Hi, I have been a spinner and weaver for years. Wool should be washed in a special wool wash. Detergent is the wrong pH. We made up and sold a mix of soft soap...
The Jesuit's don't have a monastic habit like monks because they are priests, not monks, therefore they wear what is traditionally a priest's habit so you...
Sorry, getting into this late and have not seen the original post. From what folks have posted, I assume you are wanting a basic Franciscan monk's habit as...
Someone asked the question if I wasn't the guy looking for garb for 1856? no that is way past the 1835 year. The research while in bible school the differences...
The dress is lovely! Looks just like tha painting. And you will find that eyelets work up quite easily on a wool dress. I'd be a little afraid of washing it...
It depends on the wool. Most I've found do little fraying if they are washed/fulled before you make up the garment. Depending on how much it frays at that...
Actually you can wash and dry wool as long as you washed and dried it before you made your garb.. If you are afraid of shrinking and felting then line dry it....
I havent ever worked with wool because of the cost, but I was able to snag a lighter weight wool suiting at a thrift store. I did make a kirtle (GFD) out of...
We are located in the Kingdom of Northshield in either Barony of Jararvellir or Canton of Coille Stoirmeil. Both are about the same distance from where we...
Yes premade patterns can be a bit of a problem. I know that simplicity always runs at least 1 size too small. I wear between a 16 and an 18 and I have to cut...
HI there, Have you googled??? There are several pages with detailed info. http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/monks-clothes-in-the-middle-ages.htm My suggestion is...
Besides Margo Anderson's patterns, Reconstructing History somewhat goes up to 26. She has a different measurement system, you match your measurement of body...
Just a heads-up on most commercial pattern companies, the numbers on their patterns are consistent with the older sizing numbers of the 1980s or earlier, and...
I am no expert on the 1800's but what I remember from school was the monks wore wool outer garments. Not sure what they wore under that but I would assume...
Here's a site with links to tunic and hood patterns. http://reddawn.net/costume/patterns.htm Do you have fabric stores near you? It shouldn't be too hard to...
Hi all I still need help with my garb of a monk< I posted a week or so ago and now getting desperate. What I need is a pattern idea and then where to get the...
What era are you looking for? A basic gored tunic or kirtle is easy to upsize with the pattern from http://needleprayse.webcon.net.au/research/index.html under...
I am looking for patterns for plus sized garb. I am a 26/28 and have had a lot of problems finding patterns in my size. Can anyone help me out? At this...
I'm pretty sure that if they made a full-circle houppelande and lined it with fur they would have used the lightest fur available, but I also think the ones...
No farthingale is required under an early Tudor dress. The farthingale in England does not appear to become popular until about 1545, when the first surviving...
My persona is late period tudor, so I do use all the bells and whistles. I do not dive in it, and just snag a friend to help me get into the garb if need be...
... I've made chemises from the 5.3 oz "middle weight" linen from fabrics-store.com, and they're ok, but for Texas heat (our high today was 102 F), I've...
I have a full-circle houppe, 2 ft train, floor length sleeves, done in slightly-dubious wool (Mostly wool with some acrylic content; ordered too late to be...
Driving in a bumroll may be worse! At least if it'ws a big one. You can put the bumroll or farthingale on after you get out of the car. But you don't...
