Renaissance hair taping in a braid crown, stays up 2 weeks

Early modern (Tudor, Elizabethan, Stuart, Renaissance) women didn t have rubber bands to put their hair up, and pixie cuts were not the fashion. Hair taping is a technique where you use a ribbon to sew your braid down to the rest of your hair to keep it in place. Supplies: 6yd of 1, 8 ribbon (linen tape or grosgrain) Clawclip Yarn needle Benefits I ve found: It stays up for 2 weeks. It s comfortable to sleep on, even though a car accident has made me unable to use pillows. Historic and religious headcoverings both easily anchor to the braid crown. I m a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA), an educational organization recreating all aspects of life up through the 16th century. In costume, I tend to portray a 16thcentury Florentine (Italian) woman named Grazia Morgano. I m a member of the Barony Storvik, Kingdom of Atlantia chapter. (I am not in costume in this video. ) I m also one of the few members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) who still covers her hair.