Burnous

[Oliver G]

Good Afternoon All,

I've been pondering the idea of a backed (fronted?) burnouse for a while now, and the uses of it particularly in winter. I want thinking of putting one together using an old 58 poncho and woollen blankets either stitched together or joined by poppers at the front and back of the shoulders the issue is I can only find pictures of burnooses (Burnees?) being worn and not the flat pattern of one. Does anyone have any ideas where I might track down a pattern for a bernous, not matter which way it is spelt?

Cheers,

Ollie

 

[Broch]

 

[Oliver G]

Well that answers that question, thank you, that is exactly what I was after.

 

[Brizzlebush]

Is that basically a poncho with a liner?

 

[Broch]

Is that basically a poncho with a liner?

Well, if your poncho has a hood, is made of wool, and does up with toggle buttons at the neck, yes. Although, I'm sure there are loads of variations in design of Burnous.

 

[Brizzlebush]

Well, if your poncho has a hood, is made of wool, and does up with toggle buttons at the neck, yes. Although, I'm sure there are loads of variations in design of Burnous.

Tres bien merci!

 

[Broch]

Tres bien merci!

De rien

 

[Oliver G]

So I have a surplus woollen blanket that's arriving today so this will be a nice little project during my Christmas leave, unfortunately my GCSE in french doesn't cover haberdashery so I had to google the instructions on the sheet but it seems eminently doable.

Does anyone have any experience with applying lanolin to a woollen blanket? I understand it's removed for the manufacturing processes but I want to get it back in for the waterproof qualities of it.

 

[Broch]

So I have a surplus woollen blanket that's arriving today so this will be a nice little project during my Christmas leave, unfortunately my GCSE in french doesn't cover haberdashery so I had to google the instructions on the sheet but it seems eminently doable.

Does anyone have any experience with applying lanolin to a woollen blanket? I understand it's removed for the manufacturing processes but I want to get it back in for the waterproof qualities of it.

There's a bit of a chat about lanolin at the bottom of page 1 of this thread:

Merino wool itch. | BushcraftUK Community

This stuff is sold as a hair treatment I believe but I'm told it works on wool; I've not got around to trying it yet:

Dax 100% Pure Lanolin Super Conditioner 397gm: Amazon.co.uk: Health & Personal Care

 

[Oliver G]

Thanks for the pointer to that thread.

Blimey, I haven't seen dax wax since I left college, it was just painful trying to put that stuff in.