Blanket + Time = Bushshirt?

[bambodoggy]

This may be of use to you, the page tells you how to make a Hudson Bay Capote in three to five hours -

http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/winter/gear/capote.htm

Good luck

Hey Rowen, fantastic link Mate....there's heaps to make on there. I'm really bad with sowing so I'm not planning to try any of that but I do fancy making a pair of snow shoes....

Nice one buddy!!!

 

[hootchi]

WOW Thanks Guys :You_Rock_

I never expected all this help!! I need to take some time and digest it all. :super:

 

[Furface]

I'd just like to re-itterate Hootchi's sentiments. I've not long been on this forem and still a bit uncertain 'bout how thing work, but I can't get over what a great bunch of people are in this community.

You guys rock :super: :super: :super:

 

[jdlenton]

test

 

[hootchi]

I found a bit of info on using nettles to dye a light blanket. Apparantly it is a nice shade of green and doesn't need fixing. :super:

 

[Fenlander]

Hello all.

Having been totally inspired by Mark's moccasins I was wondering if I could make a crude bushshirt, kinda like the swanndri ! :?:

I was thinking about using an army surplus blanket. Are they made of pure wool and how thick are they? Thick enough?

I doubt very much that the quality will be anything like a Swanndri especially with my sewing skills, but it would be a rustle free, spark proof and hopefully warm garment that I would not care about ruining. The problem with me is that I am a bit thin so I need a large size for the length but not that wide. I could custom make this one so it's just pukka.

Is this idea out of the question and i'm just being stupid? :?: :rolmao:

Cheers

Hootch

The link below is for wool material at Pointnorth...£5.95per metre. They recommend it is used for clothing!

http://www.pointnorth.co.uk/shop_product.asp?product_id=86

Hope this is useful?

 

[KIMBOKO]

My capote is still unfinished, I need to dye it but as it cost only £1 at a charity shop and so I don't want to spend £10 on bought dyes. I have experimented with natural dyes- turmeric nettle, walnut but havnt been able to gather enough material as it is winter. Then i want to waterproof it the Horace Kephart lanolin (wool fat) method.
Its was easy to make - basically squares and rectangles and blanket stitch it all together ----the hood is too embarrassing to wear in company --to much like kkk.

 

[hootchi]

Did you make it with a blanket Nick? I need to do some research into this blanket stitch!! Take it you use some thread a bit thicker that average?

Thanks for all the info guys:super:

 

[Abbe Osram]

----the hood is too embarrassing to wear in company --to much like kkk.

:rolmao: :rolmao: :rolmao:
you have to show a picture to us mate.

LOL
Abbe

 

[Gary]

One other thing to consider hootchi is a woollen poncho - simple to make and versatile.

For more Capote info check out the Mountain man web ring this has hundreds of sites, in paricular look up the blanket brigades site.

Good luck and happy sewing.

PS Nick your capotes spot on - I'd leave it white, at least we could see you in the dark!!

 

[tenbears10]

:rolmao: :rolmao: :rolmao:
you have to show a picture to us mate.

LOL
Abbe

Abbe it is in the gallery

http://www.bushcraftuk.net/photopost/data/500/221nick1-thumb.jpg

It looked great last weeked and nice and warm which is the idea, rather than fashion of course.

Bill

 

[hootchi]

One other thing to consider hootchi is a woollen poncho - simple to make and versatile.

Thats kinda where I got the idea because I dressed up as Clint Eastwood on new years eve!! ): :rolmao: I used an old blanket for that but I dont think it was pure wool?

 

[bothyman]

One other thing to consider hootchi is a woollen poncho - simple to make and versatile.

I have a couple of these I find them very good.

>> http://www.fort-apache.com/woven.htm


:wave:

 

[ChrisKavanaugh]

KKK? More like neo Druids working out Christian angst at Stonehenge and finding LEY lines in their nieghbors home designed by a FENG-SHUI master. Tell you niegbors your a R anger guarding the town from Ringwraiths ):

 

[KIMBOKO]

I missed seeing the last few posts as I went home. In answer i used a thick knitting wool to sew it together you can also easily make a bone needle for sewing blanket. Blanket stich is like a series of half hitches over the edge of the cloth. Picture of capote in the gallery also needles. I'll not make another I've discovered match coats!!!.
ChrisKavanaugh can i join your fantasy/world?

 

[Ranger Bob]

In answer i used a thick knitting wool to sew it together

I was going to use wool to sew my blanket coat together, but it just seemed a bit to flimsy at the time, so....I used parcel string instead! Solid stuff!

 

[BIG-TARGET]

Just don't forget to put your BCUK patch on it, when done!!!!

 

[hootchi]

Just don't forget to put your BCUK patch on it, when done!!!!

Sure will. :super: I need to buy one. Cheers for reminding me

 

[ESpy]

Found another source for blanket coat patterns yesterday - The Identity Store in Northampton.

 

[hootchi]

Thanks ESpy.

I've got an old blanket from a neighbor but it's not pure wool so I'm going to make a mock up of the cutting before I take the scissors to the wool. ):