Barrister's Wig

[atherleisure]

I finally got someone to take pictures of my barrister's wig on my head instead of a Styrofoam head. I made it a couple of years ago, but I wore it for the first time Hallowe'en week this year and for the second time yesterday.




(pictures taken by jenthompson)

The first time I wore it, it was inclined to slip backward with just one pin at the front. This time I stuck a pin through the front just behind the bow and a second pin at the top of my chignon. It stayed in place quite well this time.

Everyone else was wearing a hat so I felt slightly underdressed in my hood, but on the other hand, it's fun to have some of the random knitted stuff that the Victorians wrote patterns for. I have no idea, of course, whether anyone actually followed those patterns, but it's fun anyway.

Comments

[danabren]

That has been and always will be too much <3 One imagines Cecily teasing Charlotte over her fast ways and this Continental chapeau de style <3

[atherleisure]

Thank you.

[house_wren]

Thanks for posting these photos. I love old knitting patterns and love seeing them made up even more. Looks great.

[atherleisure]

Thank you. I love knitting random Victorian stuff. Old patterns are my favorites.

[marianme]

That is a crazy looking hood. Looks warm, though and glad you made it.

[atherleisure]

It is goofy, isn’t it? It was only in the fifties so I didn’t really verify just how warm it was. Unlike the 1871 fanchon hood, though, I won’t be wearing this one for modern wear on chilly winter days.

[mala_14]

It's so cute! Although I wonder about the person who saw a barrister's wig and thought, "Wouldn't that make a great knitted hood?!"

[atherleisure]

Right!?!?!