I have received my package of goodies from Plimoth Plantation and I have
made my sample and I have sent it in. While the organizers of the project are
quick to reassure us that the production of the sample is not a test, it is not
a race either. But, am I the first? Will mine be the first
How many yards were used to make a ruff?
I have a feeling I saw it somewhere in a book, but I can't find the
reference. It may have been a library book, from ages ago.
I am interested to know how many yards would have been required to edge a
ruff - the large millwheel ruffs I mean.
I know
Hi Devon,
It might be a race that you are so excited about that we got four identical
messages. ;-)
I think you must be the first with a sample (other than the sample designer
-- me). I'm relieved to know that someone has managed to finsih the sample
and that my directions didn't cause a giant
How many yards were used to make a ruff?
Hi Elizabeth:
The pattern of a ruff was similar to a box pleat, if the edges of the
pleat were rounded instead of ironed flat. That would mean you'd need a
minimum of 3 times the outside measure of your ruff. So, if your neck
were 18 inches around
...would anyone conceive an idea as zany as this one :) But the results
- and the commentary -- are priceless, even if you don't know who's who
among the US presidential candidates.
The guy says he's politically right of center; I think he's lying
through his teeth. And, definitely, Giulliani
