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While waiting for the towing truck I asked [livejournal.com profile] haugtussa about some fine, weave patterned wool she has. In screaming pink. The same pink as on [livejournal.com profile] aeddie's "Calvados project". For obvious reasons she doesn't want to use it as it is, but it was very cheap so she bought it anyway. It turned out that since I wanted it she was willing to sell it to me. She thinks it's 4 or 5 metres of it. If it's 4 metres I will make a kirtle, but if it's 5 metres i feel that I will have to do this gardecorps. I know the colour shows up differently on different screens, but fortunately I have a printed version of the book, which hopefully reproduces the colours correctly, and it's a very strong pink. A little darker and more subdued than Ragnhild's wool, but close enough.
You understand that if there is enough fabric I will have to do it, don't you?
I was going to make a dark blue gardecorps lined in white, which seems to be the most common in all manuscripts but the Manesse Codex, where all women's gardecorps and at least one man's are pink. I think the blue would look better on me, but the pink has to be done! If there's enough fabric.

Date: 2005-06-16 04:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] guyelfkin.livejournal.com
Oh, oh oh! Line it in orange!!! line it in orange!!!

Teddy

Date: 2005-06-16 04:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frualeydis.livejournal.com
All the pictures show green lining. But I they have gold trim around the neck opening that could be in orange and gold I suppose.

Eva

PS. Did you get my e-mail about the pink satin?

Pink Satin.

Date: 2005-06-20 02:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] guyelfkin.livejournal.com
I did - I'm not at my regular workplace today so can't double-check, but I'm pretty sure the satin arrived and I emailed you to let you know.

I'll double check, tomorrow, that it was your satin that arrived and not some other fabric order (my memory is faulty at best and witht he Kentwell stuff taking so much of it up at the moment I could be hallucinating pink satin...{g}!)

Teddy

Date: 2005-06-16 06:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peronel.livejournal.com
THat's an idea of outstanding genius!

Date: 2005-06-16 06:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] frualeydis.livejournal.com
Yes maybe, but I'm afraid people won't want to walk next to me at fairs ;)

Eva

Date: 2005-06-16 07:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brambleberry.livejournal.com
Sure they will. Blue and pink look outstanding next to each other. Well, I'd walk next to you anyway. ;> Surely your friends who love you will too.

Date: 2005-06-16 11:06 am (UTC)

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