Kaspar in his blue coat and tunic, and his fashionable-for-a-peasant floppy hat! From my research and staring at paintings, it does seem that the lowest peasant classes at this time were wearing a much older and simpler form of clothing than the people with money. For his coat and tunic, I used the information I found in an article on early 16thc German peasant clothing. I also looked at paintings by Peter Brueghel, Dürer (one of my all-time favorite artists), and others. Kaspar is very religious and we’re thinking of decorating his hat with pilgrimage medals. We also want to make him a period crutch. The Canadian crutches he uses occasionally are too modern. I’m also thinking of making him livery with our household badge.

Here is Rodrigo fresh from the fencing match. I didn’t make his doublet, but I did make his pants, complete with his first codpiece. And he promptly took a rapier right through the gold satin, requiring repairs. Sigh.