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Step 3: (part 4) Cutting the netting to make a poncho (Bushrag)


     This part is modeled after a kit that can be bought from http://www.bushrag.com/. The kit comes with 4.5 lbs or differently colored burlap, a belt, netting for the hat and torso area, and instructions on how to complete the suit. If you don't want to spend a lot of money, time and effort on making a suit with the BDU's or Flight suit, this website has the best camouflage system for the price.

     The best feature about this type of a suit is that it is reversable, and infinatly adaptable. You put lighter colors on one side of the net, and darker colors on the other side, and you have a poncho that can adapt into desert lands and forest lands. Plus, any of those strips can be pulled to the other side if you want to blend in another color! That means you can mix the browns with the greens, and the greens with the tans! This makes this type of suit extremly adaptable to almost any environment. The only downside of this type of suit is that is cannot be used for crawling, but if you need cover ground quickly and than lay down in your position, it is one of the best configurations. It can also be taken off and used as a cover.

     What we are going to do here is cut out a certain length from the netting. It can be as wide, or as long as you want; totaly depending on how much of your body you want to cover. If you only want to cover your torso to your waist, cut it smaller and narrower. It you want it to cover most of your arms and down to your knee's, cut it longer and wider. It's solely on how much coverage you want on your suit. After you have figured out how much coverage you want, you want to lay the netting out on the ground and find the center of it. You than want to cut a small opening in the netting for your head to fit through. Important! You only want to cut enough netting to let your head through! You want the poncho to be tight around your neck, not sagging. Since you don't have a base to work with (this netting is your base) you can skip everything and go strait to attaching the netting to the Boonie/BDU/helmit cover.
 
 
 

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