I have been hard at work writing up a handout on how I make cut hosen. It will be done soon, I hope. (I always have trouble figuring out if my explanations are going to make sense to anybody but me.) I needed to check my process (it’s been a year since I made any hosen and much longer than that since I made any short (women’s) hosen), so last night I took a bunch of measurements of my leg, did a bit of math, and drafted out a completely workable pattern. I’m pretty pleased with myself – it was actually the first time I’d tried to make a pair of hosen based on measurements rather than draping it. I did have to do some minor fitting of the pattern after drawing it out from the measurements, but it definitely is easier in some ways than just draping. And I’d forgotten how quick they are to make – I got the pattern drafted, the hosen cut out, and nearly all of the assembly done (everything except the toe seam) in just about 2 hours.
And so I have started on A&S 50 project #11- I had wanted to make red hosen, but I don’t have enough leftover red linen (sigh), so I’m using some brown. I hope to have them done by the 14th, so I can show them at Baronial Champs (though I won’t be competing for the Championship)
May 27, 2008 at 9:58 am
oh yayy handout!