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Wool and Linen...
Jul. 25th, 2008 06:09 pmSo I am getting ready for this thing called Pennsic - think a cross between a renaissance faire and a camping trip, for those who don't know it. Run by the SCA: Society for Creative Anachronism. It's fun - but it requires buying a lot of stuff.
Like garb. Basically, the medieval clothing I will be wearing the entire week. It is expensive to buy - and Pennsic is the cheapest place to buy it, generally, but still expensive for something I wear once or twice a year - which is why I am in the process of making some. (which means I have bought fabric - and a chunk of it is now in the washing machine.)
I managed to find linen for $4 a yard - no clue how the quality is, but the Garment District is convenient that way. I plan to make four dress-like things out of it. And then I also got some wool for $12 a yard to make a cloak (think rectangle of fabric, gathered at the neck. Or, if I am desperate, just rectangle of fabric thrown over my shoulders to keep me warm if I don't finish it before I need it, It gets cold at night in the mountains.)
Anyway, so I am excited to actually sew clothing - either by machine or by hand - depending on the state of the sewing machine in my parents' house - a new eperience for me either way.
I am also occasionally nervous that I will accidentally do something that combines the wool and linen - which would be against Jewish law. (So no using the extra linen as cloak lining...)
Anyway, I have never owned linen before - so it's weird.
Like garb. Basically, the medieval clothing I will be wearing the entire week. It is expensive to buy - and Pennsic is the cheapest place to buy it, generally, but still expensive for something I wear once or twice a year - which is why I am in the process of making some. (which means I have bought fabric - and a chunk of it is now in the washing machine.)
I managed to find linen for $4 a yard - no clue how the quality is, but the Garment District is convenient that way. I plan to make four dress-like things out of it. And then I also got some wool for $12 a yard to make a cloak (think rectangle of fabric, gathered at the neck. Or, if I am desperate, just rectangle of fabric thrown over my shoulders to keep me warm if I don't finish it before I need it, It gets cold at night in the mountains.)
Anyway, so I am excited to actually sew clothing - either by machine or by hand - depending on the state of the sewing machine in my parents' house - a new eperience for me either way.
I am also occasionally nervous that I will accidentally do something that combines the wool and linen - which would be against Jewish law. (So no using the extra linen as cloak lining...)
Anyway, I have never owned linen before - so it's weird.
