#PLASH PALATKA INSTRUCTIONS MOVIE#
I also want to rewax the areas I sewed to make sure the canvas will retain it's water proofing before I go out for any long trips.Louis Airsoft Players for the platsch demonstrations.While Ratnik does indeed sound like some East European movie bad guy, it's actually the new Russian combat kit system. I'm going to put another button immediately below the one at the neck level and make a new buttonhole for it, I think this will help it fit just a bit better and give the cloak a bit more coverage in the front without needing to use what I'm calling the "storm button" further down. I do need to do a couple more things before the rainy season though. Also, the color blends in really nicely with the PNW forests. While there was no rain, the canvas blocked the wind well and was warm. You can see the bunching from that strap I sewed in place.Īlso it is short enough to not get constantly snagged on things when moving through brush. I usually wear a tunic and leggings so it's long enough to cover the tunic and keep it dry, it is a bit short to cover a skirt but that's usally my summer clothing anyways. I really like the length and how it fits. I love it, it looks exactly how I wanted it too! Very tribe of Haleth, or friend of Luthien. Here's what it looked like all completed:Īnd then off the next day to test it! (Well kind of, we're still stuck in the hot and smoky weather.) I then hand sewed the remaining button holes shut. The second was the next button-hole down for more inclement weather. One went at the neck button slot to hold the cloak shut like a brooch or pin. With this done the next thing to do was to hand sew on two spare Canadian buttons I had laying around. This is a photo of the underside of the hood to see what I did: I didn't fold it back too much as I wanted to be able to wear the hood with a ponytail or braid, as I don't like wearing my hair down in wet weather. I then folded back the edges of the hood and hemmed it. I figured all the extra layers would give more rain protection and the extra weight would keep it in place in windy weather. I then removed every single one of those gross green-painted toggles and sewed the arm-hole shut as it always leaked anyways.įor the hood I did some folding meaning it ended up looking like a modern three piece hood. With the cotton strips that are used to make the shoulders, those I tightened to where I liked them and hand sewed them in place and removed all the excess material, this would form the shape of the cloak. Then, I cut out the two twine bits as much as possible, that were used to cinch down the hood. My Singer 28k had no trouble at all with any of the sewing in this project, even when going through 12 layers of canvas. Then it was onto sewing! I hemmed the now end of my cloak. Then I cut a semi-circle shape from just above each of the side grommets, removing the large triangle from the bottom of the fabric. I decided to use the plash and make a proper cloak out of it.įirst I cut of the top grommet and corner area above the hood. And with the wet weather hopefully coming to the PNW soon, I wanted a rain cloak for the rainy season. Wanting to look more like I'm in the Silmarillion, and less like an ill-equipped conscript. Too small really for any decent use, and converting back and forth from shelter to "cloak" was never really an easy process. It felt like wearing a canvas bag, not cloak-y at all.
It was incredibly awkward, bulky and there were three sets of strings tied at my neck line. A couple field season hitches later in the mountains and I really like how it shed water, but really couldn't stand how it felt. A friend gave me one of their spare ones a few years ago, because they knew I hate synthetic materials, and I was really intrigued in having a waterproof canvas cloak that could double as a shelter. For those who are unaware, a plash palatka is an eastbloc multipurpose rain cloak/tarp, similar to a poncho.
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