Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Wimple Wednesday: 14th Century Knotted Kerchief

Bare throats, o my!

Return of the 36" square kerchief, this time without fillet or wimple; the fabric is just knotted behind the head. It's very quick, and no pins or other equipment is needed. This time, I dressed my hair in a simple coil at the back of the head.

The author, wearing a black t-shirt, and with a square of white linen covering her hair; the linen is knotted at two adjacent corners along the back of the head, with the rest hanging loose over the hair, neck, and back.
Kerchiefs: simplifying things since the 14th century  


As before, now with the teo unkotted corners of linen doubled back over the head, and pinned near the temple; the lower layer clings close over the head, while the upper floats above like a veil.
I actually like this variant better.
The glare is aimed at the camera.

I like the look of the thrown back kerchief (as before, but with the lower corners pinned up), but the linen really needs to be a rectangle to pull it off. An extra 12" would be great, but even 6-8" should work.

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