Tropical weight wool

[mmcnealy]

Hey Ysabelot!

Tropical weight wool, in several shades of grey.
http://www.fashionfabricsclub.com/Catalog_items.aspx?Query=tropical+weight+wool

Comments

[pandorasbox.livejournal.com]

Oh Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!!! I am so ordering 2 yrds of the dark grey wool for socks

[kfitzwarin.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Pretty. If only I needed more fabric.... (Well, actually, I might, depending on this whole German project!)

[mmcnealy.livejournal.com]

OK, German men's research stuff.
Here's a link to the english translation and pattern shapes for a set of extant men's hose, doublet and socks.
http://eredsul.org/earl_mike/FlamePeace/AOPSeptBatch/wukpatterns.htm

I also highly recommend reading the translated sections of Textiler Hausrat in the German Ren Costuming group files. There also is some really good stuff in the mailing list archives about fitting this style of pants.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GermanRenCostume/files/Textiler%20Hausrat%20Translations/

Wool, though, does seem to be the favored fabric for this style as it can be slashed and not fray, but there are records of period stripped hose of red wool and white silk satin.