Re: [h-cost] Hill Bucknell Cloaks - sorry for cross-post, but...
Hi Laurie, I've used a woollen lining for a cloak I take with me to the winter (sometimes snow) camps. It's been brilliant. I find that when water gets through the outer wool layer on a cloak, it wicks through a linen lining quite quickly, but the woollen lining gives a bit more protection. Have fun! Glenda. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Laurie Taylor Sent: Friday, 12 November 2010 1:43 AM To: 'Historical Costume' Subject: [h-cost] Hill Bucknell Cloaks - sorry for cross-post, but... I'm not sure how much overlap there is between this list and an SCA garb list, so I hoped for more ideas between the two. I am cutting a cloak, the half-circle style as shown in Hill Bucknell, The Evolution of Fashion 1066-1930, c.1100 male/female. I opted for this one because it fit well on my fabric without piecing. The fabric is a very dark charcoal, almost black, woolen-like, though probably acrylic. Its what I had on hand so, even if the color isnt period, its going to happen. Im stuck on lining. Im guessing that it should be a linen, though I was eye-balling a super-fine 130 wool from my stash. The color isnt good though, I suppose being a blue-gray, almost faded teal, but it sure feels nice. What would be a good color, keeping maybe sort of period? Im not wanting to go buying more fabric I own too darn much! But Im not sure that Ive got anything in a good color/fiber combination. Also, quite a few of the cloaks of c.1066-1260 or thereabouts are greater than ½ circle and harder to fit on fabric without piecing. I did the math to enlarge one particular pattern, and it would need a piece of fabric around 105 x 120 approximately. How would you piece that, or how might it have been pieced in period, assuming that they didnt just weave a fabric to a dimension suitable for that garment? Wide open to thoughts and ideas! Laurie T. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Question of fair use
Because the book isn't copyrighting the pattern. One of the things we found when photographing in European museums is that the rules are very strict on who the copyright of the photographed image belongs to. It definitely isn't the photographer. In some places where there is a strict no-photography rule (Verulamium, Wallace Collection etc), we were able to photograph providing that we signed a form saying that we would only used the photographs for research purposes, not for commercial use. Any copyright strictly stayed with the museum. According to modern copyrighting laws the original copyrighting of the pattern in the fabric expired in the early 1400s. If the museum has copyright over it, then one would have to contact the museum, not the author or photographer. Glenda. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Lavolta Press Sent: Thursday, 13 May 2010 8:59 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Question of fair use As I've said, it's very curious that the same people who are so emphatic about their legal rights to do this or that and about civility, are so opposed to asking permission to use other people's copyrighted material. Why is that, I wonder? Fran On 5/12/2010 3:43 PM, Beteena Paradise wrote: I'm confused about this. Why would someone who took a photograph of a piece of clothing from the 14th century own the copyright for the pattern of the fabric? Now, I could see contacting the museum or organization that owns the piece of clothing. But the photographer or author of the book? No way. From: annbw...@aol.comannbw...@aol.com To: h-cost...@indra.com Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 11:26:46 PM Subject: [h-cost] Question of fair use Have to side with Fran on this one. As a creator of intellectual property that has been misappropriated myself, I can appreciate her vigilance. The subsequent poster may be correct that the intended action was fair use; however, remember that the intent of the original poster is to reproduce the design on a fabric. Now, if she were weaving it herself (okay a stretch, I admit, as it is brocade) for her own use, you might still be able to claim fair use. But to turn over the design to a commercial weaver, who could conceivably use it again to sell the fabric to someone else, well, I agree that isn't fair to the author/artist. In that case, I would DEFINITELY ask the author/artist for permission. Ann Wass ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Laser scissors
My biggest problem is setting the fabric out straight to begin with, especially with the fine stuff. It wiggles. Don't think a laser pointer would help that :-( Glenda. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] CC27 historical judge talks about workmanship andhistorical interpretation
You wrote: --The worst thing we judges saw, in Workmanship, was unfinished raw edges with loose threads fraying out of them. I think about half of what we saw had this problem, and it didn't gain anybody points. (That said, my own seam finish isn't always that great unless I think a workmanship judge, or one of my students, will ever see it.) Of course, there are periods where a raw edge is more authentic than finished edges. My 7th century Anglo-Saxon outfit is made that way deliberately. The cloth is a really hardy diamond twill, the seams are just laid over each other and stitched with the fabric's wool (which would have been left over from the fabrication), both inside and outside. A lot of 12-13th century garments were made without finished edges too. Glenda. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] CC27 historical judge talks about workmanshipandhistorical interpretation
