Braies and Hose: Historical Lirael Costume, Part 3 [CC]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- IN WHICH our intrepid recreatrix finishes up the Viking-inspired Historical Lirael Project! Join me as I make a chausses pattern, remember how nice it is to handsew, am very glad that I only have to sew four eyelets, and almost fall over putting on my winingas.
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The final outfit looks utterly capable of assisting a curious, intrepid, young lady through a library filled with all the wonders (and monsters) one can expect. :}
Thank you!
This is great! It all looks so cool together! Concerning legwraps, I think there are Viking Age finds of examples that had just been cut from cloth and hemmed, as well as specially woven ones (I feel like they may be from Hedeby? Jimmy/The Welsh Viking mentioned them in one of his videos), so your version aren't inaccurate! As for the SCA war, I'd love to see stuff about that! Have fun!
1) I love historically-based cosplay, and the Abhorsen series has been a favorite of mine since Sabriel first came out, so I'm really enjoying these videos!
2) Your "helper" is flippin' adorable!
3) Thank you for showing your thread prep technique; I find it interesting to see how different people approach it.
4) You asked whether we prefer single-video or multi-video projects; a mix is lovely!
2) He agrees thank you for noticing :D
That was interesting and thanks for the shout out! I bet that many Vikings and medieval people used strips of fabric to make legwraps if they had extra fabric available!
Apparently there is evidence for that as well which I didn’t know!
Ohhhhh thats how the leg wraps are wrapped. need to make me some of those. And braies and hose and and and ... Darn this things to make list keeps getting longer. Regency, more viking, all sorts of kit for other half, errrrm something else for the goth weekend and errrrm things.
Love the whole outfit and the headscarf you were wearing in the intro and end. Green is one of my fav colours.
I like the mix of one off projects and whole outfits over the course of several vids.
I'd love to see any vids you can take of the events you go to. I cannot take part any longer as I have to use my wheelchair. One reason I look forward to Jorvik viking festival every year I can still be 'thenti without having to be totally 'thenti and no one bats an eyelid.
My list keeps growing too! One of my group’s goals is to make events more accessible for all ability levels.
@@OpusElenae It's always the way. I've just added lazy stays to my list. Got to be easier than the short stays I made a total hash of :)
That's so cool. I lift my mug of peppermint tea to you and the group. Would of been mead but saving that for Ostara.
I wish you all the best of luck. Its interesting seeing events from a lower level. Trying to get it off the ground will be a headache but will be worth it.
Unfortunately since I've started using the wheelchair I seem to have gained the ability to be invisible. The amount of people that just doesn't see me and trip over me is astounding. And the amount of times I've been blamed for them walking into me!! *shakes head sadly *
Thank you for saving my evening with this very timely video. I'm glad to finally see the full outfit! That pattern that avoids seams under the foot is such a good idea honestly >_>
Personally I enjoy the mix in short and long projects! The variety is nice. As for the sca, I'd be interested in seeing what food and crafts skills people bring to the table.
(ps: the various knitted mits you were using are very cute)
I was totally ready to frown at your tiny stitches and realized I was knitting 210 stitches on 1.75 mm needles, because it makes me feel good. So yeah, your tiny stitches are totally ok.
It is a great costume, very well done. I think you can replace the dog with Bran, he can probably be more destructive if he wishes.
Lolol I have a Sion reliquary bag started and I feel that…
What a fun way to pay homage to your favorite character!
I read Sabriel, Liriel, and Abhorsen years ago and really enjoyed them. I have yet to read any of the later books though. They are on my very long list.
I saw kitty, I push like button.
Simple as.
Thank you for sharing your work.
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Love this outfit! Also, shout-out to the Lorica armor leggings I spotted 👀
I have two pairs and I lovvvvvve them! I e been supporting them since the initial kickstarter
Looks great! I am mostly intrigued (sounds better than really curiuos) about the braies...have to research dive. Looking forward to a discord meeting.
I use the three rectangles method. One rectangle for each leg, one long rectangle sewn between them as a gusset.
Great stuff! Personally I enjoy a combination of projects - I like a set of videos doing a big project but within that each video has a complete part of the whole. No idea it that makes sense 🤦🏼♀️😂
Your music choises makes me happy. The music in the sewing segment just makes the sewing so adventorous and exiting: like how you feel when you really gets into flow-state. And I have said it before: I like that Bran has his own theme song whenever he shows up.
