I’ve started making some fabric face-masks, but I have no elastic for the straps, and don’t really want to place orders for supplies that might not arrive for up to a month. I have plenty of 550 paracord, though.
The first few were just tied in place, but I knew I could come up with something better, that was faster, and more easily adjustable. I had a vague sense of the shape of a device used by mountain climbers, but no idea what it is called. It took a few iterations, but this one seems to work pretty well.
UPDATE: After trying these out with several different brands of paracord, I have started sizing these up to 1.25" to make it easier to thread the cord through the holes. Someone else noted they were sizing them to 1.38". It could be a good idea to test with the paracord you will use.
This is great! I have a friend who, one night, went on and on about how paracord can save the world It’s become a running joke within our group of friends. I definitely am going to make a mask with paracord for him now. Thank you and stay healthy!
That’s how I have been using them, but they are pretty versatile. With the way I’ve been doing them, I find I like the adjustment part on the lower part of strap, behind my neck. My girlfriend prefers it with the adjustment on the upper strap, above her braid/ponytail, where her hair doesn’t get in the way of adjusting it.
The biased tape looks a lot cleaner. Unfortunately I don’t have any. Awesome to see how the GF community is responding to our situation. Take care everyone!
either way. If you want to adjust the size for different cord thickness or to alter the design you could bring it into a vector editing program (like AI or inkscape).
If you upload it directly to the GFUI, just hit “ignore” for the blue “scale” operation (after checking to see that it does come in at 1" square).
They are designed for cutting from 3mm acrylic (proofgrade medium or similar).
I’m almost out of bias tape, can’t find any left in town. I’m waiting on an order for a little tool to make my own. If you have a 3D printer, I just recently saw a 3d-printed version of said tool (sorry, I can’t remember where, not sure if it was a free design)
I find it much more comfortable with the two straps, behind the neck/back of the head. It uses a little more cord, but does’t tug on your ears, and you can really cinch it down. I can also lift the upper cord forward over my head and let the mask dangle from the lower cord for eating/drinking, then put it back on without touching the front of it.
It’s become a running joke within our group of friends. I definitely am going to make a mask with paracord for him now. Thank you and stay healthy!
