Zukin Triumphant
So I've cut and sewn the third zukin prototype. I think I may have the look I'm going for here.
First, I took a scrap piece of linen 32 inches long and 52 inches wide. (52 was actually the full width of the cloth). Then I cut it in a semi-conical shape as shown below:
This is half the shape--I placed it on the fold of the cloth. The face opening was at 17 inches, which is the length from the top of my forehead to the middle of my collarbone. The rest I curved out until I reached the edge of the cloth. Then I hand-sewed the curved edge (french seam) and hemmed both the top and the bottom edges.
Here is the result. As before, I'm wearing a headband (27 inches long, 2 inches wide) and the zukin is tucked beneath it at my forehead and pinned underneath. The folds took a bit of arranging, but stayed in place quite well.
The advantage this style has over the style the Hokkeji nuns were wearing in this picture:
is that this style (Eshinni-style, I'm calling it, for lack of a proper term, after the portrait of the nun Eshinni) hides the hair better. I did pin up a square of cloth to hang loose like the Hokkeji nuns, but it didn't stay in place very well and my hair kept peeking out.
So, for now anyway, this is the style of zukin that I will be wearing for my SCA persona.
