I bought mine from the pharmacy. First time I wore one, I felt breathless and glasses steamed up. Horrible!
I saw a post on here about the metal strip, been out today, bent the strip across my nose, glasses on top...much better. Didn't feel breathless and no steaming up glasses. All good 🙂
@Lyn That looks fantastic! I'm sure it does good.. better than some of the slopping fitting masks I see while waiting outside for my grocery pick up.
I stopped at the State Liquor Store (Utah is weird) for a quick trip in during the quiet part of the day midweek.. and they've just started requiring masks.. and I watched some guy take a disposable mask OUT OF THE GARBAGE at the entrance to wear inside!! 🤮. Surely he could have taken off his flannel shirt and tied it around his neck, or his sock, or any number of items back in his vehicle could have been fashioned into a mask.. but no. Must have been desperate for a drink.
@floralies Evidently, according to some research I was reading today, silk does a good job filtering the virus.. as well as various cotton blends due to static electric attracting the droplets to the fibers (which pure cotton doesn’t evidently do). Maybe your OH needs a nice silk mask.. I might see if I have some of my grandmothers old silk scarves sitting around, I've never worn them so now would be a good opportunity to make them into a mask. Silk is a pain to sew.. but I suppose I can see if I have a special needle.
If anyone is having issues with glasses fogging up, I saw a video of someone folding up a normal tissue.. keep it folded like it was in the box, fold in either of the ends to make it about four inches long, then fold it in half like a hotdog bun and put the solid fold near your eyes and the open part towards your nose tip under the mask.. so it sort of catches all the steam breath like a trap. Also, soapy water on your glasses helps.. I've used that for years when having issues under my ski goggles.
OH has been wearing medical grade disposable masks (provided by his employer) at work ... arriving at 8:30 and leaving at 5. He wears a mask all day except for during tea breaks etc when he goes and sits outside on his own.
He has allergic rhinitis and occasional bouts of allergic asthma (cats) ... he has had no problem wearing the mask for the whole of his working day.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Saluting all of you out there in covid land. My enforced emergency visit taught me so much. Deeply thankful to be home now. No masks etc. I kept mine on all the way home, on the ferry etc as I did not want to risk infecting anyone here. Knitting masks that will be double lined with impervious cotton and with a pocket for a disposable filter; I am assured panty liners are perfect.
That’s a lot of layers @islandanchoress. Surely knitting will make them hot? also anything that is porous will get damp from breathing. I'm sure two layers of cotton and a filter is fine.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Went in to get my computer repaired yesterday. On shop door: "No mask, no entry!" sign. I went in, masked, to find the guy behind the counter not wearing one, nor behind any screen at all. Are the guidelines (laws?) for customers to wear masks, but not the staff?
That’s a lot of layers @islandanchoress. Surely knitting will make them hot? also anything that is porous will get damp from breathing. I'm sure two layers of cotton and a filter is fine.
These are the experts words. They should not be skin tight and anything permeable will let tiny virus droplets through. Needs to be room and close at the sides etc. I just do the knitting and send them to be finished. But there have to be increases along the way so there is space to breathe of course. They are selling well I hear.
@Janie B. I understand shop workers are exempt from the mask wearing guidance on the grounds, I believe, that it would be uncomfortable for them to have to wear them all day.
@Janie B. I understand shop workers are exempt from the mask wearing guidance on the grounds, I believe, that it would be uncomfortable for them to have to wear them all day.
The nurses wear them all day long. I imagine you get used to it? So we patients did not need to as if one side is masked, as in the shops, there is protection.
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I saw a post on here about the metal strip, been out today, bent the strip across my nose, glasses on top...much better. Didn't feel breathless and no steaming up glasses. All good 🙂
If anyone is having issues with glasses fogging up, I saw a video of someone folding up a normal tissue.. keep it folded like it was in the box, fold in either of the ends to make it about four inches long, then fold it in half like a hotdog bun and put the solid fold near your eyes and the open part towards your nose tip under the mask.. so it sort of catches all the steam breath like a trap. Also, soapy water on your glasses helps.. I've used that for years when having issues under my ski goggles.
He wears a mask all day except for during tea breaks etc when he goes and sits outside on his own.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
also anything that is porous will get damp from breathing.
I'm sure two layers of cotton and a filter is fine.