Quote from Forum Archives on September 3, 2001, 9:08 am

Posted by: smarties <smarties@...>

Thanks Sherri,

I wasn't quite getting the picture of a wimple until Marci described it.
Jacqui

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc Sheri" <docsheri@swbell.net>
To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 6:32 AM
Subject: [HomeSteadHeaven] Re: Wimples

> A snood looks like a hair-net. A friend crochets those for her daughter
> when she is 'doing' the 1400's time period. And it is literally a hair bag.
> Rather than a net. It is large as the daughter has long hair. My snoods
> will not stay on unless I use those alligator clips and then make it catch
> on the edge. And since there were no clips like that in the 1800's I
> cannot let them show.... so ....the 'doc' just wears her hair down long. No
> one asks me why it is that way instead of all fixed up to the time period.
> They just figure that the 'doc' being educated in the field can wear her
> hair any way she pleases. And that would be exactly how I interpret my
> personal version of Dr. Quinn. Who was based on a real doctor, you know. I
> am there only to teach the medicine rather than a specific person in
> history.
>
> So......wimple is a tube, and snood is a bag or net.
> Sherri
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: The Smarts <smarties@jam21.net>
> To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 8:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [HomeSteadHeaven] Wimples
>
>
> > Sherry,
> >
> > What would be the difference between a wimple and a snood, or are they the
> same?
> > Thanks
> > Jacqui
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > > Sandy,
> > >
> > > It is a knitted tube. And it will fill in all the space in your coat
> > > collar. Or go over it. Your face is protected by it but it is not worn
> over
> > > the face. It comes close around it, sometimes I add a few rows of
> ribbing.
> > > Then, if you put your hands up inside at the shoulder end, you can
> spread it
> > > wider to fit. But I usually have mine inside the coat. I imagine they
> are
> > > like the ones of ancient times in name and 'look' only...... The
> original
> > > ones I saw were cloth tubes......1970's. But i enjoy knitting. Even
> took
> > > it with me to the hospital last week.
> > >
> > > Sherri
>
>
>
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