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Sarah Jane,
I am hoping you can assist me, as I am searching for a specific type of pattern: how to make the ribbon trim to decorate a hairnet. I am well aware that I could easily purchase one ready-made, but I am very interested in making my own. I have done multiple searches using every combination of words, and have had no luck finding anything online. Do you perchance have a pattern/instructions that you would be willing to share?
While I am not a CW reenactor, the historic site that I volunteer at is focusing our interpretation on 1863 (in honor of the upcoming 150th CW anniversary as well as in honor of our site's most productive year), and I am committed to dressing the part correctly.
Sincerely,
Julieann Putt
Good day Julieann!
Have you been to the message board at Mrs. Clark's site? If you haven't, you will find a lot of helpful information there on how to construct a hairnet. Several kinds are appropriate, from very fine and nearly invisble nets to chunkier styles made of ribbon.
For my own, I choose to use a fine, invisible hairnet and decorate the top of it with a pleated band such as you described. To do so, I get a "lunch lady" type hairnet from Sally's. This is the Wave-O-Net brand and comes in a small box for $1.
I make a constructed band of a heavier fabric like canvas or duck that measures from ear to ear across my head. I reinforce the edges with flexible, narrow wire. Make sure the band is a color to either match (somewhat at least) your own hair or the ribbon to be mounted on top of it. Make sure also the band is a little narrower in width than the ribbon so it doesn't show obtrusively.
Stretch on half of the hairnet to fit the underside of the constructed band and handstitch in place to the band.
To make the decorative ribbon, take a length of ribbon (for simple styles I use about a yard) and pleat it up to match the band. You can leave several inches of hanging, unpleated ribbon below the bands to dangle down over your ears. I have directionally knife pleated and box pleated ribbon to fit the band, you can do what looks best to you since there seems to be no wrong way to pleat a ribbon. :)
Then, just attach the ribbon to the band using a hand running stitching - long on the inside, and short on the outside, to tack the ribbon into place.
Hope this helps!
Sarah
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