How much fabric did the hose consume? I am planning to make a pair sometime this year, but cutting things on the diagonal makes it much harder to estimate the fabric it will take.
The thing I like most about event vlogs is to see a bunch of people in costume. So if others are ok with being in your vlog, that would be nice to see. It gives me so much inspiration to see multiple people dressed up at the same time and see the diverity in dress on the same event. It helps me both learn the common factors that makes a outfit look a specific period and gives me ideas and more alternatives, to base things off when I plan my own garments.
What specifically happens on the event is of less interest to me, as I never will be able to go to those events (due to living on another continent), but the historical context of the event or your reflections on a broader level about the experience, is interesting. In other words: things that I can learn something about or apply to other events I go to, are interesting to hear. (And a get ready with me sounds like a wonderful idea!)
Thank you! I am definitely going to catch as many clothes as possible
I want to say the hose took about a yard and a quarter but I honestly didn’t measure. There’s a lot of waste because bias cut. Next time I’ll be sure to measure better.
That turned out wonderfully. I adore the colour combinations.
Thank you so much! I love it too.
I love both kinds of projects. You’re fantastic at both.
I just finished my last cup of Passage from August Uncommon. I need to get more.
I loved seeing how you patterned the hose.
Thank you for sharing that part.
Mmmmm passage is so good too
This has been a good series. I enjoy the mix of single and long projects. Found it interesting that I'm working on a pair of chausses right now. Getting the foot fit has been a challenge. I look forward to seeing your Gulf War experience. :)
Thank you! And I agree, the foot is most challenging; I would have had a much harder time initially if I hadn’t used duct tape as an initial rough pattern.
@@OpusElenae I may have to do the duct tape method if I can't get the foot right. My feet aren't symmetrical, which isn't helping.
ahhhhhhh YOU ARE SCIENCE-ING THE CLOTHES!
I live to science
Now that I’m at the end of the video: things I’d like to see- how do you balance modern comforts with SCA aesthetics when camping at large events like wars? Im currently packing for a weekend camping event so it’s been something that’s on my mind - our event has no access to bathrooms beyond lavatories and running potable water so simple things like staying clean take consideration- also how do you handle food etc at a big war. We don’t have large wars here- our largest event in the country gets to about 350 people and the biggest event in the Kingdom is Rowany Festival which gets about a thousand people so we have nothing on the scale of some of the big wars in the USA ( I did go to Pennsic for a few days once but it was tacked on the end of another trip so our prep was very minimal and I missed most of it)
Besides sca camping, including Pensic, I did a lot of camping by canoe and bicycle when I was young. For food, bring a lot of stuff that doesn't need being kept cold. Period that means dried sausages , crackers like the swedish crisps. Modern I use canned cocktail sausage, canned corned beef, sardines, falafel, hard cheese and oils in bottles. I also used a small alcohol stove, a swedish army thing. That allowed me to make coffee without dealing with a campfire.
As far as keeping clean, you warm up some water and wash the sticky smelly bits with a cloth, this can be done without removing your shift. Bring some dry shampoo because washing your hair under a cold water tap is painful.
Hey love the Lirael outfit. It looks amazing and was fun to watch you put it together. Hope you can make it to gulf wars. We are taking g our eldest daughter to her first extended SCA event at gulf wars this year. On that note it would be cool to see videos on the classes offered at SCA events and what all kids get to do at such things. The kid part especially seems a bit hard to find anything on social media platforms and a ton of us are SCA moms. Keep up the great work and have fun!
Thank you! I will be there!
I love love love that you did this costume. I can't wait for us to romp in the old world kindgom together one day.
how wonderful! these look great!
Thank you! I think I could have made them tighter and a little shorter (they sag just a bit) but I’m generally quite pleased.
Lovely! I always did like Lirael as a character better than Sabriel. I keep thinking I’d like to have Lirael’s quartered surcoat from Abhorsen’s house. 👀
That’s on my list too!
There is so much to love about this project in general and this video on particular. The final outfit looks great with excellent fit and finish and has encouraged me to seek out the series. I love that you associate the tiny stitches with dopamine and not a moral good. I like that you don't diminish your SCA membership. Thank you for the quality content.
Aw thank you John! I feel very strongly that any sewing practice is morally neutral, and that the standards that I choose to adhere to are just that: mine. And I never would have gotten this far in historical costuming if it wasn’t for the SCA. I do try to have a balance so people who are not scadians don’t get talked over or around, but I also don’t want to gloss over the fact that I’m in it.
