Started on a Canvas Loue

[Twodogs]

I have wanted to make a canvas loue for ages ,

Martti gave me some information many thanks Martti .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loue_(tent)

http://www.suomenerataito.fi/erataidot/louekankaan-historia/

http://koti.netplaza.fi/~hw1/loude.htm

I have gone with this pattern ,

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I dropped into Anchor Supplies at Ripley at the weekend hoping to get the white canvas 12x12 inners none to be seen i did however manage to pick up this sheet for £10 ,,,Happy days ,



This morning spread it out and started cutting ,

Removed all the outside stuff that i dont need ,





Then went to work ..



That that all cut out , got to be said theres a lot of fabric involved as its almost five meters by three ,

Hopefully next weekend set up in the garden and get sewing

Twodogs

 

[MartinK9]

Looking good mate, with the excess gone should be lighter too.

 

[mousey]

I bet its nice to have use of a big hall like that to lay stuff out in

Looking forward to seeing pictures in use.

and a tenner for all that material is a good buy

 

[cranmere]

That looks interesting. You could make it out of a lot less fabric if you were prepared to piece it together of course. I learned about efficient cutting and piecing from making medieval clothing, most of that is designed around standard width fabrics (usually around 14-18"wide sorry, I think inches and ells for historical stuff) and cutting was as efficient as possible because hand weaving is slow and cloth valuable.

 

[John Fenna]

And I thought that the 4x3m light weight tarp was big and awkward to work on!
Looking good mate!

 

[mrcharly]

£10 for all that fabric! Where is this magical place!

 

[MartinK9]

£10 for all that fabric! Where is this magical place!

Here you go

I dropped into Anchor Supplies at Ripley at the weekend hoping to get the white canvas 12x12 inners none to be seen i did however manage to pick up this sheet for £10 ,,,Happy days
Twodogs

Click on the link for a virtual tour.

HTH

 

[mrcharly]

Thanks for the link - although I can't find anything like the canvas sheet that Twodogs bought. That's what I'm really after.

 

[Twodogs]

You need to go there mate it really luck of the draw as to what they have in the cheap bins .

As far as I know they are still one of the MODs main tent disposal agents so they have loads of canvas ,,

Twodogs

 

[sunndog]

Mr cliff probably asked if they had owt laying around. Anchors at ripley is a fairly big place with stuff tucked away

 

[mrcharly]

Quite a distance from me, shame I really need that canvas (it's for barge 'hold' cover).

Is there any way of finding out who else is an agent for disposing of MOD canvas?

 

[Twodogs]

Had a good project day today

Sun , Garden , Singer ...............




Plus Cobra



Poor old Singer 201K worked well above its weight ,,,not really made for this heavy canvas .

Worked though ,



Next up is the guy points they will need stiching by hand

 

[weekender]

Cliff didn't you sell one of these recently or am I getting mixed up??


Sent from somewhere?

 

[Twodogs]

Not a canvas one mate ...

Besides theres a lot of fun in making one

 

[MartinK9]

Thanks for the update, looks like a cracking day too.

 

[decorum]

What a way to loue's a day

Besides theres a lot of fun in making one

Kinda fun watching it too .

 

[Clouston98]

Good stuff mate! It'll be stunning when it's done, right up my street too

 

[weekender]

Yep should be a cracking piece of kit in canvas. 👍


Sent from somewhere?

 

[Lizz]

Very nice! Is that the pattern from the Finnish chappy Joppe? I've got one of his Finnrover loues - with a firebox and a blanket roll it's just the business. Will you post how you find it when it's up and in use? The canvas looks lovely, and for a tenner? Thanks for posting this - very inspiring.

 

[Twodogs]

Lizz the pattern came from here

http://koti.netplaza.fi/~hw1/loude.htm

I did an image search and a few came up .