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diff --git a/source/contemporary_unisex/headwear/square_hood/index.rst b/source/contemporary_unisex/headwear/square_hood/index.rst index 4e71307..95fe892 100644 --- a/source/contemporary_unisex/headwear/square_hood/index.rst +++ b/source/contemporary_unisex/headwear/square_hood/index.rst @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Square Hood =========== -.. figure:: square_hood.jpg +.. figure:: square_hood_front.jpg :align: center .. only:: html @@ -11,8 +11,18 @@ Square Hood This hood is vaguely inspired by the Skjoldehamn Hood, in that the finished object has a vaguely similar shape, but uses a completely different construction method and pattern, suitable for very narrow -fabric ( - +fabric (e.g. one handwoven on a narrow loom). + +The construction isn't historically accurate for any specific time +period, but uses hand stitches widely uses through history. +It is based on hemming all panels and then whipstitching them together: +if you don't care about visibile machine stitches you may do the hemming +by machine, but then the assembly is just easier by hand. + +It is also a low-waste project that only uses squares and rectangles, +and thus can be done with relatively little fabric (for the amount of +coverage) and few tools. + Materials --------- @@ -33,15 +43,20 @@ Measure around your head, at the height of the forehead, and around the face from the top of the head to the chin; take the biggest measurement and divide it by two: this is the *minimum* width of the panels, if you want a deeper hood add maybe a cm or two. This will probably be -somewhere between 30 and 35 cm. Add 2-4 cm for a hemming allowance, this -will be the basic width. +somewhere between 30 and 35 cm. This will be the basic width. -Cut one rectangle as wide as the basic width and four times as long, and -two squares with a side of the basic width. + +Cut one rectangle as wide as the basic width and four times as long, +plus 1-2 cm for a hemming allowance on all sides where you don't have an +usable selvedge, and two squares with a side of the basic width, plus +the same allowance. Instructions ------------ +.. figure:: 0101-hemming_edges.jpg + :align: center + Hem all edges: fold down the raw edges twice towards the wrong side, mitering the corners, and either hemstitch down or topstitch with a running stitch. @@ -57,6 +72,9 @@ running stitch. can fold it just once towards the wrong side instead of twice, for less bulk. +.. figure:: 0102-first_gore_seam.jpg + :align: center + Put one of the squares on one end of the long piece, right sides together, whipstitch one edge of the square to the long edge of the long piece, starting from the bottom of the hood and going up. @@ -65,21 +83,40 @@ Fold the long piece in half, right sides together, fold the square in half on the diagonal, wrong sides together, and put it into the long piece in such a way as to form a gore. +.. figure:: 0104-second_gore_seam.jpg + :align: center + Starting from the bottom whipstitch first the second leg of the square to the long piece +.. figure:: 0105-back_seam.jpg + :align: center + and then continue sewing up the back seam of the hood. +.. figure:: 0106-first_front_gore_seam.jpg + :align: center + Repeat with the front gore: put the other square on the other end of the long piece, right sides together, and whipstitch starting from the hood and going up. +.. figure:: 0107-second_front_gore_seam.jpg + :align: center + Then fold the gore on the diagonal, insert it into the hood as before, and whipstitch starting from the bottom, this time stopping just above the the point of the square to leave an opening for the face. +Gallery +------- + +.. figure:: flannell_hood_front.jpg + :align: center + See Also -------- * `An article on the actual Skjoldehamn Hood - <https://projectbroadaxe.weebly.com/viking-age-nordic-history/skjoldehamn-hood-the-original-find-reproduction-and-application>`_ + <https://projectbroadaxe.weebly.com/viking-age-nordic-history/skjoldehamn-hood-the-original-find-reproduction-and-application>`_, + with pictures of the original and a reconstruction. |