As you might have guessed from the last set of photos, it has been foggy up here on the peak. No...really. "Thick as pea soup" as they say. For days.
Add to the really coolness of the weather (did I mention I LOVE fog? I know... weird) ...anyway...adding to the fog, I have been down with some sort of crud. Congested sinuses, no energy, and coughing....oh, the coughing.
You'd think I 'd be knitting, right? Actually I haven't felt like too much knitting. What I have been doing is developing a guilty pleasure on youtube...and before you go off some deep end and think I have been watching "those kinds" of videos, let me just say I have become fascinated with 18th century dress. Again...I know...weird.
Maybe it started from the wedding episode of Outlander. I will admit to you guys...that instead of enjoying what you might expect people to enjoy in an after wedding episode, I was fascinated with how the costuming worked...all of those layers of petticoats and stays. Ok, maybe I did enjoy the other parts...maybe...a little ;)
Reining it in... and returning being sick in the fog. I found this video from LBCC Historical...
This is a reinactor who explains how to get dressed in the 18th century. The most fascinating part for me was the use of pins....instead of buttons or hooks. To close you bodice, just shove those straight pins through the cloth and into your stays...burying the pointy parts.
And when I finished with the two parts of this video, I moved on to 18th century hair. This video covers using an iron device that is heated in hot coals and then applied to the hair!
Can you say decongestant drug based obsession?
I will refrain from the other diversion I set off on...and get back to more pressing matters.
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