Yeah, I'm the type of person that trolls through the books looking for the correct period seams and uses what I've found as a mix throughout the clothing I'm doing. I took 6 years to work out how I should do my 7th century Anglo-Saxon cloak, out of a beautiful natural grey warp and deep red weft heavy wool, as the information I needed wasn't available. The lining cloth took 5 years - a lovely thick open weave hemp. However, not everyone can wait 6 years. The tunic took about 5 years of waiting after I'd made the good undertunic until I found the diamond weave too (on the other side of the world). Some people just spend way too much time and energy on reenactment! I could wait because this isn't my primary period. I started this project in 2001, and I think I'm happy with it now. Glenda -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Käthe Barrows You're absolutely right, except we didn't see anything from those periods, only from the ones where seam finish was common. But if you'd documented the lack of seam finish, and if your other hand-sewing was good, the lack of seam finish would have looked deliberate, not like an oversight. In that situation I would have credited it to your research and hand-sewing skills. No docs *and* bad hand-sewing would have looked like bad workmanship to me. Of course, there are periods where a raw edge is more authentic than finished edges. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] The fit of 17th century stockings?
It depends on the material they're made of. I have made and worn both knitted and fabric stocks. The knitted ones have much more stretch, so can be tight about the ankle. The fabric ones can't be really tight around the ankle, even when cut on the bias, otherwise you just can't get your foot through them to put them on! I recall seeing drawing with ties on the ankle of the fabric stocks to pull them in after they're on, but don't remember where off the top of my head. Glenda. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Chris Laning Sent: Sunday, 5 April 2009 7:05 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] The fit of 17th century stockings? I'm working on a project that involves constructing some mid-17th- century stockings, and my own expertise (such as it is) is really only with earlier centuries. So far, the results I seem to be getting suggest that either (1) these stockings are *supposed* to be loose around the ankle and instep rather than closely fitted, or (2) the instructions were written by someone who really didn't know what he was doing! Both are possible, of course, but since I haven't studied 17th century fashions at all, I don't have information that would enable me to tell. Insights from people more familiar with this era would be very helpful -- backup evidence even more so ;) OChris Laning clan...@igc.org - Davis, California + http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Romano-British Broch usage
Hi All, Has anyone got any firm research on how the Romano-British small animal brooches were worn? Were they purely ornamental, as we would wear a brooch these days, or were they also used, say, to hold a couple of folds of clothing together? I want to buy some, but want to wear them properly. Nothing I've seen (even in Allason-Jones' Women in Roman Britain, and in museum books where they've gone into the construction in great depth) has any details on how they were worn. Ta, Glenda. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Janet Arnold book shipping
It's still £14.99 at Amazon.uk (=US$23). My postage from UK to Australia was £8, so I figure buying from Amazon UK would be $US30-35 (half price). Glenda. -Original Message- Yesterday, Amazon.com stated that Patterns of Fashion 4 was $64.00 and there were none in stock. How did you get the $50 price? Diane ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] JA POF 4
Nothing wrong with doing both periods. Mine was billed yesterday. I'll get it in a couple of weeks. Glenda 1st Century Romano-Briton 7th Century Saxon 17th Century Londoner -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of cahuff Sent: Saturday, 8 November 2008 8:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] JA POF 4 IT's here!! And it is wonderful!! Now to have a moment or 12 to sit down and read it slooowly from cover to cover!!! I think this old 1st cent Celt may be wandering up the time stream... Ta Carol -- Creative Clutter is Better Than Idle Neatness! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Underwear Review of Arnold vol 4
Amazon UK has it on sale for 15 pounds: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Patterns-Fashion-construction-neckwear-accessories/d p/0333570820 An added bonus is if the book is further reduced before publication, you pay the lowest price. I hope Amazon UK is prepared for the H-Cost influx. I've ordered mine!!! Glenda. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Underwear Review of Arnold vol 4
