The finished product! Loft is a Link from @bonus-links by @ezdotjpg. The weaving process is detailed here for the alpaca overtunic. The undertunic was hand sewed in linen, and the amber necklace is hemp. Pleated pants were from a past project. Sadly, I do not own a Goddess Harp, so a Turkish lyre will have to do.
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Much gratitude to one of my partners for driving me out to Huckleberry Reserve Faron Woods and taking pictures.
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After many years, the TIRED hat has been remade. The finer gauge (Light weight yarn, size three needles) allows it to fit under headphones easier. Made without any actual pattern, and charted the text myself, but would still call it a success.
Corduroy coat, recently completed, in better lighting. Pattern is a modified Merchant & Mills "Foreman". Outer fabric is deadstock, lining is hand-dyed.
This depiction of Zelda is from @ovegakart's role-swap AU. The making process for all of the parts is (vaguely) documented here. Sans shoes, all parts were hand-sewn or knitted by me out of natural fibers and materials. Similarly to my last project, I intend to wear most of the garments in my day-to-day life.
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My gratitude to my partners for the photography and travel once again.
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This is my second round of not-a-cosplay-I-swear, though this time I have significantly less plausible deniability. As with my last multi-item project, most of these are garments that will be worn for their own sake.
Pictures of the ensemble as a whole will linked in the future. [Edit: This is the full outfit.]
The artist's design for this tunic really piqued my interest, but the outfit as a whole has really neat elements. Starting off though:
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Outer Tunic
As deeply tempting as it was to weave again, the outer tunic was actually made from one of my older projects that was just... Not agreeing with my brain. The material was good (suiting interlined with linen), the techniques were good (English and top-stitching), but the final product just did not suit me. It was a long coat with long, laced-in sleeves, and an asymmetrical hemline. Thus, the entire garment was unstitched, and the pieces were shifted and flipped to make the best use of the fabric. (Revised neckline is the one on the right of the first picture.) The armscye is roughly copied from the measurements of an early Tudor coat's pattern on the initial garment, and vaguely copied for the revised edition.
The prior garment was only stitched inside on the front seam and the neckline, but I ended up basting the armscyes and side shaping too for the revised garment. There was a frankly absurd amount of futzing with these seams, and the left, front armscye was redone about seven times before I was pleased with it. When everything lined up nicely, the seams were English-stitched together, which treats the interlining and outer-fabric as one.
The edges were top-stitched, and a design was chain-stitched, both using silk quilter's twist. The hook-and-eye closures are from here. A herringbone stitch was added to the inside to secure the lining and outer fabric better, as the closures are only sewn to the inner fabric.
Other pieces are under the cut. In order: Hat, Under-Tunic, Pants, Faux-Chainmail, Belt, Wraps, and Bonus Round: Bag.
Hat
There is, as far as I know, no way to get a sewn hat to flop perfectly. Slouch-ability is best left to knitted garments. Nevertheless, I gave it my best shot.
Very basic hat technique used: Take rectangle, back-stitch sides, take in top corners. Optional: Sew band. Did all of this in the same suiting as the outer tunic, and felled the seams off with yarn from the chainmail. Top-stitched the edge of the headband.
Under-Tunic/Fake Gambeson
The undertunic is made of undyed linen, which will likely be dyed for use in my everyday wardrobe. The design is meant to mimic the silhouette of an asymmetrical gambeson, but who knows whether it actually succeeds. My usual tunic methods were used, id est, drawing threads and sewing straight seams with back-stitch and felling, but my final product used a borrowed pattern's neckline, one of my old drafted sleeve patterns, and a freehanded armscye. The collar utilizes interfacing, but the neckline, front, and hem all are finished using homemade bias tape. A closure is made via linen tape and a reinforced patch.
Pants
No pictures of their process on its own, but I used the same undyed linen as the undertunic and a prior project's pattern: a modified Elling trouser from Merchant & Mills... With a 5cm seam allowance. All seams back-stitched and felled as usual
Faux Chainmail
Straight-up math. Made several gauge swatches to test out patterns, and settled on a slip-stitch pattern.
My initial plan is on the left, and after getting to the neckline on several versions before starting over, the final version is on the right. It is knitted side-to-side, as in I started with the hemline of one sleeve, cast on for the body, cast off for the neckline, et cetera. The row measurements are to-gauge, but the stitch ones stretch along the body simply by the weight of the yarn, making it really difficult to get an accurate measurement unless the garment is actually on. Neckline is picked up and cast off in one fell swoop for stability. This... Took a long time. My sole exception to being able to wear all of the pieces; I am frogging this at some point, and will use the yarn to make a vest, probably.
Belt
My hubris knew no bounds when it decided that I was going to hand bevel and burnish a belt. Almost tried stamping and burning a pattern, but time did not allow.
Basically x-acto'd and sanded the edges. Leatherworkers everywhere weep. Burnished via water and then beeswax, with a wooden tool that would have been really nice attached to a dremel. Buckle acquired secondhand.
Holes were patterned and punched, and buckle was sewn into place with waxed linen. Wish I could be more pleased with this portion of the project, but unfortunately, the strap leather was just too thin, I think. Will probably still wear this, but if I get the chance to remake... Yeah.
Wraps
Also no pictures. Dyed some suiting, cut on the bias at the rough width of winnengas. Stitched together to get a suitable length.
Bonus Round: Bag
Not a part of the original pictures, but necessary! None of these garments have pockets at the moment! Also, waist bags are neat!
Patterned via roughly measuring the amount of space needed to fit my phone, wallet, and medical pouch, and rounding off the corners with the lip of a jar. The depth of the bag is made with a singular strip of even length. Cut the leather using both scissors and an x-acto. Edges were clamped with... A binder clip. Stitching holes were made... With a broken awl. Look... We do what we can. Stitching pattern as seen in the second picture using waxed linen. Holes stamped in the top, and nickel-free closures installed on the body. Belt loops sewn in at the width of the previously made belt. DID end up using a dremel for these particular edges. Also ended up moving the closures up a few centimeters to give extra room.
Burke Library Cardigan (the second). Part whatever in a series of library-themed knitting projects. Improved in many a way, but perhaps most importantly, I did not accidentally felt it before getting pictures of it on my body to show off that lovely, oversized silhouette.
The ribbed stitch variant means that this cardigan has a lot of pleasant bounce and stretch.
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This round, I ended up going with a deep-teal, alpaca (hypoallergenic) yarn that was both a bit higher quality, and also not... Listed as "Handwash Only." For texture reasons, I would probably still avoid direct skin-contact, but at least it bothers me less than wool.
