It's pretty easy to wear warm clothes on just about every part of your body except for your face. As far as I can tell, the main reason that cold-weather facial attire is somewhat socially taboo is because it generally obscures the identity of the person wearing it. Despite all of the progress our society has made towards accepting and treating all people fairly, we are still yet to escape the notion that a person in a balaclava (or ski mask) is generally up to no good. The "Identity Preserving Balaclava" is my solution to the social stigma associated with the identity concealing effect of the average balaclava.
Here is the method and pattern that I used to make my own "Identity Preserving Balaclava." Hopefully other people will be able to use this to liberate their cold faces from social repression!
Here is the method and pattern that I used to make my own "Identity Preserving Balaclava." Hopefully other people will be able to use this to liberate their cold faces from social repression!
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Ok, here's a list of all the stuff I used to make this project:
-Digital Camera
-Photo Editing software (pretty much any program that you can crop images with)
-Inkjet printer
-Inkjet Iron-on transfer paper (at least 6 pieces)
-Light-colored sweatshirt material (from a cut up sweatshirt or from a fabric store, 1/2 a yard is more than enough)
-An iron
-A good pair of scissors
-Needle (or a sewing machine if you know what you're doing)
-Thread
-Straight pins
-A flat surface to iron on and a pillow case to lay on top of it
-A ruler or tape measure
-Digital Camera
-Photo Editing software (pretty much any program that you can crop images with)
-Inkjet printer
-Inkjet Iron-on transfer paper (at least 6 pieces)
-Light-colored sweatshirt material (from a cut up sweatshirt or from a fabric store, 1/2 a yard is more than enough)
-An iron
-A good pair of scissors
-Needle (or a sewing machine if you know what you're doing)
-Thread
-Straight pins
-A flat surface to iron on and a pillow case to lay on top of it
-A ruler or tape measure
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GREAT instructable!
I think you should have left the eyes and just cut pinholes where the pupil is.
can som1 send me the pictures of obama
I'm totally going to try this, except on mine I'll make an extra triangular nose piece, cut out a slightly smaller triangular hole where the nose in the main front piece is, and sew the two sides of the extra nose over the hole, leaving the bottom unattached. This should add a little extra realism, plus make it a little easier to breathe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRHXVPscW0E