Wiksten Haori Jacket
6 Apr 2019 06:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
motorharpWhat do you do after a week of closet cleaning and mending? You make an impulse purchase of a pattern, cut up some old clothes and stash fabric, and make a New Thing.
The Wiksten Haori was shared with me by a coworker a few months ago, and I hadn't been able to stop thinking about it. I had a medieval linen tunic I made and wore once to an SCA event a decade ago hanging in my closet waiting for me to do something with it. The linings were harvested from a 20s robe I made out of velvet and silk lining that I never wore, and some silk dupioni that was a failed garment just waiting in my stash.
As usual, I did not take before photos.
I managed to eke out an XXS (I'm a Small, according to the measurement chart) and spent two days sewing and combining all the pieces into a very comfortable, lightweight jacket.
If I make this again, I'd probably try the S, or make the sleeves wider. I made it 7/8" longer, which corresponded to the largest size length, and it's just right.
Photos will get posted at some point.
The Wiksten Haori was shared with me by a coworker a few months ago, and I hadn't been able to stop thinking about it. I had a medieval linen tunic I made and wore once to an SCA event a decade ago hanging in my closet waiting for me to do something with it. The linings were harvested from a 20s robe I made out of velvet and silk lining that I never wore, and some silk dupioni that was a failed garment just waiting in my stash.
As usual, I did not take before photos.
I managed to eke out an XXS (I'm a Small, according to the measurement chart) and spent two days sewing and combining all the pieces into a very comfortable, lightweight jacket.
If I make this again, I'd probably try the S, or make the sleeves wider. I made it 7/8" longer, which corresponded to the largest size length, and it's just right.
Photos will get posted at some point.
