On Saturday 20 May 2006 5:06 pm, Sue Clemenger wrote: > Sure! Always! <giggle> > I've got a variety of things going at the moment, some of them peripherally > (sp?) associated with historical costuming,
Wow, neat stuff, Sue! Since nothing else is going on here, this may be a good time for people to talk about their current costume/textile-related projects. Let's see. What am I working on now? Ignoring the stuff that's gotten pushed so far down the list it's a misrepresentation to claim I'm working on it at the moment, we have: * A Viking apron dress of the same style as the reconstruction in the Danish National Museum (I forget the official name of the museum just now, sorry!) * A plain linen smock or two to wear with it and other period garb (none of my smocks are linen, and I'm trying to make my garb more properly historic.) * An ornamented shawl of a style found in Lithuanian digs dated to about the 10th century. * Teaching myself nalbinding so that I can eventually make myself a properly period pair of socks. My first project is a kind of floppy dome I'm trying to turn into a simple hat. * Remaking a classical Roman matron's tunic to be more period; * Making a stola (sleeveless overdress--*not* a shawl or stole, despite the name) to wear with the above. -- Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "I'm starting to like the cut of this man's gibberish." --General Fillmore (from "The Tick," episode 2) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
