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i may be that mom
This spring I reanimated my mom's sewing machine and learned to make masks for my family. Everyone has their preference for how the damn things stay on. Mine and my father-in-law's have elastic ear loops. My mother-in-law's have elastic behind her head and neck, top and bottom. My husband's has cinch ties behind his head, top and bottom. My son's has an elastic band behind his head on top and a cinch tie on the bottom.
I also learned to crochet, because it's faster than knitting, and made a hundred or so ear savers - button bands that the ear loops can rest on if it bothers a person to have them pulling on their actual ears all day. I have a couple; my husband has one for the one mask he has that does have ear loops; I gave a dozen to my dentist's office and shipped most of the rest to a friend who's a nurse to share in her hospital. But I also gave a couple of dozen to the kid's day care - a handful at first and then more when they said they'd run out and people were asking for them still.
So now I'm contemplating making a mask for each of the kid's preschool teachers. This is three individuals; I'm not going totally bananas here. I have white fabric and I'll make plain white masks and he can draw on them with fabric pens. Is it the 2020est thing ever? Maybe. But I bet he'll be the only kid bringing that particular gift. (I will also get them "best teacher" mugs with noms in them, of course.)
I also learned to crochet, because it's faster than knitting, and made a hundred or so ear savers - button bands that the ear loops can rest on if it bothers a person to have them pulling on their actual ears all day. I have a couple; my husband has one for the one mask he has that does have ear loops; I gave a dozen to my dentist's office and shipped most of the rest to a friend who's a nurse to share in her hospital. But I also gave a couple of dozen to the kid's day care - a handful at first and then more when they said they'd run out and people were asking for them still.
So now I'm contemplating making a mask for each of the kid's preschool teachers. This is three individuals; I'm not going totally bananas here. I have white fabric and I'll make plain white masks and he can draw on them with fabric pens. Is it the 2020est thing ever? Maybe. But I bet he'll be the only kid bringing that particular gift. (I will also get them "best teacher" mugs with noms in them, of course.)
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