This ended up wonderful, loved the fact that Bran insisted on being in the reveal.
He is VERY insistent.
Production Assistant Bran did an excellent job representing the Disreputable Dog, though I think your idea of an actual dog photo shoot is awesome. This flavor of nerdy is fantastic. Lirael is one of my all time favorite books (I nearly died when I read it for the first time only to realize that Abhorsen was not published yet), and I really enjoy your interpretation into viking form!
Question though, other than historical accuracy, is there a benefit to linen thread? I've heard its prone to breaking, so not sure if it should be a priority item as I build out my hand sewing/historical sewing kit.
Cotton, silk and polyester threads can be easily snapped by hand, but not linen. A seam sewn with waxed linen thread is very strong. If you don't wax the thread, it can fray during the sewing process, and that would make it weaker.
@@rachelboersma-plug9482 ah gotcha, I think it was the non waxed issue I heard about. I hate polyester thread, but have a good stock of cotton already, which I have been using waxed for my fledgling historical stuff so far. I knew I wanted silk, but was hesitant about linen. I think I'll give it a go when I do my next linen project 🙂
Yup, what Rachel said!
@@OpusElenae I actually went off to do a Very Scientific™ snapping test and couldn't find my linen thread. My son had stolen it to rig his model ship, because it takes strain better than regular thread, holds a knot better than nylon fishing line, and is suitably thin, unlike string/twine. All the things that make it good for sewing, in fact.
Pukka brand Vanilla chai, with no milk (there's no black tea in the chai) and homemade vanilla sugar:
I use UK grown and processed beet sugar with vanilla beans and homemade vanilla extract (1/2 bottle of high proof vodka and upwards of 5 cut up vanilla beans, left to "steep" for 5 months) I chop up the vanilla beans - upwards of 5 - and leave them to "ooze" in the sugar for 6 weeks in a dark place (I have a spot under a shelving unit that's "quiet" and easy to access), shaking the jar every week. After that, I sift out the vanilla beans and grind them finely with some of the sugar and put the "powder" back and mix thoroughly. I then leave for another week - and then add roughly a tbsp of the vanilla extract and mix. I leave it for as long as it takes to use the previous jar - again, shaking once a week.
Sounds amazing!
Yay the outfit came out so well!
Thank you! I’m so pleased with it, like seriously chuffed
I’m really interested in seeing how the different sewing methods last! I’ve taken to hand sewing more things over time ( the machine and I have never seen eye to eye) and it’s something that I’ve wondered over time- for clothing that I’ve just worn out with wear it’s always been the fabric that gives before the stitching
Oh - and I totally get the happy buzz from the tiny handstitches, I’m the same! 😊
Pausing my viewing at 7:00 to say how much I'm enjoying the aesthetic of incidentals like your outfit and your lovely assistant.
Thank you! “Vaguely goth swamp witch” is my modern aesthetic.
I love how the project turned out. Such a fun way to bring a beloved character to life and look cool doing it. Do makers sell their wares at SCA events. I would love to see any market that might be present at an SCA event.
They do! There’s an entire Merchant’s Row; I’ll make sure to get footage of that.
I imagine that the leg wrapping support the hose under them taking a bit of the gravity out of the situation. Pun intended
Lovely btw
Lolol thank you
I have so much loved this series, and yes I do like a series but also a one shot . I'm easy to please !! Brilliant work and I am learning so much ! thank you !!
I’m hearing that most people enjoy a mix, which is about what I expected!
Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you!
Great video
Literally fantastic outfit!
What fun to have real clothes to enjoy being both serious and playful in!
You have so much more patience with your stitches than I have with mine!
I enjoyed the real-time stitching, Bran content, and GRWM.
I'm wondering if others are also interested in other SCA folk sharing their GRWM's at the event...?
Hooray for impending Discord! I'm looking forward to that!
There might be people who are; that may be something to set up for next year.
I say 'yes' to multi-video projects and 'yes' to one-off projects. Right now I'm drinking ginger ale mixed with mango juice.
Thank you for the distraction. Hello from the Red Zone of Ottawa. This past month our neighbourhood of Centretown (downtown) has been overly full of fans of nazi and 'confederate' flags and face masks. The police spent this last weekend reclaiming Parliament Hill. Double layers of security fencing remain in place. Truckers have decamped to several farms on the outskirts of the city, planning their next move. Things remain peaceful for now.
