Has anyone used these patterns before? Silvara
> [Original Message] > From: Saragrace Knauf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 3/22/2007 7:33:07 AM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] yardage for short cloak? > > Hi Aylwen, since I draft most of my own patterns, I am always looking to > other's yardage recommendations. I use the Internet for this all the time. > Reconstructing History has a great spectrum of patterns to look at. > > Here is a Man's "Musketeer Cloak" > > http://tinyurl.com/24cgke > > It recommends 5 yards. Used to be you could see the back of the pattern on > some of these sites....having a little difficulty at the moment finding one. > > http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/patterns.htm > > This one for instance has a mantle for which she recommends 2.5 yards at 45" > That is pretty skimpy. > > I can't recommend the patterns themselves, as I've not used them, but the > yardage requirements seem to work fairly well. I am sure if you wrote Kass, > she would tell you though. > > > Here is one for a Moroccan Bernoose. http://www.folkwear.com/caravan.html > (Follow the link to the yardage requirement) It has a shorter version too. > > Sg > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:05 PM > Subject: [h-cost] yardage for short cloak? > > > > Hi, I'm distant from my books and patterns right now and > > need to work out the yardage required to make a full short > > cloak out of narrow velveteen. What would you recommend? The > > cloak needs to go to the hip on a med/large guy. > > > > Many thanks, Aylwen > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
