Sleeping Bag Liner
An inner sleeping-bag liner is a very
useful accessory you should add to your sleeping
bag.
You can purchase a ready made liner for your
sleeping bag from most good camping stores, or you can
make one yourself. Either way, be sure to select
one which is made out of cotton or silk. Cotton and
silk are natural materials which allow your skin to
"breathe", whereas nylon or polyester do not.
Try for 100% cotton or silk if you can get it, and if
you can't then you may have to settle for a polyester/cotton
mix. That's usually okay... just.
If you are handy at sewing, or if you have a friend or
family member to help you, then you or they can make you a
cotton sleeping bag liner quite easily from an old or unwanted
bed sheet.
You just get someone to make you a cloth bag about
3 foot wide by 6 feet deep. They can do it in five or ten
minutes, using an ordinary household sewing machine. You
can even get a double bed sheet and fold it in half... Sew it
together at the side and bottom, leaving the top open so you
can climb inside when it's bed-time.
If you're really keen you can even stitch a
sleeping bag liner together with just a needle and thread.
That's the old-fashioned way. It takes time and may look a
bit rough if you're not a good tailor or seamstress... but
nobody need see it if it's kept inside your sleeping bag. And
it will still work, even if it doesn't look like a professional
job.
Your cotton or silk bag liner will absorb
some of your sweat at night and will help you sleep more
comfortably. On cold nights it will add another layer of
trapped warm air to keep you warm. On warm nights it will
absorb your sweat when you perspire.
The sleeping bag liner will keep your sleep sack very
much cleaner than it would be without a liner. This
will help your sleep bag last you for years
longer.
So a sleeping bag liner protects your investment in
a decent sleeping bag.
Now, don't forget to wash your bag liner at the
end of each camping trip. You'll be glad you did!
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