The Armour Archive

Charlotte J

The wedding isn't in garb.

But it would still be cool if you were.

Charlotte J

All of the changes that make the silhouette into the final product are done by fitting it to the body. For the pigeon breast, specifically, I layer small towels onto the model until the chest is fitted in a desired way, and then I fit over that. Even then, if he slouches when he's wearing it, it lo...

Charlotte J

I looked at this thread more closely this time. It's an interesting idea, a textbook that would address these issues. Thing is, there are really only a handful of people in the world interested in this topic. Those who do it quite a bit end up relying on instinct rather than rules of thumb that can ...

Charlotte J

Ooh, sorry, I missed that. I do all of that stuff, but I don't have anything written up. Though, I prefer working from the body.

Charlotte J

Do you have The Medieval Tailor's Assistant? There's a chapter on fitting a block, and every layout in the book uses this block as a basis.

Charlotte J

Some of the patterns in that book are truly jaw dropping. There is very little in the way of simple cuts in 16th C. clothing, and a surprising number of the patterns involve types of constructions that I have trouble imagining. I recommend getting a copy, even if your interest stops short of the 16...

Charlotte J

Mac pointed me over here. I read this earlier, and I wish I had more to contribute, but it's mostly a mystery to me, as well. You do sometimes see women with a similar piece under their (presumably) kirtle layer. I would put forward two guesses as to how it's held in place - either pressure, or pinn...

Charlotte J

Oh goodness no, it's still hugely popular right smack in the center of the "Burgundian" age. :D However, it *does* have a tremendous variety of forms by this point. The bycocket, it should be understood, was primarily executed as a formed felt hat. You can see examples that were *clearly* blocked a...

Charlotte J

Destichado, what are your favorite images of a bycocket in the latter half of the 15th century? I tend to think of it as most common in a 14th or early 15th century setting, but I think there are exceptions. I just can't put my finger on them right now. You've got me thinking.

Charlotte J

Hose might also point to the doublet itself, without necessarily having the jerkin. There is some debate about the commonality of the jerkin. Basics are usually braies, some sort of hose (depends on decade and class), some sort of doublet (ditto for decade and class), some sort of gown (ditto for de...

Charlotte J

Boiled wool is usually knit before felting, not woven.

It gives a fairly decent look for some things, but I wouldn't make a tunic out of it.

Charlotte J

I actually have three articles/pages on kiddo clothing. They can all be found here: http://wp.bymymeasure.com/documentation ... s/children

Charlotte J

Do you swaddle her?

Charlotte J

Vivant to Their Highnesses Bela and Anna!

Charlotte J

Hm. I like the part where I say I'm going to turn this into a tutorial, four years ago...
http://wp.bymymeasure.com/501/quickie-on-cloaks

Charlotte J

Wow, prices have gone WAY up in the last 10 years.

Charlotte J

Most of what I have I bought about 10 years ago on eBay, old vintage coats. I tear them apart and piece them back together. If you buy something that's "squirrel", it's often squirrel, but not always. Naturally, most of that is dyed, and not the iconic miniver pattern. However, it seems that by the ...

Charlotte J

As an aside, I have a small collection of fur and fur-lined garment images that I've collected over the last few months. Far from exhaustive, but it give you an idea of how fur was represented in the artwork. I think I only have one example of ermine, the rest are some variation of vair, probably mi...

Charlotte J

Yep. Ermine.

Charlotte J

The big categories are: Woolen or worsted? Woolen is warm, thick, and fuzzy. Think your winter wool coat, a blanket, or sweater yarn. Often sold as Melton or flannel. Shrinks quite a bit, if you wants something warm and waterproof, get a woolen and shrink the heck out of it before sewing. Worsted, s...

Charlotte J

Sean Powell wrote:
If it wasn't for the effort of this board here I'd have ignored this scooter as a modern contrivance with no documentable evidence. There was no way to trace it backwards to a source... who happens to be a FB friend what are the odds?

Kids dressed like that tend to have documentable toys. :p

Charlotte J

The boys had this at Pennsic a few years ago, and rode if to merchant row. We didn't move very fast because every kid and his dad wanted to try it.

I'll echo that it's a better toy than walking trainer.

Charlotte J

Well done. By Their Majesties.

Charlotte J

Real time results today should be posted to the official Outlands page on Facebook.

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=117320308461741

Charlotte J

Jeff had a set of bed trestles that he was using when we met, and we used them for several years after that. I think he gave that bed away, and then experimented with legs of different heights, but ended up abandoning that project for some others. I don't recall exactly what happened. But I will say...

Charlotte J

Caché is pronounced "Cash-ay". Without the accent aigu, "cache" it is simply pronounced "cash". The accent mark makes it a different word. My pet peeve is when people say a French word, and try to make it sounds *more* French, and do it wrong. Like saying "voilà" starting with a w = "wolla". The Fre...

Charlotte J

Here's my bugaboo: Bardic at feast, or in any other captive environment, should be there for background atmosphere, not as a "you have to listen to me perform or else." When I'm feasting, I'm there to enjoy my friends' company, and I get awfully annoyed when everybody in the hall has to hush again a...

Charlotte J

Nice to put faces to names. Thanks!

Charlotte J

So who is who? Captions!

Charlotte J

Well done! I especially love the Milky Way shots.

Charlotte J

http://visualiseur.bnf.fr/ConsulterElem ... =1&Param=C

I think this is different than the one you were thinking of, but this is the one I pulled up while looking for the other.

Charlotte J

From a financial standpoint, the event was costly. I will not bandy about specifics, but multiple thousands of dollars are required to make such an event possible. I have never required a participation fee, considering the distance travelled to be onerous enough on participants, but for those who c...

Charlotte J

If Adelaisa is there, the pictures should be excellent.

Charlotte J

Of course, they frequently don't even wear the gowns, and just run around in white shirt and braies when it's hot, just like daddy.

Charlotte J

We did that period with kids - still do. Easy peasey. Voluminous gowns grow with them. The G63 is my go to garment for growing kids. I made several when the boys were 3 and 4. They were long then, appropriate, and still fit now. Short, but still appropriate. The ones I made 2 years ago were almost e...

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