Kits and resources
Fabric face masks for sale
Upcycle Newcastle are making high quality fabric face masks. There are two types of masks:
- Double layer (cotton only): $12 plus postage
- Triple layer (one layer of silk, two layers of cotton/polycotton): $20 plus postage
Postage and handling:
- Pick up from Upcycle Newcastle: free
- Standard postage: $7
- Express postage: $14
All masks have shapeable nose wire and are designed to fit the face snuggly. We have a variety of colours and fabric patterns available.
Do-it-yourself face mask kits
A kit with the pattern (including instructions), double or triple fabric pieces cut and overlocked for a mask, twist tie wire, and t-shirt cord for ties or ear loops is available for $6 each for double cotton and $9 for triple cotton/silk (plus postage & handling).
Postage and handling:
- Pick up from Upcycle Newcastle: free
- Standard postage: $7
- Express postage: $14
To order please email upcyclenewcastle@gmail.com
Free pattern for downloading
Click here to download the free pattern and instructions to make your own double layer face mask. Scroll down for a video tutorial for making the mask.
Details about the masks and pattern
This mask pattern has been made after reviewing relevant literature and consulting medical practitioners. While not as effective as medical masks, cotton fabric has been demonstrated to reduce the transmission of microorganisms, and with correct fit and use, cloth masks can be effective in offering some protection to droplet transmission from coughing and sneezing. There are links to relevant research articles here.
Cloth masks are NOT designed for frontline medical staff, for people with COVID-19, or for people looking after people with COVID-19. We recognise there is a current world-wide shortage of medical grade masks, and hope these re-usable ones can reduce some of the demand for medical ones, by providing people not working in hospitals with an alternative.
How to make your own rag rug!
Rag Rug Starter Kit
The kit includes:
- 10cm diameter beginning of your rug
- 2 extra balls of T-shirt yarn
- 4 extra colour coordinated T-shirts
- Instructions via the videos on this page
Our rug starter kit gives you the first 10cm diameter beginning of your finger crocheted rug. We begin this for you with yarn cut from T-shirts, and include instructions for how to keep working on it, how to cut a T-shirt into continuous yarn, and a quick and easy way to join new strips without knotting or sewing. While we make every effort to provide you with colours that you’d like, we are bound by the colours of the T-shirts we receive.
Cost: $12 each
Available: Directly from Upcycle Newcastle (Shed 7D, 50 Clyde St. Hamilton North), or by contacting UpcycleNewcastle@gmail.com or Cathy on 0411 434 013.