Making Some CLOAKS (frolicking included)

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After YEARS of always wanting to make my own cloak, I finally took the plunge and it turned out to be WAY easier than I thought it was gonna be. Well... besides the whole 'completely fudging up two separate times'. I also made one for one of YOU! So you can join me in field-frolicking and swooshing, hehehe.

|| What I'm Wearing ||
Day 1:
Blouse - yesstyle (before I halted my fast fashion habits)
Trousers - Vintage from Etsy
Day 2:
Blouse - Adored Vintage
Vest - Me-Made!
Trousers - thredup (evan piccone)
Reveals:
Green dress - Son De Flor
Grey dress - Linnenaive

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[DrScientits]

I have a cloak that I found at the thrift for $8. It's full length for me and I'm 5'8. The entire back, hood, and edges are hand embroidered with flowers. It's one of my most prized possessions.

[StitchAndNine]

When we were kids, my parents read us Lord of the Rings aloud at bedtime, and my little brother (maybe 6 or 7 when we started?) was OBSESSED with Gandalf, to the point that he begged my mom to make him a grey cloak for Halloween (but let's be honest he wore it instead of a sweatshirt or coat whenver he could get away with it). When we reached the climax of the Mines of Moria scene, he literally hid the cloak away in the bottom drawer of his dresser and went into mourning. When Gandalf got his New Look, my brother decided old school was still the best school and happily whipped the grey cloak back out and wore it the

TLDR: Cloaks are the best and my brother was adorable.

[zoejeffery]

I worked for this elderly lady as a carer and one day she asks me to hand her the cloak and I was confused and laughed and I said you have a cloak? And she shuffled to her wardrobe and showed me this midnight blue cloak that she use to wear when she wore to dances when she was younger during the war and it made me want to bring it back into fashion.

[chelseavonkaenel]

Rachel: worried we won’t be entertained by all the sewing videos
Me: casually binges all the sewing videos she has made and wishing there were more.

[SewHealthyWithDiane]

My son is autistic, and when he was 4 he refused to wear a coat because he hated long sleeves. So I bought a cloak for him off of Etsy. When we went out shopping, a guy complimented his cloak and said he hoped we start a trend and bring cloaks back. I hope this video starts the trend that we couldn’t 6 years ago!

[ellysium]

Pro-tip to stop your cloak from weighing on your neck: attach long, heavy-duty strings where you fasten it, then cross those strings over your chest, bring the ends around under your arms and tie them behind your back. Puts all the weight on your chest and shoulders and keeps it in place. Also keeps it closed better. ;) This has been your Renn Fair Advice.

[saffsaul]

“Basically like carrying a big old blanket around” sound comfy.

[whiskeyvictor]

There's something about voluminous garments that just loudly proclaim DRAMA! MYSTERY! INTRIGUE! ROMANCE! NOSTALGIA! (e.g. cloaks, mantles, great kilts and earasaids).

[NeonNecropolis]

Last time I was this early Whiskey Grandpa was just Whiskey Dad

[savory.sav]

Another episode of “Why can’t I be a fairytale character?” And honestly, I can relate 100%.😆

[leledk]

I didn't realize how good the clothing design and fabric was years back because their clothes were stylish, good quality and so nice and warm while now we have to wear ten different jackets, a scarf and mittens just to be decently warm.

[Gilleban]

For over 15 years I was a 16th. cent. Highland Scots re-enactor...one of the first things I really loved about our clothing was our ability to "vanish" in nearly any setting short of extremely modern public parks. There's a few bushes? Bye. Reeds on the bank of the pond? Gone. Natural hillside with a few trees and dried grasses? <crickets> The trick was learning how to take the tail of a pleated great kilt and pulling it up over our shoulders like a cloak...suddenly even "Technicolor" plaids allowed us to simply disappear like we were wearing modern military camouflage...even more so if we were rocking a plaid with already muted colors like greens and browns. Actually give me a simple grey cloak, a half-circle of wool made from two old military-style blankets? Even with a simple yarn collar and I could suddenly go from "invisibly" napping next to a tree or by a log to suddenly standing there like Ned Stark in a "Winter is Coming" meme.

[charlotl]

Rachel: "We're going to get shit done."
Frodo: *I'm about to ruin this lady's entire career*

[lenamarie]

Basic needs: a hot soup on a rainy day
Psychological needs: a group of friends to dramatically run towards an ancient castle while it's storming
Self-fulfillment needs: a cloak for said dramatic run that flutters gently in the wind

[annbrookens]

I made one for myself in college in 1974. It was the most money I had ever spent on a garment: wool and a thermal kind of silky lining fabric, and I loved that thing! I wore it for several years, loaned it to a friend for her winter wedding, kept it until my daughter grew up, and she now has it. She is a professional photographer and has used it for some photo shoots.

[letizia]

I'm showing this video to my boyfriend after he suddenly asked me "why cloaks aren't in fashion anymore? I would love one, but people would laugh at me", but here we have a community of cloak-lovers that shows him that not everybody would laugh ❤️

[darian]

Cloak wearing
Pro: feeling like a fairytale character while wearing one
Con: annoying everyone by talking about how majestic you feel because you're wearing a cloak

[RebecaCabreraAbad]

In my country, capes where forbiden centuries ago because you could hide a knife or a sword under it and people where constantly killing each other. So the King banned them.

[peaceloveandband]

My sister has a super pretty cloak and we discovered that if I wear it with my wedding dress, I look like an elven princess. I still desperately want to do a photoshoot with it!

[ghostkat]

i just completed a "night watch/john snow" inspired cloak for my husband. we used blackout curtians (lowered the cost of fabric) a faux fur mantle and some leather for a front buckle. $50 and a few hours and it came out wonderful. it was a massive undertaking for me and my machine as well.