Surcote progress

[sister_raphael]

The last step of the surcote was doing the neck re-inforcing strip in linen for sturdiness and strength. I will still add two eyelets for a brooch pin because it really stops repeated brooch-using from wrecking the fabric. We have no proof that this was done, but as we know that lacings had reinforced eyelet holes to stop the fabric from tearing with repeated use, it's not too far a leap. Medieval art is pretty unhelpful about this, and extant ones are extremely scarce.

It's been a simple but tough project since the wool was quite thick-ish. The gorgeous colour more than makes up for it.