Ali, could have saved you a bit of time and effort, get a tape sling and one krab, double the tape sling and put a knot in it where you'll be able to get the krab to reach the other side of the sling when its round your waist.
Heypresto, A "belt"
wear it at anytime, if you take your SRT kit off, you've got a belt.
If you forget a deviation, no problem, it can do that too!
I can't take any credit whatsoever, I think it's a Dachstein innovation?!?
Lights, some people homecook them too, met a guy last Friday from Plymouth (Adventure and Expo?) and he'd made a couple of lights and said they were like scurions, only without the loops you have to jump through to be able to sell them.
Not done it, but i'm sure you could make your own gloves (using cheapo off shelf gloves) or kneepads with the use of liquid latex, if you were that way inclined. Also, i'm sure you know, Mr Westlake makes his own wetsocks, so if you're handy with the use of a sewing machine then that would be an option.
There's an outdoor instructor around Derbyshire who makes Bothys, i'm sure someone will be able to say what fabric is used for that.
and if you're making wetsocks, then Buffs and Balaclava's are probably not out of the question.