Silk is where it's at!
Jul. 15th, 2020 12:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamsharkI've always been a sucker for real silk, so I was delighted to read the mask materials guidance that suggested combination of silk and cotton layers as the most effective choice. Since I love silk so much, I never throw it away, even when it is torn to shreds. So I've been stuffing torn up filmy silk scarves into the filter pockets of my all-cotton masks (to add that layer of electrostatic viral filtering with minimal reduction in breathability). And going through the closets looking for irredeemably wrecked silk garments to use for mask material.
Case in point: this elegant silk brocade dinner jacket that Richard acquired at the old Rag Stock (aka Rag Factory) back when it was in the big warehouse on Chicago Av and had racks of silk kimonos and Hawaiian shirts. The jacket somehow became too small and was torn to pieces when he tried to wear it anyway. Yet it was still hanging in his closet, vainly hoping that someone would find a way to put it back together. Instead, I tore it apart and made a mask out of one of the sleeves. Wow, did it every come out nice! Besides being made from R's old jacket, it seemed to fit him better than me so I strung it with Magic Silkie neckaces and gave it to him. Because the embroidered brocade is already a little hard to breathe through I lined it with lightweight cotton and didn't bother with an additional filter. It's still a little warm for high summer, but a truly elegant mask for those formal occasions. And probably highly effective.
There's lots of material left if anybody needs an elegant silk brocade mask.
Case in point: this elegant silk brocade dinner jacket that Richard acquired at the old Rag Stock (aka Rag Factory) back when it was in the big warehouse on Chicago Av and had racks of silk kimonos and Hawaiian shirts. The jacket somehow became too small and was torn to pieces when he tried to wear it anyway. Yet it was still hanging in his closet, vainly hoping that someone would find a way to put it back together. Instead, I tore it apart and made a mask out of one of the sleeves. Wow, did it every come out nice! Besides being made from R's old jacket, it seemed to fit him better than me so I strung it with Magic Silkie neckaces and gave it to him. Because the embroidered brocade is already a little hard to breathe through I lined it with lightweight cotton and didn't bother with an additional filter. It's still a little warm for high summer, but a truly elegant mask for those formal occasions. And probably highly effective.
There's lots of material left if anybody needs an elegant silk brocade mask.
