Kate Bunting
Librarian and 17th century reenactor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/01/2006 05:36 wrote:
For men, toileting is done differently from women at least half the time,
which changes the mechanical considerations. It's interesting to note that
in tunic-wearing periods, men often had shorter
Hi All, this might seem like a strange request from a brit but I'm having a
day to myself in London tommorow and i wondered if anyone has any ideas of
where to go that's costume related? My original plan was 'Handweavers Studio
then the museum of childhood, but just discovered museum is closed
Now that's reenactment that I can get into...Whoohoo! Mike T.
I found it hard to believe that women used not to wear drawers until I saw Rowlandson's Exhibition Stare-Case - admittedly not 16th century, but... http://www.wisc.edu/english/tkelley/NASSR/images/2Rowlandsonstare2.jpg
Kate
Use your microscope and have a look at your fibers under 250x to 500x
magnification. Flax fibers (linen) have a somewhat bamboo looking
shape. You get the bamboo like segments and when viewed in cross section
there is actually a dark looking (hollow?) centre like bamboo has. Cotton
fibers on
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I did not get mine either. I am in Germany.
Michaela,
Your exchange partner says she's been ill, but will be able to mail it
this week.
Dawn
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On Tue, 10 Jan 2006, Dawn Luckham wrote:
Use your microscope and have a look at your fibers under 250x to 500x
magnification. Flax fibers (linen) have a somewhat bamboo looking
shape. You get the bamboo like segments and when viewed in cross
section there is actually a dark looking
http://www.mum.org/
fascinating website. Quite a bit of evidence that for some women nothing was
used!
With regard to sanitary protection, for some women perhaps they didn't need
protection that often anyway. A combination of pregnancy and full breast
feeding could mean only a fraction of the
Joy Shillaker wrote:
A combination of pregnancy and full
breast feeding could mean only a fraction of the periods modern women
experience. I myself experienced almost 3 blissful years with the
pregnancy and feeding of my youngest!
On the other hand, even nursing twins, my period was back in
Average length of amenorrhea for mothers who are exclusively breastfeeding
is 14 months. A nice phase to be in!
I don't doubt that it works for some women, but I'd be reluctant to
assume it was this way for a majority.,
Polly
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Hi Joy,
Kensington Pallace.
The entrance is at Notting Hill Station, and trough the gateway into the
park.
They usually have exhibition about court wear, and last i was there, there
was a tailors shop with mens tailoring for the 18th century. Gorgeous
embroidered suits!!
Bjarne
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May i ask
where did you buy your knitted material.
I dont think i would be able to get it here in Denmark.
There is a pattern in Costume Closeup from Colonial Williamsburg i could
use.
Bjarne
I have found cotton knit at any of the lower end fabric stores here in the
States, especially in the
Dear Tania,
Yes i have found out of this. This was a surprise to me two, because this
quality is simply the finest i have ever seen. It would be lovely for fine
chemises and mens shirts, and also for chemise a la reine with laces.
But thanks for thinking of me!
Also for trimmings it would be
Hi Becky,
My daughter's ballet school does Nutcracker every year. They have a M
Ginger dress that is large enough to hide about a dozen kids under it. You
said your's is for a play, but it seems like the construction could be
similar. They used the white plastic PVC pipe used for
Dear Kelly,
Thanks for this Ill go looking at my fabric stores here in
Copenhagen.
Bjarne
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From: KELLY [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 4:32 PM
Subject: [h-cost] re: knit stockings
May i ask
To satisfy my calendar urge, I ended up getting the new calendar from
Chick-Fil-A, which is medieval and renaissance cows. The reticulated
hennin one isn't too bad.
Cows in shining armor
I would appreciate seeing other costumes for Mother Ginger. We want to put
it on wheels as well. maybe I can tell from the pictures. Thanks for the
offer.
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Where did you see the ballet last year? Maybe I can contact the company for
ideas on the costume. If you don't mind telling me that is.
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Subject: [h-cost] Re: Mother Ginger
[How do you get the cross-section in a nonprofessional setup? I have used
my microscope on fibers, but have never figured out how to see anything
but the side view.}
LOL! Truth be told, I don't often manage it myself. :P
I try to cut very short, fragmented pieces of fiber (almost like dicing
Mid-19th century is different than 18thC. From what I can tell,
stockings cut from knit yardgoods were only in use for a short time.
If you have infrmation about this for 19thC, I am very .curious! From
what I can tell, cut and sewn was not at all common for the 19thC.
From
The employments of
Just a couple of bits.
