Yeah yeah yeah -- rain pants. BORING. I don't own any pants (other than shameful sweat pants that I try not to wear in public). Does that mean I should get soaking wet while walking the dog? No, no it does not.
This is one of many cases where I had an idea (last winter) failed to act on it (I was hoping to make one before I blogged) only to discover that the world has already acted by the time I got to blogging. So, hurrah! I don't have time to make them, anyway.
But you know, I'm not really that sporty. What I had in mind was a velcro-fastened wrap-around made out of colorful oilcloth. But after some clicking reading, what a sad thing it is to realize that oilcloth is no longer on the market and that what we now call oil cloth is PVC based. Ugh. No more cute tablecloths for me.
So now I want someone to manufacture real oil cloth, and then make rain skirts out of them.
In the meantime, when 2008 comes around, I'll order one of these rainskirts, assuming they come in sizes to fit the short and round.
Now hang on. Are you telling me all the beautiful oilcloth I have been buying down here is something bad? It sure is pretty though and it would make a lovely rainskirt?
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Here is a thought. Turn recycled vinyl banners into rainskirts and rain gear generally. It is a bit heavy, but definitely is impervious to rain. Jenny Hurth in Oakland makes bags out of them (http://jennyhurth.com/products.html)--as do Freitag and others. Perhaps she could be convinced to make clothing as well or umbrellas!