Including, assembling my Swedish Goggles, or Sweds...
And, since I rec'd them to multiple readers who are gonna be a lit-tal confused when they open the plastic baggie to find parts, I thought I'd better follow-up with a "how-to"...
Right outta the gate I toss the string and plastic tube they supply for fashioning the nose piece...
I prefer to fashion my own by snipping a smidge of the elastic...
Btw, I suggest using tweezers to make your pushing elastic through a wee hole life easier...
After the nose piece is set and customized, thread the remaining elastic through the outside holes...
Then knot off the ends and trim according to comfort and fit on your head...
The end result should look like this...
Be sure not to trim the elastic too short since more adjusting is likely once you hit the water. But, that's the great thing about Sweds; a li'l elastic tuggin' here and there and you'll eventually find your custom sweet spot...
Sooo...got the new Sweds...got the new Dolfin Uglies practice suit...got nooo excuses for not joining Masters Swimming as soon as I hit G'wich...*FYI...the Dolfin Uglies 2-piece practice suits run très small. I actually had to go up an entire size. They are not for the faint of skimp...
Kindness of Miss Garlic for the heads up on the Dolfin Uglies. These are so up my thin waisted bubble butt alley. And, Charlotte Goldfarb for forwarding along her hub's Kiefer swim source with the attached "summer is also a noun" comment. "Verb"..."noun"...Babe says, tomato tomahto, they both distill down to "expense"...XXOO
Kindness of Miss Garlic for the heads up on the Dolfin Uglies. These are so up my thin waisted bubble butt alley. And, Charlotte Goldfarb for forwarding along her hub's Kiefer swim source with the attached "summer is also a noun" comment. "Verb"..."noun"...Babe says, tomato tomahto, they both distill down to "expense"...XXOO
I think you need to teach me a stroke or two when you hit G'wich. Love the Sweds and that suit is so fun! Now going up a size is no fun.
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Oh, how I love that suit! But I shudder to think how many laps I would have to swim to ever be able to pull that off myself. So jealous!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tutorial. I was just thinking about your "fancy" goggles in the pool yesterday. I really need to do something about the painful goggle situation, and now I have no excuse.
You are amazing!! I would LOVE to be able to wear that suit! Must get in shape!
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i'm glad you like the suit!
ReplyDeletei am not even embarrassed about the tan lines i get from my "ugly" suit.
Hubs sports The Sweds too and says throw out elastic nose piece and use nylon fishing line.
ReplyDeleteGood to know there is a suit out there for us "bubble butts":)