Staying cool in Singapore
Posted by Doug in Travel at 12:37 pm Okay, Let’s quickly move on before I start crying again. I’ve made another handmade gift for my grandmother who’s visiting me and staying at the Singapore marina. She’s in her 80′s now and the hot, humid , tropical weather of Singapore is really getting to her. Climate change, I tell ya. I got the idea of the skinny neck cooler from a visit to a pharmacy. I love snooping around pharmacies. Maybe it’s the hypochondriac in me. I saw the neck cooler about a week ago and thought to myself that that would be perfect for bush walking or for my grandma. Unfortunately, I didn’t buy it then.
Yesterday, I went to two pharmacies looking for the neck coolers without success. They only had very overpriced large wheat bags and the useless medipacks. So, with a quick google search, I found this crystal filled neck cooler tutorial. The crystals in the neck coolers swell to hundreds of time their weight when liquid is applied. Then as the liquid from the crystals evaporate, it lowers the body temperature.
But, I didn’t know whee I could buy those water storing crystals. The only similar crystals I could even thing that might be similar that is readily available are the water storing crystals that is used in the garden. I read up about it and the garden variety crystal looked safe enough, especially since there will be no direct skin contact. I soaked 1 tablespoon of the dry crystals in water while I sewed up a cotton tube, with one end open. I used the bandana design as a guide. I sewed across the width of the tube from the closed end. Once the crystals had swelled with the liquid, I filled the tube with the crystals and sewed the tube closed and then sewed across from that end. The parts that aren’t filled with crystals become the ties to hold the neck cooler in place. I think my grandmother will like this very much. Maybe I could make a few more and sell them at the marina.
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