[HPforGrownups] OT--Cloaks

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 6590

Peg Kerr wrote:

> I talked with the company I'd bought my cloak from about lining, and the
> person said that after years for experimentation they decided that it was
> preferable not to line the cloaks--it didn't seem to serve much of a useful
> purpose and any lining they put it seemed to get ripped anyway.  I have to
> agree.  My coats always had ripped lining; there's no lining in my cloak and
> I don't miss it in the least.

I appropriated a hooded cloak of my husband's, made of this wonderful
water-defying wool stuff, but all my medieval dresses are lower on my neckline
than the neck of the cloak, and the hems chafed. I got a seamstress friend to
line it with this wonderful soft moonstone-color flannel, and it's never even
offered to rip. Perhaps you're lining them with stuff that's too flimsy?

--Amanda