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Post by Water_Tengu on Jan 28, 2008 13:51:04 GMT -5
a friend of mine who's persona is that of a sohei does not have a headcowl, and doesn't know how long of one to make
it needs to go around the head about 4 1/2 times as far as we can tell
but no fabric stores in our area have any amount of white silk at an even slightly good price
does that length sound right, and would it have been made of silk?
all the sites we can find to mention the sohei are in german or japanese, but we have a book coming soon
thank you so very much for any help,
Yawata Saburou Tadamori
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Jan 28, 2008 14:46:52 GMT -5
If you go to the search module, you'll find that this has been discussed previously. Be sure to tell the search module to go back by increasing the number of days and number of posts you want to look at.
Somewhere on the boards are shots of me making something that looks correct using a 1 yard square of screaming red linen and a knee sock. That's right. I put a SOCK on my head for you people.
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Post by solveig on Jan 28, 2008 16:56:22 GMT -5
Noble Cousin! Greetings from Solveig! a friend of mine who's persona is that of a sohei does not have a headcowl, and doesn't know how long of one to make it needs to go around the head about 4 1/2 times as far as we can tell but no fabric stores in our area have any amount of white silk at an even slightly good price does that length sound right, and would it have been made of silk? all the sites we can find to mention the sohei are in german or japanese, but we have a book coming soon thank you so very much for any help, Yawata Saburou Tadamori Why not use a nice bast fabric like hemp or linen? |
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Post by Water_Tengu on Jan 28, 2008 16:57:07 GMT -5
that would be fine, but as far as we could tell, it was made of silk
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Post by mrcunningham on Jan 28, 2008 19:18:31 GMT -5
Wow, wrap your head in silk. Um. Not for me. Mine was made of linen and it kept me nice and cool.
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Post by Water_Tengu on Jan 28, 2008 19:38:36 GMT -5
hmm, we shall have to look into that
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Jan 28, 2008 19:43:47 GMT -5
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Post by Water_Tengu on Jan 28, 2008 20:03:19 GMT -5
ya know, i searched for the word sohei back 1000000000 days, marking results to be 70
and i got nothing, i swear
oh and i am sure they are all sorry for maing you wear a sock, although you pull it off well
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Post by Tatsuya on Jan 29, 2008 0:26:53 GMT -5
that would be fine, but as far as we could tell, it was made of silk Just out of curiosity, what brought you to this conclusion? |
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Post by Water_Tengu on Jan 29, 2008 7:58:23 GMT -5
a man he met at Festival of Maidens 35 who had a silk headcowl on
i do not know his name, only glimpsed him from a distance
he went up to introduce himself and see if he was in fact sohei
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Post by Saionji Shonagon on Jan 29, 2008 9:38:02 GMT -5
Things I learned from wearing veils in my European persona. (1) Silk is an insulator. It will be warm. (2) Many common silk weaves can be slippery. If this is the case, it will want to slide off your head. (3) Linen (a bast fiber with similar properties to hemp and ramie, fibers we know the Japanese had access to) breathes well and wicks sweat beautifully. (4) Linen will hold a crease like it's a religious conviction. (5) Plain white cotton is cheap and readily available and only you will know. Cheap and readily available is a good thing if you're planning to wear a kato no kesa over a helm that's going to get pounded on a lot. Online sources for silk: www.dharmatrading.comwww.thaisilks.comwww.silkconnection.comOnline source for linen: www.fabrics-store.com |
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Post by Water_Tengu on Jan 29, 2008 12:46:42 GMT -5
sweet jesus, thank you
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Post by solveig on Jan 29, 2008 21:47:40 GMT -5
Noble Cousin!
Greetings from Solveig! If you wish to reduce the cost of 100% linen, I recommend either linen/rayon or linen/cotton blend.
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Post by Water_Tengu on Jan 29, 2008 22:15:20 GMT -5
that is no problem we found a bunch of linen on the clearance racks
(YAY CLEARANCE!)
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