It was/is cold as flip in our house and in the Maker Space. So I decided to make a hat out of scraps to keep my head warm. This spiralled a bit because I learned about ‘The London Hood’ a real hood from the 14th century, so obviously I had to make that. London innit.
References:
I used this as a guide for the cutting - http://sidneyeileen.com/sewing-2/tuts-costume/costume-drafting/medieval-open-hood-pattern/
It’s a fairly standard hood, but features a Liripipe - a long tail - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liripipe
The Plan:
Make an item of clothing that a 14th century person would recognise BUT I’d use modern materials and anything else that took my fancy, because it’s not for historical re-enactment it’s for me, because it’s cold.
The Process
Pattern was roughly reverse engineered from the photo on the blog. Had to tape some paper together. I didn’t make a pattern for the Liripipe bit because it’s a long tube and I’d just use what ever offcuts I could find. Also I had decided my liripipe would be hollow so I could run a USB cable down it. Of course.
- Note make the neck a bit more generous next time.
First test wear, pinned together to see the fit. It’s already very warm but we’re going to LINE this MFer
Wool lining in. Chosen because I had some knocking around. I didn’t realise that I’d accidentally made a hood in ‘nun colours’. Oh well Whimple chic it is. Wool made it loads warmer and, I’d soon find out is brilliant for capturing the smell of the laser cutter! What a treat!
Laser cut hexagon buttons. Because if I can use a hexagon I will. Made from 3mm ply scraps.
Laser cutting some leather tabs (no idea if this is the right word) for the buttons to go through. This was suggested by Charlies (THANKS!) as with the wool lining in the hood was getting tight around the neck, so I didn’t have the spare fabric to make buttons and button holes.
Buttons and tabs on. Was a bit of a learning experience, which is why some of them are authentically wobbly. Next set of buttons will have a larger lip to hole ratio. Also I’d give myself a bit more ease on the hole for the buttons on the tabs.
Hood being modelled. Lovely and warm, and absolutely HONKS of burned wood and leather. So the first thing I’m going to do with it is very carefully wash it. Still, was a fun 24 hours of messing about and learning new things.
