Amid the general panic due to the coronavirus, people come up with unusual ideas of self-defense. One of them is the manufacture of a reusable fabric mask from an ordinary sock.
What is needed
We will need a new, clean sock. An old product with worn and gray heels is not suitable, and it is unlikely that you will begin to wear such a fabric on your face. The material is better to take natural and breathable for the same reason.
The color of the sock is your choice. Solid black - an option for adults, and color with drawings like children. This is pretty fun: a striped sock reshaped into a mask. You can connect children to needlework.
You will also need sharp scissors, a sewing needle and thread in the color of socks.
Instructions
We will sew a face mask in three ways.
First way:
- Take a short sock with a strong elastic at the ankle.
- We cut off the front part, where the fingers are located. It is not difficult to calculate the size of a face mask: attach the heel to the nose, with the elastic up. The mask should completely cover the chin. A sock is cut off along his line.
- Now you need to "open" the toe, cutting it along, from the side opposite the heel.
- The cut off part is useful for creating elastic bands for the ears. Just cut a thin strip of about 1 cm, then cut the circle in half. Such strips need to make 4 pieces.
- Firmly sew gum to the edges on the wrong side of the sock.
- Four elastic bands allow you to adjust the tightness of the mask to the face. Tie them together behind the ears or from the back of the head.
Long sock mask
Another way of emergency self-protection with socks:
- You will need a sock just above the ankle. This time we cut a strip of gum - we do not need it.
- Fold the sock in half, the heel should be in the center.
- Now cut the sock diagonally.
- We leave the part where the notch for the heel, that is, for the nose.
- Again we take on the scissors: in a semicircle we cut off part of the corners. These will be the armholes for the ears. Since the socks stretch well, cut the armholes away from the edge. The sock length is enough to protect the face, and the holes will not tear.
The third version of the mask from the sock:
- This time we take part of the toe from the heel and above. We cut along the ankle line and leave only the elastic. To make the mask wide enough, you will need a high sock.
- A needle with threads in this method is not needed. It remains only to cut out armholes. To do this, fold the fabric in half, then bend the edge by 1-2 cm and fold it in half again.
- We cut the corner with scissors.
- We do the same on the other side of the sock.
- It turns out two armholes from each edge of the mask. This is necessary for a more snug fit of the tissue in the lower part of the face. First put on the upper gum on the ears, and then put the lower ones.
Reliability socks mask
When there is no pharmacy mask or respirator at hand, but you urgently need to go into a crowded place, such an unusual way of self-defense can come in handy. But a mask from socks cannot be considered full-fledged: it does not have the proper filtering property, and after washing it is likely to quickly lose its shape.
Now that the shortage of protective equipment has passed, and the mask can be bought at any store or pharmacy, this method should only be used if absolutely necessary.