[Ansteorra] OT - lady's head covering help

[Lisa A. May]

Linen coifs in pretty colors might work, and would be very simple (and  
inexpensive).  I would send her to Caelin on Andrede's (Richard  
Threlkeld) Flickr site, a fabulous set of pictures of many SCA events,  
and let her browse to see if she sees anything she likes:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rthrelkeld/sets/

I'm sure there would be folks available to help her make/obtain any  
one she decides would do for her.

Maggie

Countess Margaret ny Connor
Barony of the Steppes
Kingdom of Ansteorra

And do as adversaries do in law; strive mightily, then eat and drink  
as friends (Wm. Shakespeare)



On Apr 23, 2009, at 9:15 AM, Joe McGrew wrote:

> I'm reaching out to our wider community because a friend has asked for
> help in an area that is simply outside of my general fund of
> knowledge.
>
> Neither he nor his wife play, but he specifically asked me (and
> another friend) because we're "plugged in" to the SCA community, and
> he believes the know-how he seeks might be available to our friends
> who do play.
>
> His wife has just been diagnosed with cancer, and she will soon be
> losing all of her hair.  He would like to provide her with a head
> covering: "a pretty semi-medieval headdress, so she wouldn't have to
> depend on hats & scarves . . . something a little out of the ordinary,
> attractive, easy-to-wear and inexpensive.  (I don't want much, do I?
> ;-)  )  A cut above bandannas and 'do rags.  Something to boost her
> morale to offset losing her hair due to the chemo."
>
> I suggested a lady's guimple in some kind of pretty cloth or an
> Israeli Tichel, but that's about as far as my knowledge on the subject
> goes.
>
> Can anyone help with pointers or URL to other suggestions I can make  
> to him?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Gregor Mac Beathain
> oscagne at gmail.com
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