What the Well-Dressed Quarantiner is Wearing

[revdpatience]

It's a tartan face mask (in the Clergy Tartan, naturally).



Doesn't match my current kilt (or the new one that should be coming some day, if the mill ever reopens to weave the cloth), but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Get yours from Sport Kilts.

[grizzbass]

when the first talk of wearing masks came out I went to the store but didn't have one so used my skull rag (not sure what the name really is for a tie around piece of material meant for the head) But this was the result.

[pbutts]

No mask and kilt pics, but the Clark/Clergy tartan in the OP inspired me to share this pic of me doing pipes around the world on Sunday.

[Tobus]

I bought one from Sport Kilt about 11 days ago, and still have no clue when it will show up. They're saying it may be as long as 24 days from the order. If I haven't caught the coronavirus by then from lack of a mask, I'll certainly be wearing it with glee.

I must admit, I'm eyeing those two boxes of tartan scraps in the corner with a different plan now. I had originally intended (and still do) to make a tartan quilt. But there's plenty for making masks. And pre-treating them in hot soapy water to felt them and shrink up the weave might not be a bad idea. Hmmm...

[The Q]

I'm wearing a proper filtered face mask, rubber gloves and overalls. I'm sanding down the new keel I've built for my sailing boat..

Definitely not kilt wearing work...

[Katia]

One of the masks I just finished is in a "fashion" plaid. (My boss knew I was making masks and asked were any plaid. I told him of course one of them was. The last time he saw me was Tartan Day, when I had to be in the office to do something there so of course I dressed appropriately...)

I am off to check out their masks, although I now am the proud owner of six (which were hard-gotten since I'm a novice at sewing who hasn't touched a machine in years... and the world's slowest sewist!), so it's not like I need more...but... tartan... (And had I known this from the get-go... I might've ordered from there rather than making my own!)

[kemileswallace]

I bought one from Sport Kilt about 11 days ago, and still have no clue when it will show up. They're saying it may be as long as 24 days from the order. If I haven't caught the coronavirus by then from lack of a mask, I'll certainly be wearing it with glee.

I must admit, I'm eyeing those two boxes of tartan scraps in the corner with a different plan now. I had originally intended (and still do) to make a tartan quilt. But there's plenty for making masks. And pre-treating them in hot soapy water to felt them and shrink up the weave might not be a bad idea. Hmmm...

It shouldn't be too terribly long. Mine took 10 days and then they upgraded my shipping to be Fed-Ex 2-day when I only paid for USPS First Class.

[OC Richard]

Gle mhaith a-tathair!

[Tobus]

My Sportkilt facemask showed up today. Wallace tartan.

I like that it's shaped well to fit over the nose, with some room inside the mask, and that it extends generously around the sides of the cheeks. It has an internal liner that allows a filter (of the user's choosing) to be slipped inside.

I'm not a fan of the elastic band configuration, though. Unlike the masks which simply loop around the ear, this has a lower band that goes around the back of the neck and an upper band that goes around the back of the head. Getting the mask on and off isn't as quick or easy as an ear-loop style sinc you have to slip it over your head. Also, the elastic bands are a bit loose on my small head. I may end up snipping them and either stitching them back together as-is (to make them a tad shorter) or converting them to an ear-loop style. Not sure yet.

All in all, though, it's quite stylish.

(Forgive my amateurish selfies, and the fact that I haven't had a haircut in 7 weeks.)

[Jock Scot]

Just for everybody’s information from a virus protection point of view, facial hair cuts down the efficiency of face masks considerably.

Mrs Jock an infection control specialist, along with so many others in the medical world is having to deal with this present pandemic on the front line. She has to insist that ANYONE working with a face mask must shave off their Facial hair before they are issued a mask and BEFORE a fitting. The fit is that critical for maximum safety. Alright, have some fun with your tartan face masks but please be aware that they will not be as efficient as they might be and by some considerable margin, if you have a beard.

Stay safe everyone.