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Making of Hakama: the pattern by ~NiflheimAngel:iconNiflheimAngel:

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©2008-2009 ~NiflheimAngel
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Ok, so here's the pattern for the hakama I'm making for my friend who cosplays as Kenshin. These patterns are made based on his aikido hakama, so if you're going to use these, you have to change the measures, so that the hakama will fit on you.

Here's what those letters mean:

A) The widht of the hem (half of it, the back piece is exactly as wide as the front). In my friend's hakama it was 71 cm, so the total widht of the hem in one leg is 142cm.

B) Is the lenght of hight between the hem and the crotch. Remember there's so seam in there, just a fold when cutting the fabric.

C) The hight between the hem and the triangular opening.

D) The total hight of the piece. Remember, back piece isn't straight. It's rising a little towards the middle. If you cut it flat with the front, the hakama (or any other pants) won't sit straight when their on. In the pattern I added 5 cm towards the middle, so if it needs changing during the first trying, it can be modified. Having extra fabric is never a bad thing.

EDIT!! E) After recheking the pattern I discovered that 5 cm is too much, so you only need 1-2cm. But remember to fit the pattern on you and make the needed changes.

F) The depth of the triangular piece. in this hakama it was 25 cm, but it should be modified according to the person.

EDIT EDIT!!! G) The tie. I finally have the measures for the ties! the front piece is 350cm times 4cm and the back is 190cm times 4cm.

H) The back piece. The widht of this is the same as the both back pieces, when their pleated and sewn together. The hight of this was on my friend 9,5 cm, but this can be modified if it feels too high.

If you have guestions or there's something you want me to explain better, please ask. I'll happily answer your guestions. Yes I didn't put the ties in there yet as I don't have the exact lenght of them. I'll add them as soon as I can.

Coming up next: Making of hakama: Making changes to the pattern

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~Tokusie Mar 27, 2008, 8:12:47 PM
Question...
Sewing... Is there sewing or is it just folded coolly, I have been told many things, but I can't find many sites with info on this that you don't have to purchase.
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~NiflheimAngel Mar 28, 2008, 8:30:11 AM
mostly it's folding, but there's a small seam in one fold on both legs so that if something happens to the fold while washing they can be folded back according to them. all the folds have been sewn into place from the top (the waist part). It's folded as in movement the cloth opens more nicely when moving than it would if it was sewn... If you can't understand what I mean, it might be because I'm really bad at explaining things ^^'
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~Harlequintet Dec 18, 2008, 7:05:16 PM
Where do you base the measurements off of? What parts of your friend did you need to measure to make sure the hakama fit him properly? And the Triangular piece in the back, is it optional? Or will I need it no matter what?

The hakama my friend wants me to make him, he plans on wearing as an everyday thing.

BTW< I'm toatlly watching you.
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~NiflheimAngel Dec 19, 2008, 11:08:55 AM
The piece in the back can be left out if it is to become in normal wear. I haven't seen a hakama without it thou... but it should be made from something elastic and bendy, if it shatters of breakes it will hurt the wearers back. The measures were hight from either waist or hip to the ankle and the waist (around that is). These measures were mostly based on his aikido hakama, so I recommend that you fit the paper patterns and the rough hakama before sewing it to complete and making sure that it fits on nicely.

As for the triangular material? rubber of some kind would be the best, actually, my sensei whose hakama broke down had it repaired and they used mud flap. it's bendy enough, but still very firm. The piece itself supports the back and keep the posture of the back.

If you have more guestions, I'll be happy to answer them^^

Thank you for the :+devwatch:!
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~tsukijisatsuga Feb 20, 2009, 9:00:57 AM
Do you happen to have a photo of the finished hakama. It's good to have a reference to see if I'm doing it right

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"There's lots of things you can look up on the internet."
"Like what?"
"Um, well, let's see....do you like pornography?"
"WHAT?! NO!"
"Oh...well that narrows it down quite a bit."
-Wikipedia and Chris from 'Don't drink the Kool-aid'
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~NiflheimAngel Feb 23, 2009, 9:07:36 AM
why I do have a photo of it: [link] it's this lovely white hakama here^^

And google is also a good source of reference for possible patterns and pictures. ^^
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*FemmeBoysHavMorFun Aug 29, 2009, 1:56:25 PM
When do you think you'll be done with Making of hakama: Making changes to the pattern?

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*FemmeBoysHavMorFun Aug 29, 2009, 11:56:43 PM
Ok.

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- Der Metzgermeister

Ich muss für die Show gut aussehen!

I'm so hot, even Admiral Ackbar would hit it!

I have $0 toward my goal of $640
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