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This weekend I finally started work on an Ionar (jacket) and Leine (shirt) for my husband, for this year’s Renaissance Faire. (Sorry, I don’t have any good pictures and can’t find any I can steal of the internet. My google-foo is not functioning today.) I made him an Ionar a few years ago, but he’s outgrown it. I did some heavy research originally, but have lost all my sources and am mostly doing this from memory and the conversation I had with a lady who does costuming with the scots.
When I dug out the vest pattern I had used as a starting point the last time, I actually found one sketch of an “original” pattern. If I recall correctly, it was from an extant example found in a bog somewhere. It consisted of three distinct segments, the back, the front and the sleeve. The sleeves were the one thing I was actually able to copy the last time.
I did try with my husband’s encouragement to re-create the historical garment in muslin. Unfortunately my husband is shaped somewhat like a barrel and I couldn’t get the “front” to lie correctly. So I gave up and went with using the vest pattern again. So far, I’ve got it the muslin cut out and pinned, I should have it basted tonight.
I also started working his Leine. Here I’m not really trying to make a period piece, as much as take the one he bought from a merchant who is not longer in business and re-make it larger. (Mostly because he really likes the way it looks and let’s be honest here, I’m lazy.) So this too is cut out, pinned and ready to be basted tonight.
Hopefully I can get these on his body tonight and fine tune the fitting, so I can actually take scissors to the linen and wool. I will try to get some pictures of my work as I go, ‘cause I know from being a long time reader that that’s where a lot of the fun lies.
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When I dug out the vest pattern I had used as a starting point the last time, I actually found one sketch of an “original” pattern. If I recall correctly, it was from an extant example found in a bog somewhere. It consisted of three distinct segments, the back, the front and the sleeve. The sleeves were the one thing I was actually able to copy the last time.
I did try with my husband’s encouragement to re-create the historical garment in muslin. Unfortunately my husband is shaped somewhat like a barrel and I couldn’t get the “front” to lie correctly. So I gave up and went with using the vest pattern again. So far, I’ve got it the muslin cut out and pinned, I should have it basted tonight.
I also started working his Leine. Here I’m not really trying to make a period piece, as much as take the one he bought from a merchant who is not longer in business and re-make it larger. (Mostly because he really likes the way it looks and let’s be honest here, I’m lazy.) So this too is cut out, pinned and ready to be basted tonight.
Hopefully I can get these on his body tonight and fine tune the fitting, so I can actually take scissors to the linen and wool. I will try to get some pictures of my work as I go, ‘cause I know from being a long time reader that that’s where a lot of the fun lies.
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