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
Stay safe!
@@OpusElenae Thanks Lady. The 'protesters' have largely returned home. Thank God. Although there were around 2-500 of them marching down Wellington Street about an hour ago. So, they're still out there. They just had their 'home base' hive taken away from them.
Sigh. Get out of my city. And take your 'confederate' & 'don't tread on me' flags with you... I hope we don't get a do-over of this nonsense... Right now, on a one-to-one basis, all of the walk-about-the-protest YT channels have switched to live-streams of RT. Which just confirms my confirmation bias as to who was funding these jokers.
Stay safe. 'protesters' have their beady little eyes set on your capital as their next big move.
This came out so well! I hope the war goes well!
Love the look of the whole outfit! Color scheme is great.
Thank you!
I love a mix of short projects with the longer ones. But mostly I like watching you create what makes you happy!
I'm really sad that I can't make it to Gulf Wars. I joined SCA in the fall of '19 and was awarded a reimbursement of my registration fee, but then it was canceled. And this year there are too many expenses in mundane life for me to be able to go. There's always next war though...
You know what I would love to see? I'd love to watch your process for an illumination project!
I did one! A year ago Christmas I did an illumination for my partner. It… did not perform well as a video so I haven’t done any more of that kind of thing lol
Lapsang Souchong!
That's the tea that I neeeed every day.
*contemplates making a pair of chausses* I'll have to put on my metaphorical big-girl pants and make a foot+leg pattern. Now.... which season to make the first pair for?
This is an awesome project. It looks so good and comfy!
You can do it! If you can manage a duct tape wrap even just of your feet, I highly recommend that. It’s so much easier then trial and error
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Drinking water with lavender tincture
Whatever strikes your fancy
I love the color palette, especially the red of the wraps. I feel like the vest needs to be pinned differently -- maybe above the bust or near the throat?
I’m experimenting with closure, and no closures, and honestly, I am enjoying it open more than closed.
Okay, I sadly have been up since midnight and am falling asleep trying to enjoy this video. So I'm going to have to pause and resume watching later. ☹️ That being said, I read Sabriel when I was in middle school and then read Abhorsen a few years ago. I need to read Lauriel before the prequel come out. 😅 This is such a cool adaption of the outfits. Are you planning to do any other outfits from this series? Also, I liked this multiple video for 1 overarching project style a lot. It allowed a more timely focus on the different aspects and your decisions behind them. Thank you for the video! Have a great weekend!
Get rest! This will be here later. And yes, I have plans for So Many Outfits.
Everything came out so perfect!! (Hopefully) quick question about the leg wraps, would/will they end up being too warm at the Gulf War and/or in summer? Or would the fact you made the hose from linen help counteract the warmth that the wraps provide given the more hot/humid climate?
And I'm 100% with you on no seams under feet. Heck even modern sock seams near my toes, if they're pressing at the wrong angle in my shoes, make me anxious, upset, (can hurt even!) and I have to fix it immediately.
I’m not entirely sure! This is the first time I have worn them, so I’ll let you know. But I DO know that wool over linen has a swamp cooler effect with looser clothing, with the wicking and evaporation creating a cooler-than-you’d-think area beneath clothing. This may be the case here.
@@OpusElenae Brilliant! Thanks! I mean the logic is sound so your hypothesis is probably accuate.
Thanks a lot for the video! I am new to sewing and I tried myself on a pair of 14th century hosen, mine dont go up to my braies in the front like yours do however they stop around 5cm before my upper thigh begins. I dont know if I did everything correctly, but mine drag quite a bit down on my braies (I have a jute cord inside them to tie them tight). They also want to constantly slip out in the back, its a bit weird to explain, maybe thats just how they behave its a weird feeling to wear them. Maybe the issue really is that they dont have this triangle finish in the front that go up to my braies, I dunno.
Just a quick note, you misidentified the author of Lirael. The author is Garth Nix.
I didn’t. The cover artists are Leo and Diane Dillon.
Have you (or anyone else reading this) ever made hose from cotton? Just wondering about its durability vs linen's.
I haven't, but I have my first wearable mockup that's made from a linen look from Joann fabrics. Rayon and Linen blend, i think? And they've held up well. I don't prefer cotton because it tends to not wick as well as Linen.