Tag: Face Mask

  • How to Fix an Ear Loop Mask

    How to Fix an Ear Loop Mask

    Use ribbon, string, elastic, hairloop elastics, whatever you can to tie into earloops and secure them around your head, not your ears. Two or more ponytail holders make an approximately 5″ loop, which is a good length for providing the right amount of tautness to hold a mask firmly to your face for extended periods…

  • Face Masks for Michelle

    Face Masks for Michelle

    I made two masks for a friend who doesn’t have a sewing machine or any materials to make one with. She chose the fabrics from an image I sent her in chat. I learned as I went and discovered that the grosgrain ribbon is a bit stiff and if only knotted, comes undone in either…

  • Experienced Mask Wearer

    Tom and I train annually for how to respond to the next oil spill in Alaska. Part of that training is how to wear – meaning put on, use carefully and safely remove – protective outerwear. We suit up, glove up, mask up and have chocolate syrup poured over us, then have to take it…