The "Must do" list for the Calontir Clothing Challenge

Linnet is one of those SCA seamstresses that undertakes making a new outfit for each of us in the month before an important event.  As the depth of our research has begun to focus more the mid 11th century in Essex (since Errol Flynn isn't really the right time period) we are going to use the Calontir Clothing Challenge (CCC)  to create historically correct  outfits for each of us.

 CCC requires four layers of entries consisting of "under layer", "top layer", "outer layer", and "accessory layer".  Our garb projects in the past have focused on the pretty thing one wears that everyone can see, the 11th century tunic, the upper middle class 16th century gown with a doublet, or the Italian ren gown.  While making the inner layer, Linnet would create the correct piece but didn't spend nearly the same time in its embellishment.    This challenge is to create the same level of "wow" in every layer.

So what are we going to include in our "must do" list.

                    Linnet's outfit                                                     Kendrick's outfit

inner            smoc  and feax-clap (smock and hair cloth)      scyrte and braccas  (shirt and pants)

top               cyrtel  (gown)                                                     tunece  (tunic)      

outer            mentel and cuffie (mantle and veil)                    hacele  (cloak)

accessory                                         alliterative poetry

That looks like a few months work with all the embellishment required of a thegn and his wife.  But there is more!  The seams on each top layer will be covered with cording.  Necks, cuffs, and out layer will be embellished with silk and embroidery.  But wait, there is more:

Our "want to do" list.

           two pairs scoh (turn sole shoes)

           nalebinding (socks for Linnet)

           two pairs winingas(leg wraps)

           woven belt for Kendrick,  tablet woven belt for Linnet's mantle

           quills and oak gall ink to write the poetry on purchased vellum

           reliquary bag

This looks like a full four months of work!  So we are starting here:


                well maybe more here:




 and we hope to look better than Queen Matilda embroidering the Bayeux tapestry from a painting in the 20th century (https://tuckdbephemera.org/items/20164) taken from a book printed before 1928 (royalty and copyrite free use, tuckdb fac).



at the end!

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