I suppose it makes a change from the stereotypes of those in the Nursing profession. Glenda ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume
My take on this garment is that they aren't pleats at all. They are hanging loosely, but when you sketch, it might look like pleats, but is actually folds. If you have a look at the Ancient styles of palla, some of them are quite deep in the centre as well. I made one which ended up a little larger than expected and it hung in deep folds in the centre, just like the ones in the drawing. Hey, she may even have been some type of historical reenactor :-) Glenda -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Catherine Olanich Raymond Sent: Thursday, 17 July 2008 12:01 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] Pskov Viking costume On Tuesday 15 July 2008 11:42:42 pm Gytha Stonegrinder wrote: Oooh me too! I sincerely believe that aprons were worn in the way depicted, but in this case it wouldn't even lie neat and flat with the sagging overdress underneath it. The silk on linen is fairly stiff and would not just lie crumpled flat. Gytha That's an excellent point. The silk trimmed section looks fairly thick. It would probably take all three brooches to secure in the box-pleat like position shown by the second drawing. -- Cathy Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.--Edmund Burke ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] test
Have replied directly. Glenda. -Original Message- I've had no messages for a week - is anybody out there?? -- Jean Waddie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Ahem-something interesting
Don't ask why, but I looked for a good close-up pic: http://www.christusrex.org/www2/berry/DB-f2v-d3l.jpg (No blurring here...) However, it does show that the woman to the left of the man is showing all as well. I can understand though - it's quite cold outside, and I've done similar (however, I am not so authentic at reenactment events that I remove my modern underwear when wearing skirts ) Glenda. -Original Message- Yeah. It's February. All the dangly bits are in plain view. susan ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Ahem-something interesting
My husband wondered it it was because they had stood to close to the fire ... Glenda. -Original Message- Well, the Roman look is back in these days, so maybe it was enjoying a revival in the middle ages. Ed Walton ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Ahem-something interesting
My husband has now suggested something more reasonable - they could be children! As perspective wasn't used in artworks as yet, children were usually pictured as small adults, so it could well be the two kids of the house warming themselves by the fire. Glenda. -Original Message- My husband wondered it it was because they had stood to close to the fire ... Glenda. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Ahem-something interesting
Hi Janet, Had a quick look on Google - maybe it's been sent in HTML rather than plain text? Glenda -Original Message- I've been trying to post to this thread and I keep getting this message back. What's the problem? Janet The message's content type was not explicitly allowed ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Fwd: Independence Day Ball - It's a month early this year!
Had to share this bit of info for all you USAdians. The Norwalk Independence Day Ball is being held early this year... Fair enough - events move around due to other influences. BUT that puts the Independence Day Ball smack bang in the middle of the weekend celebrating the Official Queen's Birthday of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth! Maybe it's been taken over by Loyalists? ;-) In Australia (but not in the UK.. . go figure) we celebrate this as a long weekend (in some states it's the last long weekend before Christmas, so no-one wants to let it go - it's also the official start of the Ski season). Every year the Pike and Musket Society (1642 London trayned bandes reenactment) celebrates by holding our Winter Camp - were we camp out for 3-4 days in the mountains 3.5 hours west of Sydney. It's not unusual to see snow, and last year the overnight temperatures got down to -6C (we know this because the olive oil froze, but not the red wine!). Definitely a weekend when all our 1640s clothing comes in useful - this doesn't often happen in Sydney. Glenda. -Original Message- Celebrate our nation's birthday in a unique way and help a good cause! Come experience the fun and finery of a colonial ball. Proceeds benefit Montpelier, home of James Madison. James Madison was the Father of the Constitution, and also the author of the Bill of Rights. His home, Montpelier, was in private hands until recent years. The Montpelier Foundation is conducting a major restoration of the mansion to return it to the way it was when James and Dolley Madison lived there. Date: Saturday, June 9, 2007 - Yes JUNE - it's early this year! Time: 6:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. Place: Norwalk Masonic Lodge 12345 Rosecrans Ave., Norwalk, CA Donation:$30 per person. Early bird discount: $5 off if received before May 10th. Colonial attire welcomed but not required. Instruction provided for all dances. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] Circular cloak hems - what do you do?
