Renaissance Festival

[pegkerr]

We are off to the Minnesota Ren Festival momentarily.

Delia's comment as I laced up the corset of my costume:

"Wow. I would double-knot it."

Thanks again to minnehaha B. and K. for the tickets! We'll get rained on, but we'll have fun.

Comments

[volkhvoi.livejournal.com]

Can you tell us how?

[liadan-m.livejournal.com]

it's what's refered to as a "spiral" or a "double spiral". Basicly, think of your garment as having an "inside" and an "outside". If you come up from the inside to the outside, that string goes from the outside to the inside on the next hole. Eventually, you can see the spiral...the lacing is wraping around your central seam. You never want to do shoelace-style, where the lacing always comes from the inside. That breaks your central axis by crossing it, and it pulls the fabric oddly, making wrinkles, or making them more noticeable. It is also easier to tighten the spiral style, again because of the axis thing.

[callunav.livejournal.com]

This is very useful, thank you!

(I remember a friend of a friend explaining the four ways she could lace her bodice:

1. Hello. My name is Jane.
2. Hello. My name is Jane, and these are my breasts.
3. Hello. These are my breasts, and my name is Jane.
4. Hello. These are my breasts, and I have a name!)