frualeydis | So I lied... (Reply)

First a small coif and then a wired coif and a strip of fabric wound around the head. It doesn't look exactly like the Holbein sketch. For one, the "flaps" reach to far on the cheeks and it should be closer to the hairline in front. I think I can fix it though. Maybe some tucks and by having my braids wound around my head instead of in a bun at the neck. I don't want to shorten them, because there's wire in there and that would mean more work ;) But probably I need to do that and make them smaller and rounder. Darn!

With the bonnet on top. It bothers me that the bonnet is the colour of unbleached wool and the coifs are white. I will either have to live with it or find some solution. It's not as yellow as in the photo though.

The shape of the coif. The inner coif has a straight front because I wanted to keep the beautiful hand woven selvedge. As for the outer coif I would probably have made it with a straight edge if it wasn't for the Anne Boleyn sketch, because most of the other pictures look like they could be achieved with just wiring a straight edge.