All the extant ones I've seen have been semi-circular, but some of the ecclesiastical ones are tailored at the shoulder. Glenda. -Original Message- Sorry for the cross posts all. I'v just made a middle class full length full circle cape. Of course over the shoulder the cape length is shorter. Do most people hem the rest of the cape to match that length or do they just do an even hem all 'round and allow it to be longer in front and back? Sg ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] 17th Century question
Can you point to a picture? Glenda. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2006 2:28 AM Subject: [h-cost] 17th Century question My costume design class is researching the 1660's for Tartuffe. They had a question about the strange little head piece seen on some ladies of the period. It is a little disk attached to the forehead with a protruding stick and ball attached to the end. What is that? Is it worn for a special occasion or in a particular part of Europe? It seems to occur primarily in Low Countries research. Can anyone give me some information. Sometimes (usually), the teacher doesn't know everything. They are awaiting your response. Thanks ever so much! Cheryl Odom College of Santa Fe ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Mona Lisa
Not my period either, but I find it amusing they've had to use intensive laser scanning to detect something I (and I suppose most others here) could see just by looking at a photograph in a book. I never realised 'no-one' had seen it. It's quite obvious around her hairline. Glenda. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Question re: men's 16th/17th c. doublet
I also think they do look just a little limp. I always interline my 1640s tabs with medium weight tent canvas, which gives them that extra bit of stiffness. I wouldn't try using cotton batting - a bit too much. These tabs have a lot of movement in them when being worn, and I think a heavy batting lining would leave the tabs sticking out too far after bending down. Glenda. - Original Message - From: A. Thurman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: h-costume@mail.indra.com Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 11:03 AM Subject: [h-cost] Question re: men's 16th/17th c. doublet I have a question about the size/shape of doublet tabs/skirts on men's doublets ca. 1600-1610. Some background: I'm making a linen canvas doublet for rapier fencing, based loosely on the one in Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 1560-1620 (page 82). Apart from the fabric, it also has a pointed front (because I'm made that way - my navel lies below my natural waistline) and corded body for extra impact protection. Here are some pictures of my progress thus far. The tabs are basted on, and though it's not visible there's a linen canvas lacing strip beneath: Front: http://pics.livejournal.com/anotheranon/pic/00059kk8 Back: http://pics.livejournal.com/anotheranon/pic/00058xfp My question is primarily decorative. According to the dimensions given in Arnold and my eyeballing, it seems like each of the tabs should be roughly the size of my hand, give or take a 1/2 or so, which these are. I opted not to pad them with the cotton batting I used elsewhere because I thought it would add bulk without much stiffness. However, the tabs seem to droop - I've likened them to a row of floppy dogs ears! And the large size while not unflattering when I'm wearing it doesn't look right to me; I think I might be comparing it in my mind to the smaller tabs found on women's stays of the same period. Can someone tell me - are the tabs the right size/shape/bulk, or am I just being unduly influenced by my experience of doing mostly women's 16th century? Thanks in advance, Allison T. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] illustrator vs fashion historian
I have a theory that there's a reason only boys wear them like this - the girls don't have the equipment to hold them up :-) Glenda. (my teenage boys are glad it's the style - both are very thin, and that's the way their trousers go anyway) - Original Message - And, at least around here, the fit of the jeans. Guys wear them ridiculously over-sized and baggy, And hanging half way down the *rse in London - I swear some of them will fall down as there is no waist and hips to stop them. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Clothes fitting - gotta start somewhere
You mean that somewhere in the world there's someone that might sell size 30 pants as standard? Both my husband and older son (and my younger son's heading that way) are this size, and they mostly have to end up in 32s with a belt (or in my 16yo's case, size 32 around his hips with his underpants showing, but that style can't be worn forever!) There are about one pair of size 30s here in a blue moon. We're heading off to the UK for a month in a week or so, I'm hoping they have some there. I've already got to go shopping for warm women's clothing (and jeans with a decent range of leg lengths) - Our midwinter averages are still 3-4 celcius above the UK Spring averages, and the local shops just don't have anything useful at all in their autumn collections. Glenda. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Birds
