Clothing planning

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 20:41:54 GMT

Okay, I'm going to be doing a big sew for the first time since 2016. Then I made a bunch of gear to go backpacking with Josh to Cape Scott for a couple weeks, because I couldn't afford fancy outdoor gear but was anticipating a somewhat extreme situation.

Now I've worn a lot of those pieces out, I haven't had room to sew for a long time, and I'm finally clearing off my tables enough to set up the sewing machine for a couple months while I work through a wardrobe.

The goal is stuff that doesn't hurt my body and doesn't wear out quickly (the merino stuff I've been buying often doesn't last a season). It should be appropriate for work and farm, or at least the venn diagram of what I make should have significant overlap, and it should be easy to pull one piece off and put one piece on and transition from work to farm when I get home without having to change my whole outfit.

I'm significantly focused on late fall, winter, deep winter, early spring, and mid-spring with some additional summer field gear.

Fall and mid-spring involve significant temperature fluctuations, potential of precipitation, moisture and mud.

Winter and deep winter involve varying degrees of significant insulation, exposure to snow that shouldn't be able to penetrate eg pants can tuck tightly into boots. Winter involves the ability to stay warm and capture a little sun on my skin. Deep winter involves the ability to screen most-to-all skin surfaces.

Early spring involves the air feeling wet and still being able to manage insulation and temperature fluctiations. Definitely sun on skin when possible.

Field gear in summer involves moisture, insect, and sun management with significant sticks-tearing-holes issues.

All need:

Pockets with the ability to carry a dozen eggs and a measuring tape and a phone without wrecking anything, ideally with the phone positioned so it can play a podcast.

No single waistband or strong compression around the waist.

Doesn't fall down.

Bleeding and non-bleeding underwear options.

Moisture management on my skin.

Doesn't pick up a tremendous amount of cat fur.

Machine washable, line or machine dryable.

Work stuff needs:

Temperature flexibility to deal with the erratic heat/AC

Covers my neck so the lanyard doesn't irritate it

No nipple colour showing through

No seams where my pack rests, on both shoulders and hips, but covers skin where the straps rub

Farm stuff needs:

Crotch doesn't rip out on fences (reinforced?)

So many pockets

Really fur-resistant

Rough plan w/ potential fabrics

I'm thinking a bunch of different loose leggings/tight joggers in several fabrics, for base and mid-layering that can function as standalone garments (8-10)
x power stretch water resist woodsmoke (warm)
x thermal pro water repellant camo (warmish)
o power stretch (med)
x power grid mineral waqter (med-low)
x powerdry lightweight (low)
o powerdry midweight flame resist (med-low)
o med merino jersey

A couple pants shells with pockets, as top layer (2-3)
x power shield pro porpoise
o power shield dual hazard high viz
o power shield lightweight marpat camo
x thermal pro water repellant hard face camo
o cordura abrasion-resistant or add abrasion-resistant crotches and knees?

Several dresses that can go over leggings, from jersey to sweater weights, possibly with kangaroo pockets (?) (4-5)
x chitosante lace (no static, low warmth)
o power grid mineral water (base layer fabric, good moisture movement)
o modal sweater knit (med warmth)
o thermal pro sweater-face fleece inside evergreen or ink (high warmth)
x bamboo fleece from stash

Several long t shirts that go to my lower hip (5-6) & several tanks that go to my lower hip
x power dry lightweight
x light merino jersey
o power grid light or med weight
o chitosante & extreme
x power grid high warmth seconds
o power dry midweight
o power dry jersey flame resist brown

A couple wrap dresses/mid-to-light jacket layers, with pockets (3?)
o windpro stretch or windpro
o high loft fleece
o 300g twill linen
o power shield porpoise
o thermal pro sweater face
o technical or bamboo sweatshirting
o power stretch water resistant woodsmoke
o silk noil?
o boiled wool?

A couple vests with pockets (2)
o twill linen

Several neck/head tubes (5, scraps)

Patch my existing jeans

Patch merino long underwear where reasonable

Patch brown windpro pants if there's still enough of them by then

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