With the onset of spring, ticks in forests are active. However, the period from early May to late June should not limit outdoor enthusiasts in their desire to go camping with the whole family. Do not wait for autumn, but just protect yourself from the unpleasant and dangerous attack of insects. Take our advice into service, sew an encephalitic suit with your own hands, or get ready.
Aware, then armed
So, in order to be fully equipped, it is necessary to know not only the periods of activity and the habitat of ticks, but also to study their habits. Now there is no need to study thick scientific volumes on biology, since people have been studying encephalitis insects for a long time, and some by the nature of their professional activity. An encephalitic suit specially designed for Soviet geologists can be an ideal protection in the forest.
The USSR is a country in which the leading narrow-profile developers of the time worked. They created a lot of effective protective things, analogues of which are not in the world to this day. This costume quickly migrated as a walking sample to hunters, mushroom pickers, fishermen, and even the military. The upper part of the apparel was especially popular - anorak jacket with special traps.
Sewing on the basis of a children's model
For beginner tailors, it will be easier to sew a children's model. The pattern of the encephalitis suit, which is given as an illustration in our publication, can be successfully modified for the adult if desired. The materials from which such a model can be sewn are raincoat fabric and capron of different densities. However, thin cotton tarpaulin is most effective both in terms of environmental friendliness and in terms of protection.
Surely in the home bins there will be pieces of fabric from previous costumes or old clothes that have been leaked in some places, which can serve as the basis for the new. What features does an encephalitic suit have?
Materials and features
The piece of fabric that we need for sewing should have a width of 90 cm and a length of 4 meters. In specialized ateliers such fabrics are sold. In any case, a hand-made product will cost much less than a ready-made protective children's suit. Also for sewing you will need a zipper 40 cm long and the usual nylon threads in the color of the fabric. The encephalitic suit, which is sewn from cotton tarpaulin, is pleasing to the body and allows the skin to breathe even at elevated temperatures. Using our pattern, it is necessary to consider that all sizes are given without allowances for seams. Before you start drawing parts, take measurements from a young model.
Raglan sleeves are the best suit when you don’t want to make many complicated suture joints. In addition, a tick that fell on its potential victim from a tree should have as few clues as seams on its shoulders. In our case, the insect can simply slide onto the grass, like drops of suddenly pouring rain.
For the cuff you will need a wide or double dense elastic band. The wrist area should be tightly surrounded by tissue. In our costume there is always a hood, as well as special inserts in the form of a skirt-trap and traps on the legs.
Design nuances
This is where we will need the knowledge of previous generations, scrupulously studying the habits of dangerous insects. Based on this knowledge, a modern encephalitic suit ("Stalker") is sewn. So, ticks can often penetrate the human body from below, falling on shoes, and then crawling under a trouser leg. We do not take this peculiarity of insect habits into account when designing a costume. Just offer to tuck the bottom of the legs in dense cotton socks, thereby completely blocking the tick access to the skin from below.
In the same way, an insect behaves and creeps up its trouser leg: a tick searches for the free edge of clothing under which it is desperately trying to make its way. In addition, it is easier for a dangerous insect to crawl directly from the tall grass onto the leg, rather than onto the boot, so a person needs to be on the alert and protect himself from the penetration of the parasite on the skin. That is why the suit is encephalitic (the photo of the models you see as visual illustrations) is equipped with several levels of protection against the penetration of the parasite in the lumbar region, wrists and ankles.
The very first barrage trap is located in the lower part of the legs and is able to lure an insect under a sewn-in fraudulent insert. But the second trap imitates the free edge of the jacket. A bright woolen strip can be sewn on the back of the trap on the jacket, so that insects that have climbed into deceptive networks can be more easily detected and destroyed in a timely manner.
Encephalitis suit: how to further protect yourself?
During each trip to the forest, the suit must be treated with special anti-mite aerosols. Particular attention should be paid to places of potential accumulation of insects - traps.
Additional model features
We have brought to your attention the most simple in execution, but from this not losing its effectiveness pattern of encephalitis costume. However, there are models on sale with various features that can also be transferred to a tailored protective suit if desired. So, for example, trousers can also be equipped with cuffs that tightly fit with elastic bands. Insert the elastic at the bottom edge of the jacket. Make a hole for the braid along the edge of the hood so that you can tightly tighten the product around your face and prevent the insect from entering the neck. By analogy with the absence of seams on the shoulders, vertical seams on the jacket itself should also be absent. Chest pockets can be equipped with patch false valves.
How to choose a ready-made protective suit?
If you have neither tailor skills, time, nor sewing opportunities, purchase a ready-made encephalitis suit in a specialized store. Wolverine (Krasnoyarsk company) is a brand that produces excellent products that have proven themselves among tourists, hunters and mushroom pickers. Products are sewn in a free cut, which allows you not to hamper the movement of a tourist on a hike. All elements of the costume are equipped with trap inserts, on the back of which a special fibrous fabric is sewn, which easily absorbs fumes of an aerosol or any other acaricidal agent.
The lower part of the jacket is equipped with a special lining, which is easily tucked into pants. Costumes produced by the Krasnoyarsk company are also equipped with a mosquito net stretching over their faces. Zippers on side pockets are hidden. The cuffs on the legs and sleeves are easily adjustable with braid for the size of the wrist and ankles. The price of such a costume in a specialty store averages 5, 000 rubles.