Sounds like a Galah: galah.galahs.com.au/content/php/article016.php Can't say I've ever met an Australian parrot that's easy to deal with. Our old neighbours had a Sulpher Crested Cockatoo who would 'stage whisper' in the middle of the night, too many times we thought someone had broken in! It would also shriek late at night too. We ended up spraying it with our hose when it shrieked. They're quite clever, so eventually it got the hint. My parents had wild parrots eat their wooden pergola and their geranium bed, and the mess the local cockatoos leave of our flowering eucalypts has to be seen to be believed - they just rip all the flowers off the trees and drop them to the ground. The one that was friendly must have been very tame! We're all fairly wary (or is it scared) of them over here. But they're very pretty. Glenda. - Original Message - Hi, yes I know that personality to a bird. When i studyed at the design school, we had a day in the zoo to draw animals. I preferred to draw the birds. Especially one of them an australian one rose colloured with tall feathers on the head, dont know the name, i got quite friendly with, and i could stick in my finger and pet it . After lunch, i hurried back, and the bird was waiting for me ( i thoaght) but when i took the finger into him, he just bite me so hard you cant imagine. I guess it was another one, and not the other one i had pet before lunch. I never forget that bird Bjarne ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Wool
I always prewash my wool, especially if it's going to be lined, a jacket usually shrinks in length by an inch or two with the type of wool I use. Not sure what would happen with gaberdine, but it doesn't take long to pre-wash anyway. It also washes out any chemicals used in the processing, so I don't get rashes when working with it. Glenda. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 10:25 AM Subject: [h-cost] Wool I'm in the planning stages of what will be my first ever wool garment. Is there anything I need to know about sewing with it? Do any of you guys pre-wash wool? It's a gabardine fabric, which I know isn't terribly period, but it's what I could afford, and I'm making my late-17th-century pirate coat out of it. Thanks for any advice you can give me. Being from South Texas originally, wool was excluded from my sewing education. :) Tea Rose ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Sees
I've seen worse, Darrell Lea in Australia used to have their shop assistants in a large shapeless shift with a huge floppy bow about the same place as this uniform. Shocking! Unfortunately, I can't find a photo of these on the net. Anyone else in OZ have any pics? Glenda. , but the 20th century isn't exactly my area of costuming interest... I'd say early tacky or late dowdy ;-) Seriously though, I've seen some hideous work uniforms but I think Sees is a real leader here. Fortunately their candy is wonderful and they're not selling their uniforms...those poor ladies... Julie ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] knit stockings
Have you taken into account the stretch of the stocking? 40cm seems like a very large diameter. Glenda. - Original Message - From: Bjarne og Leif Drews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 7:55 AM Subject: [h-cost] knit stockings I tryed to knit silk stockings. But the silk thread was two slippery, i lost the stitches all the time. Now i have tryed with cotton thread, and its a little easyer for me. I made a sampler and it shows that i use 5 stitches to each cm. This meens that i have to start with 200 stitches at the top. Would this be two coarse for a gentlemans stockings? Bjarne Leif og Bjarne Drews www.my-drewscostumes.dk http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] getting oil stains out of fabric
I did the same thing to my new expensive dressing gown last week. I just threw it in the heavy duty laundry soaker and fairly hot water, and it came out quickly and easily. Must be the week for it - I just dropped some tartare sauce on my top (eating prawns - the wonders of Christmas in Summer!), so I'll get that in the soak now. Glenda. - Original Message - From: Danielle Nunn-Weinberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 6:54 PM Subject: [h-cost] getting oil stains out of fabric Greetings, I know this has been discussed ad nauseam in the past but the changed archives don't seem to give me what I need. Does anyone have a record of these threads or a good tip that they can email me off list since I had an encounter with an exploding bottle of salad dressing (wearing new clothes, naturally), and I need to deal with a large blob of olive oil right in the middle of the top... Cheers, Danielle ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] New Medieval Gallery at the Museum of London
I'd check that with the museum - we were there in late 2003 and were not able to take photographs or (I kid you not) do sketches! I'm glad the displays are better - the old ones were quite disappointing - many items were not labelled. Some interesting pieces didn't even have an accession number to ask questions about later (they had the earliest examples of slipware (dated on the piece) I've seen, but no further information about them. Wayne did some sketches of these anyway! We're taking the kids to the UK next April-May, We'll be in London over Easter, and are looking forward to seeing the new gallery. Glenda. - Original Message - At 02:34 22/11/2005, you wrote: - Original Message - From: Suzi Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED] The wire frame for the Gable Headdress, which I copied for the Museum, was on display, and also a frame for a French hood!!! What are the photography rules? Can you take pics of the headwear frames for those of us in the US? =} -E House Should not be a problem once the Gallery is officially open. I thought it might be a bit obvious if I was there with my camera last night!! As it was I had my little notebook out making lists. Suzi ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] serging knits help please!
Yeah! Another person who uses 'defenestrate' in regular conversation! Though maybe this is more common in historical circles... Glenda. - Original Message - Greetings, snip I'm kind of at my wits end over this and about ready to defenestrate the wretched machine... Cheers, Danielle ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