First, it's unlikely that any Herjofsnes garments were found with linen pads
of any sort (linen has not survived in the conditions at Herjofsnes). What
may be being remembered is the polar bear breeches from Angmagssalik (now
called Tasiilaq), and may not be even
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Quoting Dawn Luckham [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
LOL! Truth be told, I don't often manage it myself. :P
I try to cut very short, fragmented pieces of fiber (almost like
dicing an onion). Every once in a while one or two pieces of fiber
end up in the right position on the microscope slide to be
Hello
could someone please send me (OFF LIST) digests 22 to
27 - if they have them? My in box has just not
collected them for some reason, although I've had 28
and 29. It's weird to come into conversations half way
through!
many thanks,
Katherine S.
A positive attitude may not solve all of
If you really have some hours, I would like to suggest Kenwood House which
is in Hampstead.
A country manor in London! Lots of wonderful furniture and paintings. It has
been a while since I've been there but I seem to remember they had some
clothing as well (not much, but still...).
Anyway have
Quoting Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Marc Carlson wrote:
I could have sworn that back in anthropology 101 they taught us that
extended breastfeeding was used to make a woman less likely to get
pregnant, not that it stopped menstruation.
It does both.
On the non-physical side, having a small child forever attatched to you makes
it difficult to get the chance to get pregnant.
Wendy
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Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006
Caroline wrote:
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding you are unlikely to have monthly
cycles. Admitted women who are not sexually active won't be pregnant much
but once you take nuns out of the equasion most women wouldn't need sanitary
protection much during their life.
This is not exactly
In a message dated 1/11/2006 7:30:13 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Flax fibers (linen) have a somewhat bamboo looking
shape. You get the bamboo like segments and when viewed in cross section
there is actually a dark looking (hollow?) centre like bamboo has.
In a message dated 1/11/2006 11:38:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
could have sworn that back in anthropology 101 they taught us that
extended breastfeeding was used to make a woman less likely to get pregnant,
not that it stopped menstruation.
The two kind
Mid-19th century is different than 18thC. From what I can tell,
stockings cut from knit yardgoods were only in use for a short time.
If you have infrmation about this for 19thC, I am very .curious! From
what I can tell, cut and sewn was not at all common for the 19thC.
From
The employments of
Thankyou Michaela and Sunny for your suggestions. looks like I need another
trip up to London! Fortunately I only live in Portsmouth and the mega Bus
gets me up there for £2.50 return! (About the same cost for me to go to
portsmouth Dockyard and the historic ships!)
And thankyou, Robin for
From: Robin Netherton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Marc, I'm the one who brought up the sealskin belt/pad arrangement from
Herjolfsnes. There were a few fragments of bast fibers (some pieces of
cloth, some microscopic fibers) found in various spots at Herjolfsnes...
I know that we'd discussed this one in
Roughly what is that in American dollars and inches. :)
Actually, how do you get to the site with the linens?
De
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You can get it at Broderi Antik for 399 dkr a meter. it is about 140 cm
wide.
Hope you can use this info
Tania
According to advice from La Leche League (breastfeeding support and
promotion group), for breastfeeding to be really effective in holding
off your cycles, you need to be nursing during the night. I
considered night-weaning my toddler because we wanted to start trying
for another, but I managed to
On Wednesday 11 January 2006 6:15 pm, otsisto wrote:
Roughly what is that in American dollars and inches. :)
Actually, how do you get to the site with the linens?
www.xe.com will convert the Danish kroner to US dollars (or just about any
other currency) for you.
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Cathy Raymond [EMAIL
I remember that whenever my husband and I tried to start something, the baby
would wake up, even though he/she was in the next room (and, yes, we were
being very quiet. ESP at work. Built in birth control.
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Does anyone here have Margos Elizabethan gentlemens pattern? I've asked
on Margos list but can't get an answer - I'm pretty sure there is a
correction that needs to be done to the neck of the mens doublet but I
haven't got that page - can anyone here enlighten me?
Thanks in advance, Aylwen
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Gail Scott Finke wrote:
Robin wrote:
Just as one data
point, I routinely go without underwear when in costume,
Too much information!! Too much information!!
I prefer not to know who is going commando in my vicinity.
Sorry -- given the topic (whether cold
Well, the only reference I have ever seen to women's menses or the
items associated with it, was in Philip Stubbes Anatomy of Abuses
(can't remember the page # off the top of my head) when he referred
to someone as a menstrous clout. I would hazard a guess that there
might be other references
Well, I certainly am not in any position to debate the validity of
the mini Ice Age theory but, I have spent the weekend at an event
in an English castle and I can tell you they are still damp. As for
cold I still hold that it is a matter of perspective I grew up in
Ottawa, Canada and to me
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