Wimple Wednesday: Late 15th Century Tailed Cap

Departing from the draped and knotted flat rectangles, it's time for our first sewn cap.

Late 15th century tailed cap.

The tails should properly be tied over the head, but a miscalculation may have made them long enough to wrap all the way around and tie at the center back. [It looks really silly with the tails hanging down 8" from the proper knot position.] I will be fixing that, but meanwhile, it's a comfortable cap to wear, and goes on with little more fuss than the knotted kerchief. My hair is braided and wrapped around the head; it's very secure, and requires no hair or fabric pins, just two linen hair ties and the cap itself. Also, it looks awesome from the side:  

Sort of a 'witch meets smurf' shape.

The only structural seams are the center back and interior of the tails--all other seams (on mine) are from piecing scrap linen; it could/should be cut out as a single piece.  This is the last design I'll be playing with from The Medieval Tailor's Assistant; next week, it's on to the 16th century.