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[stellar_muddle]

House is all clean, all inspected, all done.
Bit anti-climactic really.

But there are sweeping vistas of clean floors you can now safely lay out clean fabric...

So, trim bliaut skirt length - even when correctly hiked up there is still about 20 cm trailing on the ground and hopefully that will reduce the weight down somewhat.
Then there is the silk... (light weight ex-sleeping bag liner)
What have people found to be good/comfortable dimensions for (12th C) oval veils? Race track ie circles at either end separated by long straight bits or more elliptical or what? What sits best around the top of the head? Or should I drape/cut light weight scrap fabric til it sits nice and work off that? Will probably end up being pinned to linen bands.

But will be good and go and pay gas and electricity bills and get milk before playing.

Edit: And after finishing the cord, bliaut fits well and wrinkles in the right places...
But can't do anything til I find the good scissors. They got tidied away somewhere...

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[sandhi.livejournal.com]

The one I have that works best (picture here) is ovoid, with the 'pointy' end at the top. The rectangle it's made from is about 60x100cm I think.

Wow, it used to be so white :S

[stellar-muddle.livejournal.com]

Ok, that seems to sit well.
Basically egg shaped?

[basal-surge.livejournal.com]

Nice bliaut and embroidery. Gorgeous, in fact. This is probably an off colour comment, but don't you have to beat the boys off with a spiked stick while wearing that?

(Goes back to watching J. cut up the remains of my retired white silk (old JagBag sleeping bag liner from the Chile days) for veil.)

[sandhi.livejournal.com]

Doesn't look so good up close I'm afraid.

Probably too late for this if it's already being cut out, but now I've got home and checked I discover my veil is actually about 70x90cm, egg shaped, and flat for about 40cm at the round end. And very dirty-looking.

[basal-surge.livejournal.com]

She hasn't finished cutting it yet, it's about ninety across and 100 long, pointy end of the egg is cut out, but she's yet to round the base, and will probably also leave it a bit flattish across the base. It's a very sheer silk, and is a bit pre-sunbleached from previous use. It's also done at least 50 or 60 thousand kms of air travel when it was part of my field gear in Chile, etc.