The neck and head of the Garment are, perhaps, its most controversial parts. Stephen Maturin gives a hint of the their constuction: "...I can withdraw my head entirely..."In interpreting the above, I designed a long cowl neck which would be wide enough to go over and around the head, estimating 12-14" long (it is still on the needles.) The neck line and cowl would also, however, have to pull the whole garment together to give the impression of a one-piece, "single tight" garment and not one made up of three parts, that is a lower body, torso and headpiece.
The upper body of the Garment buttons down the front. The photograph shows the two button bands (minus the buttons - more on those in a future separate post), the button placements marked by gold pins and the neck joined by a pin for the pickup, and the neck/cowl stitches picked up around the two fronts and the back neck with a few inches knit. The Garment will, thus, have to be stepped into, the legs and hip area pulled up, then the back pulled up from behind up so the head can go through the cowl, the arms put on one at a time, and, finally, the fall, waistband and front bands buttoned. A deeply rational manner of dressing, is not it?
All quotations are from Post Captain, Chapter Twelve
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I think we are going to have to have some sort of launch party for The Garment when it's completed.
Sounds like a good idea - I am sure that The Garment would enjoy itself!
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