New year and new post

Well it is a new year and my New Year's resolution is to post every other week things that I am working on.  I have been very lacked in that respect.  So to catch up I will post some things that I have been doing.  I have attending demos and built a new bread oven as well.  Made more hats and currently working on some hood and clothing.  

Happy New Year Everyone!  

Updating.....

Through the next few days I will be updating my blog. Adding a couple more classes and changing a few others. I am also going to be adding more than just hats and headdresses. But other items of interest as well. Perhaps I should change the tag line a bit......hmmmm

New Articles added

I have added two new articles. The first, a copy of my article as it was published in Dec 2010 in the Known World Handbook, a publication by the Society Creative Anachronism. It was co-written by a friend of mine. The article was slit into two basic parts Women's hats, which she wrote and Men's Hats Through Period which I wrote. The next article is 14Th Century U-shaped Hairpin construction. Because I am not yet finished with my research on this hairpin, I am holding back on posting the entire paper. What I have offered is information on the Hairpin's construction and my recreation of this U-shaped Hairpin currently housed in the Museum of London in England.

Inspiration

A couple of weeks ago I was approached by a woman to show me hear tubular cauls she had recently made. I told her that she wore them quite well and that I liked the fitting. She told me she was inspired to make them because of all the hats I had been wearing recently. I was very touched by her statement. The thought of inspiring someone is amazing!

Chaperon how-to article

I have added my how-to chaperon article to my list of downloads. It gives step by step instructions on how to recreate the headdress and the look, enjoy!

The beginning

I have been thinking for some time now about putting together a website about headdress and costumes and here it finally is. The layout is still not finalized and there is more tweaking to be done but at least it is a start. I am hoping tomorrow to add some pictures and information on different headdress. Enjoy! Ilish