>>2778034Have to be careful washing them especially if they have a lot of damage. I knew someone who would wash them with dissolving detergent sheets/strips (made for wool) but I forget what setting, probably gentle. You can also hand wash. Drying them IMO hang dry only in a way that doesn't stretch them weirdly. Otherwise the fluff comes out in the dryer, you enlarge a bunch of holes, and end up having a repair kit just on the edge of being ready to repair those holes for years, not like I'd know. But mine smelled like mothballs when I found it and it was free. Probably hadn't been washed in 40 years or more so it needed it bad.
>>2778155Summer enjoyers are so stupid yeah lemme put on polyester underwear, polyester shorts, and a polyester shirt so I can barely stand the heat the second I step outdoors and then get skin cancer from all the UV when I forget to slather myself in zinc paste and get Lyme (as well as a list of other diseases from mosquitos) when I forget to slather myself in DEET or Permethrin and forget I can't wear short sleeves because of the bugs anyways. In Fall and Winter I can just progressively put more clothes on the colder it gets and it's fucking based that no one else wants to deal with the weather and I have it all to myself. Humans should not be living in hot climates.
>>2778284How'd you make a pattern? I'm highly interested in making my own hunting clothes and making patterns would help a lot.
>>2779382Layer and keep moving. IIRC my first layer is pretty much always underarmor top and bottom, then a thin layer: thermal shirt and pants, then snow pants and snow jacket. Also look into heated clothes, especially gloves and jacket. I know, I know, "gay", but I worked a lot outside and often hunt outside in the dead of winter and it helps a lot without layering so much that you're constantly putting on and taking off layers. That being said I need to find my gloves. Also get good boots, mylar insoles, and double up socks IIRC.
