a mattress from animal skins or vegetation to reduce conduction then lay out one body length of cloth on top of the mattress you can create a pillow by rolling up the corners or folding in extra clothing you can then pull the rest of the plate over you tucking it under your legs inside this creates a double layer of fabric on top of your body with enough extra to cover your head to protect you from the biting midges the next one are called the bivvy tarp method you start the same as the bivvy method but use the excess cloth to suspend above you on a ridge line and peg out the corners to create a simple shelter to keep the worst of the weather off you this is best used with extra wool blankets but there's still enough played on the bottom half to wrap a little around you you can create attachments without damaging the cloth by using pine cones or smooth pebbles in the fabric with a clove hitch knot slipped over them the final sleeping method i'll call the stuffed wrap method which is useful if all you have to make the mattress from is loose leaves or vegetation for this lay out your blade and on the top quarter of it create your mattress then fold the plate lengthways over it and tuck in the sides to stop the vegetation falling out you can then lay on top of the leaves and fold the plate with ways over you to create a double layer of fabric over your body helping to trap more heat so there's a bunch of ways of using the plaid and maybe we'll figure out some other methods yourself now obviously like everything the blade has its downsides it's heavy it's bulky it's difficult to put on it can be cumbersome and it catches the wind and it's generally not as comfortable to wear as a lot of modern clothing however as i said at the beginning of the video to me it's the jack of all trades when it comes to clothing and simple shelter so sure it's not as comfortable to wear as a modern jacket it's not as warm and lightweight as a down sleeping bag it's not as waterproof and easy to set up as a tarp is not as effective as a specialized backpack but what it is is one simple rugged cloth that can do all of those things to at least a good enough degree that i thought was worth making a whole video about now historically the hand weave such a massive bit of fabric would have been a major undertaking so your plate would have been a treasured item out of this essay if anything else and it would have been maintained and passed down the generations to the point that when it was falling apart it would be reused and recycled and eventually because it's made of natural material it's going to buy the grade and go back to the soil so in this way i feel we can take a leaf from our ancestors book to bring to the present day to try by high quality locally made natural reliable and easy to maintain so i'll try continuous sourcing fabric that fits that criteria and you can keep up to date with that as well as my reviews by subscribing to my website or you can follow me on instagram here's thanks for the great courses plus for sponsoring this video generally if it wasn't for that sponsor i just couldn't have put as much time in the research the filming and the sourcing of fabric for this video so please do click that link below as it
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