05-20-2006, 05:12 PM
I am currently working on my very first try of a 3rd Century tunic, with a little help from Graham's Roman military clothing 2. Cloth won't be hand-woven, but at least the tunic will be hand-stitched with hand-spun thread. Clavi and orbiculi will be applied and embroided. I'll post photos when the work does go ahead...
The tunic is 96 x 83 cm. According to those egyptian textile finds it might be even a little too narrow, but on the other hand the iconographical tunics seem to be tighter, what do you say? My other (medieval) tunic is 92 x 65 cm, same size as the Dura tunic.
Also question about the leg wrappings: How long they should be?
Could you point most obvious problems a novice will encounter? I would like to avoid beginner's mistakes...
The tunic is 96 x 83 cm. According to those egyptian textile finds it might be even a little too narrow, but on the other hand the iconographical tunics seem to be tighter, what do you say? My other (medieval) tunic is 92 x 65 cm, same size as the Dura tunic.
Also question about the leg wrappings: How long they should be?
Quote:We, late Roman re-enactors are always experiencing 'slight' problems to replicate correctly our clothes and we currently make do using sundry tricks and shortcuts...
Could you point most obvious problems a novice will encounter? I would like to avoid beginner's mistakes...