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You shold have matched the webbing with the pouch! Otherwise neat job.

There will be a pdf later so no need to save it now.. :)

Today, first steps! The woolen jacket-shirt A guide to drafting, cutting and sewing a good fitting high performance outergarment Foreword This small guide will be posted every now and then, and please let me finish each part without interrupting, as every part will probably take a...

If I had a random coin for each time ventile questions show up, I would have a substantial coin collection. Try a search here, it is really helpful actually. (Sorry for playing the role of grumpy old forumt vet, but somebody has to).

You should go and talk to somebody.

I think my samiknife (9") is less than 1/8". O1 would work fine. Full out scandi is what I have on mine.

No walking boot that sees regular use lasts 10 years. They do if you take them out for a walk a couple of occasions every year, but ten years? Forget it.

I use a ordinary household spoon from home. And sometimes even a fork! My coffe bag holds a silver teaspoon. Imagine that. Makeshift vampire utensil maybe?

I'm drawing and testing now.. :) You could use cotton or linen, but a lot of the idea and functionality gets lost. If this thing works out, there will be more sew-alongs. I hope one blanket will suffice. But in any case, get two. Blankets makes a nice material for a lot of things.

These older machines have two standards (or rightly more, but mostly two) of presser feet. Low-shank and high shank, I bet there are ways to measure this. But the thing is, high-shank presser feet are the same standard as todays industrial single needle lockstitch sewing machine presser feet...

Drawing charcoal! Or charcoal for gunpowder!

The thing is, I will expect people who are joing to take part of this. I want to see the progress, and I want this to be a two way communication, so questions and pictures are very much appreciated.

No, it won't be, I suspect drafting will be a threshold. But the sewing, as I see it, it is best to learn it the right way from the beginning.

Remember now, this draft is not for commercial use! :rolleyes:

I'm gonna make a new woolen jacshirt out of army blankets (dyed). And was wondering if anybody else would like to join this endeavour? It will be a perfect oppurtunity to make a decent fitting outergarment, and learn a lot about drafting, patternmaking and sewing in great detail during the...

Is it a high shank presser foot? If so you are in luck.

I was quite close to jokkmokk during crimbo, had a nice -37... Not really fun being out when it's that cold. My record is -42.5, breaks in the ski trip were very quick!

When it's cold enough for down, getting wet is a non-problem! :)

Down jacket, or synthetic puffy jacket, and dito pants. Just wear them under something more fire resistant when close to a fire. Much much warmer per pound. I have used the m90 system when I was in service and they are ok if your in a mounted unit. Otherwise they are too heavy for what they are...

Get something lighter and warmer.