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Posted by Sarah Dale on May 5, 2009, 4:23 pm
Sparafucile wrote:
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> In any event, first: I don't have a pattern for the stole, just
> "suggestions". So how do you "round" the neck portion so that it lays
> comfortably around the neck? I know the Eastern Orthodox miter it into
> a "V", but Episcopalian/Roman Catholic priests that I have spoken to
> don't like that,yet their greatest complaint is about the neck.
Hi Serge
The one I copied was a very long thin rectangle, and the neck shaping
(such as it was) was minimal and consisted of a series of pleats (memory
says 3) about 12 - 18" long, centred along the length of the scarf.
These were folded and held in place with 2 or 3 lines of straight
stitching across the width.
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> Second: do you have a source for trim (orphrey, galoon and applique
> crosses and the like)? Yes, I can get them in NYC for a good price,
> but they all have a minimum order, and I want to make one stole before
> commiting to a large order. I'm particularly looking for appliques.
>
Can't help you there - I only made the one scarf and hand embroidered it
to decorate - to my own design along the lines of the religion. I also
decorated a second commercially purchased scarf as a favour - some very
hard, bouncy, artificial fabric - probably polyester - and I said never
again!
You need to consider how & why you are making these - and if doing to
for commercial gain, you need to be able to make them fast enough to
make it worthwhile to earn a reasonable wage. If you are making them for
friends (love) or to support the church you worship at (duty), then fair
enough, you can spend longer on them. Or work out a way of decorating
them faster than personalised hand embroidery!
HTH
Sarah
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> "suggestions". So how do you "round" the neck portion so that it lays
> comfortably around the neck? I know the Eastern Orthodox miter it into
> a "V", but Episcopalian/Roman Catholic priests that I have spoken to
> don't like that,yet their greatest complaint is about the neck.