Social media users report that many have already had to face problems due to the lack of a mask. Some stores refuse to serve customers without a mask.
Below are a few options for those who urgently need at least some semblance of a protective mask, something that you can quickly do yourself. A mask from an old T-shirt, a mask from a sock, and a mask that can be sewn from a piece of cloth.
The British government posted on its official website detailed instructions for citizens, which clearly show how you can make a mask from an old T-shirt - without sewing or sew from a piece of fabric.
This is how it looks according to the British government.
Making a mask from an old T-shirt.
It is recommended to use a small T-shirt.
You need to cut off the bottom edge of the T-shirt 20 centimeters high. In the resulting piece of fabric, you need to make a cutout, stepping back 2 centimeters from the top and bottom. The depth of the cut is about 15 centimeters.
The T-shirt mask is ready.
The wide part is worn on the face, two narrow strips are used to attach the mask - on the head and in the neck area. The strips can be cut in the center, so that later they can be tied by pulling the mask to the desired level.
A mask that can be sewn from a piece of fabric.
To make it, you will need two pieces of cotton fabric measuring 25 by 25 centimeters, two elastic bands 20 cm long, scissors, a thread with a needle or a sewing machine.
Two square pieces of fabric, one on top of the other. Make twists 0.75 centimeters from the bottom and top and sew them.
Then make twists of 1.5 centimeters on the sides and sew, while leaving the opportunity to thread an elastic band through them.
If there are no elastic bands, you can use fabric ropes, adjusting their length to size and tying the ends.
The knots with elastic bands can be hidden inside the fold by scrolling the elastic band. After that, you can sew the fold again, fixing the elastic so that it does not scroll.
Source: www.gov.uk/
Sock mask.
If you urgently need a mask and there are no other options, you can make a mask from a sock.Now I will try to reproduce this option on my own and take photographs for illustration. We'll have to sacrifice an old favorite sock.
yes, it patted him
Cut off the heel and toe area from the toe. Thus, to get a cylinder.
Along the edges of the cylinder, stepping back two centimeters from the edge, we make cuts to half.
Mask is ready.
I didn’t try to do it neatly, I won’t wear it anyway, I’m sure you will do better.
We put on a mask on the wolf and rejoice.
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