Wool Question

[my_stitching]

The linen I ordered for David's garb came today. That was pretty fast considering it came from the US. :) I have 8 yards of black and 6 yards of gold medium weight linen. He already has a pair of black chausses so I am thinking a black underdoublet (cotehardie whatever), a gold cotte with either bag sleeves or pendant sleeves and a black hood. I'd

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Wool is the only way to travel

[bend_gules]

You have to come on a shopping trip to London.

The wool you can find here is very reasonably priced (£6-8/m mostly), and will dag just fine. It's not bargoon prices, but considering that you can pay the same for synthetics, I think it's a good buy.

Robert wears a dagged hood I made for him almost 5 years ago, to great effect. It cut the edge into squared-off oak-leaf shapes, right out of MoL book.

If you're concerned about woolly itchiness, you could line the part of the hood that sits next to the skin (head and neck area) and leave the dagged bits unlined.

You could even just tack in the lining, and then you can take it out to wash it, w/out washing the wool hood.

Real wool is what all the lanceknichts in Drachenwald wear, and they slash and dag wool to within an inch of its life! Just wait til you meet some at Raglan, or at Crown!

Re: Wool is the only way to travel

[my_stitching]

I'd love to go on a shopping trip to London sometime. :) Our first event will be Crown, so I want to have new stuff for us by then. The linen will serve for that, but I know we will need wool stuff for fall and winter events. We've never played in a place that gets very cold for very long.

I'm really sad that I am going to miss the caligraphy lesson and revel tomorrow. But we will be at the meeting on Monday... That reminds me, are the directions to the Shakespeare's Head on the website as well as meeting time? Also, do you want me to bring some of the newbie garb with me or wait until a time when you won't have to lug it around? Thanks!

[kass_rants]

I know I'm jumping into this conversation late, but I'm working with some lovely wool just now and wanted to share my experience.

Sometimes wool flannel will full very nicely when washed in hot water and rinsed in cold. But some flannels are pre-washed and hardly full at all. You can never be sure.

However, I'm currently using this delightful coat weight wool and you can cut it any way you like and it will not ravel. It's wool melton and I wish I had bolts of it!

I can't advise you on where to get this kind of stuff in the UK, but I'm sure you'll be able to ask for melton at your fabric store.