[NFB-Krafters-Korner] DIY mask

[Ramona]

I found some large cotton table napkins that are as good or better than bandanas. You can open the closed end of a pillow case if you have an extra and fold up the other end. If you run something stretchy or a tie around your head above the ears, you can hold most things in place for a couple of hours. Safety pins are not beautiful, but they can help hold the top of a mask in place. You can put a coffee filter inside a t-shirt to make the knit fabric a better filter. Rubber bands and ponytail elastics can be used to make the ends that tie in back hold their place better. I keep picking up little ideas from various places. In my neighborhood, there are a lot of people out walking (comparitively speaking) But they are keeping good distance from each other. Weather is beautiful here this week: sixties and sunny with no wind. I'm glad houses are not too crowded together, and we can be outside with relatively little risk. But I think this is not true in bigger cities and neighborhoods with lots of apartment buildings. So I think judgness in required. 
Ramona

On Apr 8, 2020 9:28 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Then I guess we'll have to do without, because I do not own any tightly 
> woven fabric.  The best I can do is hunt out the dust masks somewhere in a 
> bag in the basement. 
> Tracy 
>
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> Behalf Of Deborah MacIlroy via NFB-Krafters-Korner 
> Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2020 11:24 AM 
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> Cc: Deborah MacIlroy 
> Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] DIY mask 
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> While I applaud your ingenuity, I have read on the Internet that T-shirt 
> fabric in linen are not effective at all to use as a facemask because the 
> fabric is too loosely woven. You should use fabric that is tightly woven, as 
> tightly as possible. I have read that non-fusible interfacing is a good 
> layer between two layers of fabric. 
> Flannel can be a good fabric to use against the face. While none of these 
> homemade facemasks are as good as the professionally made ones with the 
> proper filtration built into them, they do say that some of them are better 
> than nothing at all. There is a lot of information out on the Internet and 
> the New York Times also has some different patterns to make. Hope you all 
> are staying safe and taking good care of yourselves. Happy Easter! Deb 
>
> Sent from my iPhone 
>
> > On Apr 8, 2020, at 7:37 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner 
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote: 
> > 
> > Last night, I made 2 masks out of T-shirt sleeves.  I cut the sleeves off 
> of 
> > an old T-shirt, carefully cutting next to the seam attaching the sleeve to 
> > the body.  Then I cut off the cuff.  The sleeve fits snugly over my head, 
> > sleeve seam at the back, with the sleeve covering my nose and mouth.  I 
> can 
> > even fold it up to make 2 layers, though my husband can't. 
> > 
> > Don't know how effective it is, but I don't know about the effectiveness 
> of 
> > any of these homemade masks. 
> > 
> > Tracy 
> > 
> > 
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