Daily Diary - mostly garb stuff
Aug. 22nd, 2007 11:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
evaelisabethThings are puttering along over here. I finished the underarm section on one side of my tunic to see if I had miscalculated or if it would fit. It fit, it looks weird when laid out but when it's on you don't really see the gore at all (which is good because I think I cut it slightly off kilter which meant I had to ease it into the section of sleeve it had to set in. It does leave a bit of poofieness under the arm but I think it's supposed to look like that. I will post pictures once I have the rest of it put together. I'm still waffling on whether to line the cyclas or not. In the Manesse Codex all of the cyclases are clearly lined with a contrasting color (often white) but (a) This is supposed to be cool weather garb and that would add another layer of linen and (b) Linen is expensive especially when you need 5m I could use the extra for another undertunic or even dye it as I was intending and make a second cyclas.
I'm also planning to make what I believe should be a half circle cloak (take a look at this link and tell me what you think ) That's actually the final look I'm going for, the cloak also seems to be lined in fur but I'm not going there at this point. I am probably going to make it out of a fairly light semi-fulled dark brown wool if I can find it. A few questions arise for this project any insights are appreciated.
1. Should I line it in linen or leave it unlined for now. One of the concerns I have link to the next point if I line it with anything other than wool will it keep slipping.
2. I am concerned that it will keep slipping off my shoulders, none of the illustrations in the codex have any kind of fasteners but I'm considering adding a strip that will fasten somewhere around my collar bone area perhaps with some penanular brooches. That way I could take it off or leave it on as I please.
I'm having so much fun with this.
I'm also planning to make what I believe should be a half circle cloak (take a look at this link and tell me what you think ) That's actually the final look I'm going for, the cloak also seems to be lined in fur but I'm not going there at this point. I am probably going to make it out of a fairly light semi-fulled dark brown wool if I can find it. A few questions arise for this project any insights are appreciated.
1. Should I line it in linen or leave it unlined for now. One of the concerns I have link to the next point if I line it with anything other than wool will it keep slipping.
2. I am concerned that it will keep slipping off my shoulders, none of the illustrations in the codex have any kind of fasteners but I'm considering adding a strip that will fasten somewhere around my collar bone area perhaps with some penanular brooches. That way I could take it off or leave it on as I please.
I'm having so much fun with this.