winter clothing

[woodrat]

chriss is dead on, I love my capote, if you want address for pattern let me know. my woman made mine in a weekend , and she can hardly get it off me!!.

 

[leon-1]

What we are looking for is a coat that can grow along with the wearer. I am thinking of the Capote blanket coat worn by many re enactors of the 18th century eastern US woodland tradition. It's basically a wrap around robe with hood made of your excellent Whitney blankets. These are @ $200 USD assembled, but patterns are available and any decent wool blanket can be used. Maximum length is 50 " neck to hem. I figure the sleeves can be hemmed back and let out later, and the length will simply get shorter from a maximum full lenght to a 3/4 coat. The sash adjusts the waist and a larger chest size will just be a little loose. Ragweedforge has a few links to re enactor catalogs if this is a viable option.

Chris correct me if I am wrong, I seem to recall reading about these in one of my books, if it wasn't these it was something similair, the book is Wildwoods Wisdom by Ellsworth Jaeger, he actually outlines how to make one, I can't check from here because I am at work and the book is at home

 

[bambodoggy]

Leon...I've got a copy here...hang on two mins and I'll have a look....I think you're right as there is lots of patterns for making stuff in the book...

brb...

 

[bambodoggy]

Spot on mate, Wildwood Wisdom, page 8, plate II....it's a nice looking coat too!

Hope that's of use to you....now if only my scanner worked!!!! ):

 

[leon-1]

Cheers Bam, good book and covers a lot to do with clothing and has good, simple tutorials that most anyone can follow.

 

[bambodoggy]

Not sure about anyone followng them, mind you, you did say "most anyone" lol....I tried to make a pair of moccasins from one of his patterns....nothing wrong with the pattern...that was great....I just couldn't follow it....lol ended up with fur everywhere! :rolmao:

 

[woodrat]

If anyone is going to make a capote, let me offer a couple pieces of advice. first make it ankle length . mine is and I can't tell you how much better it is . you can install snaps to shorten it like I did for "yomping"around. here is a supplier of permanant waterrepellent treatment, they also offer other useful stuff,I recommend you guys ckeck them out. www.atsko.com . yes, make yourself a capote ,yyou won't be sorry.
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