Which waterproof fabric is best?
I have discovered cloaks, and I am going nuts making them. I have bought so much fabric in the past few days alone. They are so warm and so easy to make! However, I would like to make one that suits the purpose for which they were invented, so that I may wear it outside in the rain. Are there any good waterproof fabrics that won’t fuck up my fiancée’s #sewing machine?
Asking here because I don’t know what I am doing.
The reason for the cloak pin is that ruana cloaks have no fasteners. You wear it like a scarf. It stays on surprisingly well for what is effectively just a blanket with a slit cut to its midpoint, so IMHO the pin is just in case you plan on doing acrobatics while wearing it.
The other option for fastening it is to wear a belt over it, turning it into a sort of over-tunic. But there’s not much evidence to suggest it was used that way since it makes it harder to hide your knives lol