While I love the straightforwardness and non-wastefulness of rectangular construction, I have to admit that clothes were a lot more interesting by the late Middle Ages. I love this in combination with the London hood. And it's nice to see some masculine styled garments too.
There will be more; I want to make a masc cotehardie for myself and I’m going to be making some more clothes for my partner too. There’s such a dearth of masc clothing videos.
I didn't realize the buttons were sewn right on the edge like that. It's a brilliantly wonderful piece to go adventuring in. Take care, have a great time on your trip, and see you in April
What a gorgeous cloak. 😍 Capes truly are the skirts of the shoulders. Side note: it didn't impede my enjoyment of the video as a whole, but I think something has gone do-lally in the sound mixing around the 4:45 mark.
@@OpusElenae no worries! I figured you'd rather know than not, but as I say I still definitely enjoyed the video. 🙂 Technology is great until it isn't.
"Whee-ed" along with you when you twirled and was thinking, "now she just needs a..." and cheered when you did indeed get out the hood! Yup, another cape cult looming.
@@OpusElenae That is a great idea. I may make one after my quest of finding fabric for a cape so I can join the cult. (Where did I store it before moving? And where did I put the container? 🙄)
@@OpusElenae Exactly. I just actually have to actually make the stuff. But yes. I will be (eventually) fully kitted out for the (eventual) Canterbury Pilgrimage. Mister Husband did the MA on The Legend of Good Women. So, this has been on the to-do for a while now. In the meantime I'm taking the month off of trying to sew fabric to work on that leathercraft-shaped rabbit hole I fell into over the holidays. Right now I'm playing around with making my tool rolls. It's both harder and easier than it seems.
@@OpusElenae I lived in TX for a few years for work, I know what it's like. Currently in FL, so the humidity kills me. At least we had a little snow the two winters I was in TX 😂
Aaah I love it!! Gorgeous! Am I the only one who thinks we need to bring back capes into "normal" modern wear?? Have fun at your event! Sometimes you gotta make that decision and nobody faults you for it. 100%. See you in April!
I was getting my hand sewing out when you started talking, and about got whiplash when you said "...where we are not doing Viking any more." What??? Then you explained the cloak project. As for the rest... Relax, Get ready for Gulf Wars, and have a good time. The video will wait. The cloak was beautiful. The hood... oh my! I don't remember seeing that one before. :)
That moment when you see someone twirling a cloak and you think you need a new cloak in that style. I have 3 cloacks so far and that is definatley not enough cloaks in my life. Thank you for showing me a new style to make. 🥰
I can see why you’d want the buttons/closure on the same side as the dominant hand-easier to move that arm and (with a nod to Jill Bearup) grab your weapon.
Ooh a lovely swooshing cape! I like how you solved the slippage problem at the shoulders. I am drinking lukewarm water with apple cider vinegar.... at the moment all teas are like a kick in the gut, which is very annoying, I know apple cider vinegar sounds worse but it isn't.
@@OpusElenae Yes, it's fascinating how fashion managed to stay quite similar across a wide gulf of time and across a large geographic space. Funnily enough, according to a book I read by Ian Mortimer last year (or maybe it was Barbara Tuchman...or both) The 14th century was the era that saw a rapid change & growth in fashion in Western Europe. Sadly there wasn't much in the way of pictures in the book, so it's nice to be able to visualize it through videos like yours.
Thank you so much for this video! I've been meaning to make a bocksten cloak but haven't gotten off my butt to source some wool here (that I can preferably poke before buying). I will certainly re-watch this before actually making one.
@@OpusElenae I'm in Canada, and cross-border shipping is a pain. I'm making a practice one in fleece first for my Mr to wear at home. And re-watching your video gave me an epiphany about the neck! It's diagonal, instead of just on the fold. It's going to be a *lot* easier than I thought.
I'm drinking Whittard's Formosa Jade Oolong with a dried rosebud (I bought each seperately loose and put a teaspoon of the oolong and a rosebud in a paper teabag). I steep it a couple minutes longer than the Oolong asks for so the rose had a chance to develop a better flavour. I like to lightly sweeten it with lavander honey.
The half cloak that I cut out is a full circle and it isn't even at the bottom when it is on me (the arm seams stop at my wrists but the front opening and back are lower). I'm thinking that I will have to extend the length on my arms while keeping the length of the front and back spots in order to get the bottom to be a uniform stopping place.
Do you have a photo of the whole cloak spread out flat or a pattern of some sort? I can't quite figure out from the video what you did differently around the neckline - the darts and shaping around the buttonholes. Thanks!
@@OpusElenae if I can wiggle it out of the small piece of red wool I have, there will be caping going on here too. I will probably need to do two quarters instead of one half circle
It would! I haven’t found any real evidence of trims on these cloaks though; the high Middle Ages went in more for expensively cloth rather than excessive trim.
Wonderful cape! Drinking water Hoping you release the video whenever you have spoons again (and not cancel it entirely, like, it doesn't exist). Unless, of course. You didn't film it ,or make anything, or particularly want to make the thing. I hope the event went well.
