    BPL Member

    @rye1966

    Locale: UK

    Looks great and do that tutorial on your blog. Which leads to the question what is the web site URL?

    #1655391
    todd
    BPL Member

    @funnymo

    Locale: SE USA

    Rob,

    Ok! Time to come clean – where did you buy this???!!!!

    Just kidding, of course. It looks too nice! You did a professional job.

    Todd

    #1655396
    Matt Jones
    BPL Member

    @mjones

    Nice job! What's your blog URL???

    #1655406
    Jim Colten
    BPL Member

    @jcolten

    Locale: MN

    Very 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.

    #1655427
    Chris Peichel
    Member

    @momo

    Locale: Eureka

    That looks fantastic.
    Please give a link when you have the directions up, I will have to make one.
    Great job

    #1655644
    Dustin Short
    BPL Member

    @upalachango

    Definitely blog it (and put your blog url on your profile!)

    Looks great.

    #1655704
    Rob Hubbard
    Member

    @robwa10

    Locale: England

    Here'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.html

    #1655950
    Andrew Schriner
    Member

    @lettheguydance

    Locale: Midwest

    Great 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.

    #1658331
    Michael Davis
    Member

    @mad777

    Locale: South Florida

    Very nice work, Martin! I think I will try one of these :)

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