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Water Resistant Hood

Posted on February 23, 2025
Tags: madeof:atoms, craft:sewing, FreeSoftWear
a person wearing a relatively boxy water resistant jacket with pockets and a zipper, and a detached hood with a big square cowl that reaches mid-torso.

Many years ago I made myself a vest with lots of pockets1 in a few layers of cheap cotton, and wore the hell out of it, for the added warmth, but most importantly for the convenience provided by the pockets.

the same person showing just the vest, with two applied pockets on the bust, closed with buttons, and two big flaps covering two welted pockets at waist level, plus a strip of fabric with loops where things may be attached.

Then a few years ago the cheap cotton had started to get worn, and I decided I needed to replace it. I found a second choice (and thus cheaper :) ) version of a water-repellent cottonand made another vest, lined with regular cotton, for a total of just two layers.

the same person, this time there are also two sleeves, attached to the vest with big snaps, the outline of which can be seen on the vest. they are significantly less faded than the vest.

This time I skipped a few pockets that I had found I didn’t use that much, and I didn’t add a hood, which didn’t play that well when worn over a hoodie, but I added some detached sleeves, for additional wind protection.

This left about 60 cm and some odd pieces of leftover fabric in my stash, for which I had no plan.

the hood pulled down on the back, showing the big square cowl.

And then February2 came, and I needed a quick simple mindless handsewing projects for the first weekend, I saw the vest (which I’m wearing as much as the old one), the sleeves (which have been used much less, but I’d like to change this) and thought about making a matching hood for it, using my square hood pattern.

Since the etaproof is a bit stiff and not that nice to the touch I decide to line3 it with the same cotton as the vest and sleeves, and in the style of the pattern I did so by finishing each panel with its own lining (with regular cotton thread) and then whipstitching the panels together with the corespun cotton/poly thread recommended by the seller of the fabric. I’m not sure this is the best way to construct something that is supposed to resist the rain, but if I notice issues I can always add some sealing tape afterwards.

I do have a waterproof cape to wear in case of real rain, so this is only supposed to work for light rain anyway, and it may prove not to be an issue.

As something designed to be worn in light rain, this is also something likely to be worn in low light conditions, where 100% black may not be the wisest look. On the vest I had added reflective piping to the armscyes, but I was out of the same piping.

from the front; a flash was used to take the picture, making the border of the cowl very visible.

I did however have a spool of reflector thread made of glass fibre by Rico Design, which I think was originally sold to be worked into knitting or crochet projects (it is now discontinued) and I had never used.

I decided to try and sew a decorative blanket stitch border, a decision I had reasons to regret, since the thread broke and tangled like crazy, but in the end it was done, I like how it looks, and it seems pretty functional. I hope it won’t break with time and use, and if it does I’ll either fix it or try to redo with something else.

Of course, the day I finished sewing the reflective border it stopped raining, so I haven’t worn it yet, but I hope I’ll be able to, and if it is an horrible failure I’ll make sure to update this post.

  1. and I’ve just realized that I haven’t migrated that pattern to my pattern website, and I should do that. just don’t hold your breath for it to happen O:-). And for the time being it will not have step-by-step pictures, as I currently don’t need another vest.↩︎
  2. and February of course means a weekend in front of a screen that is showing a live-streamed conference.↩︎
  3. and of course I updated the pattern with instructions on how to add a lining.↩︎

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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Primavera by approximation :pentagram_nonbinary:
Primavera by approximation :pentagram_nonbinary:
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these are all awesome and I especially love the edge stitching, reminds me of comfy old blankets
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in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

Primavera by approximation :pentagram_nonbinary:
Primavera by approximation :pentagram_nonbinary:
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I have just acquired some old blankets, actually, and they are the kinda very cool uneven gray color, had it in mind to make something out of the thinnest one and this might be it
have a jacket made from oiled cotton canvas stuff (oiled it myself with boiled linseed oil, it is a cool process to try in summer months) that is way too stiff, but might be acceptable as a shoulder cape for the rain, you have given me much to think about
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla''

LaVi
LaVi
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traduzioni in italiano, magari con #mastoschema e #SchemiLiberi, non ne abbiamo, eh? 😅
#mastoschema #schemiliberi
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in reply to LaVi

Elena ``of Valhalla''
Elena ``of Valhalla''
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@LaVi eh, per i post che arrivano dal blog (e relativi pattern) no, sono troppo lunghi, li scrivo in quella che per quegli argomenti è la mia lingua natale, ma non ce la faccio anche a tradurli, già ho un accumulo di post scritti a metà a cui non riesco a stare dietro :D
@LaVi

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