[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > is this for real??? It sure is--I'm reading the mailing list on nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.culture.studies.history.costume from within gnus right now. Granted gnus makes mailing lists look pretty news-like as it stands, but gmane's still nicer. Also, its archives are supposed to be pretty good. It's even possible to import the old archives, but I don't believe that I requested that.
On a more clothing-related note, I finally finished my Elizabethan doublet, slops & netherstocks. Approx. two months of handsewing, and a project which I had put off for the last four or five years. Not nearly as much pain as I'd been led to believe. I'll post a link to some pics when I finally get some taken. My one quibble is with the codpiece: the pattern I used is _not_ at all decent. So I need to fix that. Otherwise things went very well indeed. Slashing with a 5/8" chisel worked very well--there are four different types of slashing on the doublet (one for the body; one for the collar; one for the wings; and one for the skirt), and one for the slops. My one regret is that the interlining is rather boring--next time I'll use the structural fabric for the lining and the pretty fabric for the interlining, so that it shows through the slashes. The doublet & slops are lined in a light blue dupioni <sp?> silk, with a somewhat stiff & heavy beige cotton lining and a black wool body. I'm not familiar enough with fabric to be certain (I'm a real amateur!), but I believe that it's a tabby weave--very lightweight fabric, heavier than a suiting but lighter than most wool. The closest I can come to describing it is as a kind of woolen broadcloth. Wish I could find some more, to tell the truth, and in more colours. -- Robert Uhl <http://public.xdi.org/=ruhl> Mailserver lockup. Error message boggles mind. Oh well. Beer is cold. --Jason Wright _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
