Re: Not masks!
I go through this every few years Therese! Lately it¡¯s kept me from knitting more shawls. In past years I¡¯ve packed up a bag of knits I don¡¯t want and taken it to family reunion, handed it to my
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Sarah Mongano
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Re: Not masks!
Oh good! Th¨¦r¨¨se Shere Freelance indexing & digital information design http://www.shere-indexing.com brotslaw@...> wrote:
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Therese Shere
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Re: Not masks!
No, they went to the National Council of Jewish Women¡¯s thrift store! Amy
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Amy Brotslaw Schweiger
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Re: Not masks!
When you say "toss" what do you mean exactly, Amy? Garbage, literally? Th¨¦r¨¨se Shere Freelance indexing & digital information design http://www.shere-indexing.com brotslaw@...> wrote:
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Therese Shere
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Re: Not masks!
I just tossed some hand knits - some bulky shawls from when I was learning to knit lace and some cotton tops. Daughter takes a lot of my castoffs as she has my former shape (short waisted and
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Amy Brotslaw Schweiger
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Re: Not masks!
Oh yes, Therese, I find that this feeling can muffle and snuff out all my creativity.? Shelves and shelves of things that seemed like a good idea at the time and/or have been worn to pieces. So it's
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mary_007usa
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Not masks!
Yesterday I finally opened up the plastic bin where I'd tucked away most of my handknits in the aftermath of the February 2019 flood. I've had only those few (well, 8-10) things that I actually wear
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Therese Shere
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Re: Masks (again)
This ain't the CDC, but it's edifying and reassuring: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1SvJy1Ce64 This is good enough for me. Mary.
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mary_007usa
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Re: Masks (again)
Connie, I saw that and the material data sheet. It doesn't cite the actual study of how that was determined. How was the test conducted, how many samples of what virus, etc. Without that, the actual
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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#947
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Re: Masks (again)
Connie, I'd like to see that. Whatever I found was directly from the company without any scientific study. Press releases, for example, or news reports from their local area.
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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#946
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Re: Masks (again)
It¡¯s on the Filti.com website. Connie
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[email protected]
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#945
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Re: Masks (again)
Jaya, what I read early on about the effectiveness of Filti is that it¡¯s right up there with N95 mask materials. I¡¯ll see if I can find that again. Connie
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[email protected]
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#944
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Re: Best Fabrics for Summer Masks?
Maybe the rain turned it into a mud burger? Connie
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[email protected]
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#943
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Re: Masks (again)
I'm still an Olson mask fan and I use batik and Filti. I watched an interesting YouTube video last week, but can't find it now.? She basically made the Olson mask and cut binding out of an old
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mary_007usa
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Re: Masks (again)
This mask pattern apparently comes in many more sizes and is easily adjusted a bit up or down https://media.rainpos.com/220/jessemask.pdf Secondly, the key point of the mask is to protect others from
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Jaya Srikrishnan
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#941
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Re: Masks (again)
We live in #2 world here, with the modification that when walking the dogs (in the park very distanced) I carry but don¡¯t wear one. My instinct based on the boys being used to wearing them at work
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Melisande R. Wolf
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#940
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Re: Masks (again)
From the Front Lines of watching Main Street in Small Town America/Arizona Hot Spot ... there are four types of peeps ... #1 Has not left home ... no mask needed. #2 Has health concerns, ventures out
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erica
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#939
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Re: Masks (again)
I would say one mask per day times one or two laundry cycles ... knowing "kids" 7-14? erica ... home since March 17th ... with a big yard :-) <melisanderwolf@...> wrote:
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erica
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Re: Masks (again)
Thanks Laura ¨C I didn¡¯t try to go digging for the paper to see if they had talked about protecting the wearer but didn¡¯t want to imply that what I¡¯d read said anything about that either way.
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Melisande R. Wolf
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#937
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Re: Masks (again)
Aside from surgical N95 masks, no mask really protects the wearer. That¡¯s not what this type of mask wearing is about. The wearing of masks in public - or even in the surgical suite - is about
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Laura Need
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