In my efforts to put together appropriate winter clothing, I have nearly missed winter entirely. That being said, I'm driving an hour to Placerville in a week to the snow for my last chance to wear a crap-ton of wool this season.
I got hold of a nice pile of wool blankets last week, and proceeded to go buck wild. There are divots in two of the finingers on my right hand from pulling on a sewing needle. EVerything you're about to see was hand-stitched in a period of three days. I'm bleeding from my eyes.
For starters we have a wool undercoat. Extremely simple, extremely cheap.
Next, the Linen Surcoat I made forever ago that looked ridiculous before I made my jerkin and the rest of this stuff, in my humble opinion.
Next layer up is a green wool overshirt inspired by the one I bought from Ron Laclair, and proceeded to return because it, a medium, was massive on me, and they don't have any smalls in stock. So I said to heck with buying stuff.
And now, one of my pride-and-joy projects, over a year in the making (involving many months of zero productivity), my maille shirt! No, I didn't forget a patch on the left sleeve...an orc took a swing and almost got my arm.
Next layer is my jerkin, which is nearing completion. It's still awaiting dye and lacing, but I added 2 layers of thicker leather over the left shoulder to protect my shoulder from a red-tailed hawk in the near future.
And then, to top it all off, some gear to show how it all sits and how it looks when, um..."full", I suppose. Only things missing above the waist are my dagger, my wate bottle, and my bedroll.
Aaaaand a side shot:
The cloak in this photo is my short half-circle, which I'm thinking about adding about 8" of wool onto the bottom. I also made a full-length 100% wool grey cloak this week that doesn't yet have a clasp. I took Ken's advice on that one, and made a rectangle cloak so I can use it easily as a shelter as well as a blanket, even when I'm wearing it, something I can't do with my 1/2 circle.
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Great work Greg, it looks really nice!
