Bottle gourds! I was thinking of the same thing since they grow here in my region!Udwin wrote: ↑Tue Oct 21, 2014 1:26 pm This is primarily a three-season impression, as being barefoot in a deep snowy winter—though I do it often enough, for short periods—isn’t the best for the health of one’s feet. (But there’s always that double precedent for footwear: the Stoorish habit of wearing ‘dwarf-boots in muddy weather’, and Tolkien forgetting to give Bilbo boots at Rivendell.)
Given the ‘modern’ anachronistic nature of hobbits (compared to the mythic-ancient rest of Middle-Earth), I felt I had a bit of wiggle room in creating this kit.
Thankfully, Tolkien describes enough garments worn by hobbits that we get a consistent picture of Shire fashion at the end of the Third Age:
*In The Hobbit, Bilbo wears a “coat and waistcoat†(the latter with “nice brass buttons†(89), which he later upgrades to “real gold†after his adventure).
*Bilbo leaves to join Thorin & Company without a hat, walking stick, money, or a handkerchief, all of which “he usually took when he went outâ€.
*For his farewell birthday, Bilbo wears an “embroidered silk waistcoatâ€, again with gold buttons (33). (This does not necessarily mean that this garment was the shiny, smooth material we usually imagine when we think of silk; raw silk is appropriate for the 18th century and is very similar in appearance to heavy rustic linen.)
*Following Bilbo’s disappearance, the Gaffer is given, among other things, a “woolen waistcoatâ€.
*After the incident at the Barrow, Sam looks for his “cloak, jacket, and breeches, and other hobbit-garments†(163).
*While gearing up to leave Rivendell, Frodo wears his “old weather-stained breeches, tunic, and jacketâ€, causing Bilbo to declare that he looks like “Just a plain hobbit†(312).
*In addition to breeches, Bilbo and Frodo are several times said to be wearing “trousers†with pockets, sometimes with a belt.
*Finally, we are told that the only thing that served to differentiate the Bounders was a “feather in their capsâ€.
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