[Bryn-gwlad] Cloaky Goodness (was Candlemas costume planning)

[Eric W. Brown]

http://home.clara.net/arianrhod/Aldebaran/DoItYourself/Cloak02.html

 

how to make a half circle cloak...

 

If you think a bit I'm sure you can adapt this to a ¾ of full circle cloak, just add more panels and rotate

 

Cal-

 

From: bryn-gwlad-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org [mailto:bryn-gwlad-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of Samantha Smith
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 3:16 PM
To: Barony of Bryn Gwlad
Subject: [Bryn-gwlad] Cloaky Goodness (was Candlemas costume planning)

 

Along all these same lines...

Like my usual foolish self, I have received a lovely new paycheck and am immediately thinking "FABRIC!" 

I am in particular thinking "You know, I've used my mother's Kinsale cloak enough at events. I ought to make my own! And it shall be pretty! And period! And wool and warm as toast! And incidentally I should buy seven colors of tropical weight wool just while I'm looking -- " 

To head that thought off at the pass, does anyone have a suggestion for a pattern and necessary yardage for an early period Western European cloak? Would just making a big circular or semicircular cloak do just fine? Am I overthinking this (I usually am)? Should I seriously just go and join one of the SCA sewing/costuming (sorry Eule, I know, it's not a costume, don't hurt me!) weblists? 

Sophie

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