Finally the Rosalie's Medieval Woman website's new look is loaded and live!
I'm very happy with the look and I was excited to discover that this year marks the 10th anniversary of unlimited bandwidth with my current server, and 20 years of the website in one form or another since it's conception.
Originally, it was more of a place for me to put information for myself so I could access it online, and since then, it's become a place for people dipping their toe into the world of medieval women to start. It's not an encyclopedia, and I don't want it to be. There's a huge amount of in-depth information out there, so I wanted to make a starting point with the highlights of the world of the medieval woman for the general person and I think it does that.
Where has the time gone?
Linen, that is. And not just any blue, but the prettiest grey-mauve in the softest, pure linen.
I had enough of this set aside for an entire 14th century kirtle, but in the end, I've gone with an early 14th century overgowne so I can wear it with a barbette. As an overgowne, it'll be more voluminous and have a few buttons at the wrists which my other ones don't have. This style persists into the 15th century where it's seen as a loose over-garment which is pulled up around the waist, and it's usually seen in a domestic setting rather than the more formal ones.
I've long struggled with the war on linen versus wool and in the end, I feel in hot summers in some countries, there is enough evidence to justify linen. Light wool is my preference, but I feel linen is appropriate at times. I have a page on my website about sources for using linen as an outer garment in the 14th century here. I have another to add which I've found recently.
This will also double as a mid layer for a garment also still on my To Do list- a Manesse Codex surcote. I have a pattern for that already standing by.
I'm making good headway on this project. Tonight I've patterned, cut out the entire gowne and sewn one and a bit side seams from forearm to floor.
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