Or you could just buy the pitch - I know it's not as exciting. Dan at traditional materials will have some I am sure.
I think as you say you are looking for layers. Mittens could be a plan too.

Don't buy anything before you have spoken to the group you want to join - something that seems perfect to you now may be completely wrong - they may also have some stuff you can borrow for an event so you have a go before you invest a lot of money. You need clothes, shoes, before you have any armour...

You might also want to add to that a coat (and depending on when you are in this period a hood) and an apron or two

Julia Barrett
has pulled together a lot of the information on this
http://clothingtherose.co.uk/research-articles/
might be helpful

Annie the Pedlar makes them too and she like Lucy is definitely UK based
http://www.anniethepedlar.com/
click on the bit marked ruffs!

nothing Tudor lots of other stuff though
Hallowe'en stuff - Scaresville
Victorian Christmas ..

I would say the majority of troops would be dressed like this http://www.tudortailor.com/bookshoptks.shtml it's a pretty good guide to the clothing of the period for most men who were likely to be fighting at Flodden *yes I know there would be some exceptions but even they wouldn't wearing anything ...

In general the Scots took more of their influences from the French than the English however remember the Border at this period was fairly loosely drawn and so I would expect to see a variety of styles

as alice says a gown is the answer as it can be male or female depending on what you wear with itand how you wear it
It's also warm - which if we have more events like Richmond with that very cold wind is what you want

A friend of mine is looking for a pattern to make her son a jacket for Christmas - Napoleonic era (or there abouts) - doesn't need to be absolutely perfect. A pattern would be simpler. It's not my period can anyone direct me to where she might be able to get a pattern. She's pretty competent
Thanks

Hello everyone - thought you might be interested in this - a day of lectures all about Tudor Warfare. It's taking place at Oxford University's Department of Continuing Education on 26 October: http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/details.php?id=O10P102HIJ&search=tudor%20warfare&submitbutton=Se...

Optional really depending on whether it would make you more comfortable and warmer - if that's what you're bothered about then I'd use wool to line it
If your hood is very smart then you could use fur?

I am all for presenting our hobby in it's best light!
Believe me

Exactly _ which is why it's worth checking that anyone wants you to do one first

That website is awful I know
I wasn't seriously suggesting 15K people on the field

A couple of questions? Has anyone been in touch with the people organising the commerations to ask if they'd like a re-enactment after the initial contact made i think last year? I know Allan was also making some noises has he done anything too? Since if they don't want one then I can see some diffi...

Like them http://www.selkirkweekendadvertiser.co.uk/selkirknews/Association-drawsup-battle-plansfor-Flodden.3514570.jp you mean? and here where John Waller posted http://www.flodden.net/forum/thread.aspx?thread-id=19 might be worth chasing this? Ps I think the King's Servants although English is pro...

The difficulty is there very little that has been written recently on Scots clothes at this period - In general Lowland Scots tended to follow European fashions. They seem to have leant towards French styles rather than English at this period ( so a bit less square in shape for the men for example L...

You see whilst I take Jack's point about builders and you perhaps taking some layers off when you're working in addition to Jack's pictures there are one's of people like potboys for example too although to be honest not as many as many modern men probably think are necessary or would do so ( think ...

Doesn't Vic James make them?
He generally has some idea of where his stuff come from - ask him?

This is obviously refering to black people but I am not sure what they would call black and we would call black are the same
Anyway it's quite interesting
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/path ... /moors.htm

No it covers the range but I appreciate what you're saying look at the images I put up - they're not rich people and they'll give you an idea

Thanks Mally
I didn't make that as clear as I could have done
Can I suggest if you are intending to make any more costume of this period that you consider buying
The Tudor Tailor
http://www.tudortailor.com/bookshoptt.shtml which is really helpful

Lucet cord as Mally said would be fine for your purposes A couple of questions - when in the 16th century are you aiming for? In general (and there exceptions either way) - before 1550 the bodice and the skirt tend be joined at waist making an all in one garment http://www.moleiro.com/miniatura.v.ph...

If we are talking about what most people did for the majority of the time in the past as now - it was not fight. I agree Marcus the reality of a modern battlefield is not something that most of us would want to see really. Neither would I want to recreate the reality of the plague pits. However it p...

All of our interpretation is going to be filtered through the mirror of the present. However:- Actually I think the public are quite interested in the mundane because it isn't to them. They love to hear about our food, what the children are playing with etc. The not enough clothes thing is easily fi...

well this is something that has been discussed many times before - and I think in general the answer is sometimes like anything else The height/weight thing depends partially on social class - I am tall now for a woman and I would have been in the past too (but there were people of my height in the ...

For boning, hooks etc
http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/
They have patterns too so it's a good place to have a nose

Plaits are your saviour really - when my hair was waist length I used to split it and plait it and then put it under a simple linen coif with long strings which then allows you to secure it. You can pin/add any headdress you want over that. The big advantage to having your hair covered is that it st...

felt balls are popular with my daughter as are some wooden animals - a horse, a cow etc painted in simple colours
and a poppet

I keep them in a separate bag and only allow them out at re-enactments so they have excitement of novelty