Viking cloak pattern

As I was browsing 18th century cloaks online, I came across a great page at The Hive Online about short cloaks. The page, as 17 April 2016, is now a gardening site. My finished cloak! Making the cloak is very, very easy. Mine took about an hour and a twenty minutes, and had I been happy with the ties, would've taken an hour and two minutes. Yes, I did time it :) For information on patterning, do visit the above website. I did a pattern in muslin first, not so much because you need to, but…

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