There are dotted lines on the pattern showing the forehead, chin to crown, and neck measurements. Make adjustments to the shape and size of the pattern to ensure your hood fits just right!
I'm not even sure if this will work, as the blog won't let me upload a PDF file, unfortunately. I had to convert the pattern to a JPG, which is not ideal. Anybody know how I can post PDFs? I hope to share more patterns in the future...
Special thanks to LT for letting me post her images of the hood in use!
Update: I managed to post the file on Deviant Art, so if you want the PDF version of the pattern, it's located here. Thanks all for the suggestions!
Thanks for this! I've been thinking giving some leatherworking a try, since I'm both poor and good with my hands :P Patterns like this would come in handy :)
ReplyDeleteGood luck Velicia - and let me know how it turns out if you do give it a try!
ReplyDeleteVery nice!
ReplyDeletePDF's can't be posted like an image can... but you can post a direct link to the file, stored somewhere on a server. You can make the link an image if you desire, but either way its good practice to state that the link is a pdf.
I'm not able to find an email address - I have some of my own patterns I was intending on putting up as well in a similar fashion, and would like to get your thoughts. I'm at rob at smutcraft dot com.
You have beautiful work!
Dear Ralinad,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the compliment! I need to check with my more web-savvy design friends about posting PDFs. There has to be a place to store such things online where I could just have a link from the blog as you suggest.
Personally I just host them in some subdirectory on whatever domain I'm using... but I'll assume you don't have dedicated web space.
ReplyDeleteA search for "free file hosting" comes up with quite a few options, but I don't have recommendations of those, perhaps someone does.
Oddly enough, I think it IS possible to post a PDF to your DeviantArt account, but one needs to create a preview image to add as well. Then you could post a link here.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, Mauser... I do have a deviant art account, so I'll have to give that a try. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteChristopher your work is stunning! After seeing how well you can craft leather and get it to fit the human form it got me thinking about an approach to a hood which I haven't actually seen and thought I would get your reaction to the idea for a close fitting hood
ReplyDeleteMost of the designs are a few panels, and apparently depend on the leather and lacing and basic pattern to have the hood conform to the head and face it encloses as in this post.
What about a bit more complex pattern where the panels sort of represent with some realism the features they conceal? So if you think of the area of the head covered by one's hair and expressed this as a panel where it kinda looked like a "crew cut" shape... that is the seams defined where one's hairline(s)/ boundaries might be. The same could be done for eye brows... even if the hood had no eye opening exposing the whole eye... perhaps perforated in the shape of the eye... and the same for lips. Hair could even be done like your puffed out ear muffs in the sens dep hood with some "volume". Admittedly this would take a bit of work to make this look elegant and not comical, but it might come off quite well. And the seams could be used to define things like the jaw line...
On another note... does thin leather... or can thin leather be made to conform to a form or the person's face? Sort of a shrink to fit concept which more of less holds its shape. It seems that leather will stretch when stressed repeatedly... but eventually stretches out...bagging at the knees and so forth. Have you ever tried to use small panels/strips of latex to provide stretch and take the stress so the tight fitting items doesn't lose their shape?
Ingenious. Is it lined? What about sweat, cleaning and care?
ReplyDeleteWhere can I get in touch to have some custom work done ?
ReplyDeleteSorry leatherbill, not currently taking orders for custom work.
ReplyDeleteYour image is Black and white, Convert it to Gray-scale, and save it as a .GIF with no transparency. 256 shades from white to black will suffice, and it'll be a nice small file size for a large image.
ReplyDeleteThe other visual format your probably thinking of is PNG, which is similar to a BMP in data type, It preserves millions of colors and shades, but uses compression on repetitive space. Such as, All your White area. Thus making the file size small, without sacrificing image quality.
JPG uses Lossy to compress images, which ruins edges with a shot-gun-scatter like diffusion at high contrast transitions.
a PDF is typically for copyrighting purposes, it tags on a bunch of data that's useless, and is mainly designed to make text highlight'able, and protect included fonts against plagiarism, PDF's are pointless if hosted publicly. Wastrel to say the least, and designed to protect Books. :P
Adobe Photoshop can handle all these formats, but making a PDF in photoshop is more complicated, because it is not designed to be net-posted. My recommendations, are PNG format for color images, and GIF format for black and white, or images with very few gradients.
The leather hood is ever so beautiful by the way❣ ♥❤
~ThumpieBunnyEve ❋❉✿๊(/แต^\)❀❁♥❤
Dear ThumpieBunnyEve,
DeleteThanks for the detailed information and the nice comment! I did end up posting a PDF for this hood on Deviant Art:
http://christopherfetish.deviantart.com/#/d328l98
...as well as some other patterns throughout the blog in a shared Google Docs folder. Most can be found by clicking on "patterns" under the "Labels" box at the top of the page.
i dont sew but absolutely loves this female hood. can i buy one like it already made? in patent shiny vinyl and lined in leather or vinyl better yet thanks love your work!
DeleteCheck with Restricted Senses, they are making their own version of this hood for sale on etsy.
DeleteQuestion regarding the " tongue " . The rest of the pattern makes sense and it is easy to put together. But where are you connecting the tongue to the hood?
ReplyDeleteI assume the smallest part of the tongue attaches somewhere toward the top of the skull and the leaves at the bottom wrap around the back of the head… possibly around the neck.
Also… this pattern works well with a stretch lycra fabric I found on line. It is lighter than leather, and for the wearer the weave allows a bit of breathability . From the outside the lycra has a nice leathery sheen to it and because it has some stretch to it, will shape to the contours of a face.
Dear jon,
ReplyDeleteYou can check out the tongue being sewn into the hood here:
http://fetishleathercrafter.blogspot.com/2010/04/making-hood-step-by-step-part-3.html
I did align the center of the tongue with the center seam on the hood, but I've actually moved onto using a smaller tongue attached only on one side in my more recent patterns.
The most recent (smaller tongue) patterns can be found here:
Deletehttp://fetishleathercrafter.blogspot.com/2012/05/free-leather-bondage-hood-patterns.html
One other question for you…..
ReplyDeleteWhat size grommets are you using for the lace holes in the back?
I use the Osborne size #00 for the hoods in thinner leather - usually I'm going for the smallest possible!
DeleteAnd one other question regarding the type of leather you use.
ReplyDeleteI've run across some leathers that are shiny and smooth on one side but the reverse has more of a suede appearance. Others have the shiny finish on both sides.
Which do you recommend?
For this pattern, I usually am using a lamb leather - it's shiny on one side, and more of a suede on the other. It's thin, soft and stretchy.
DeleteI haven't run across a shiny finish on both sides, and it almost sounds like a synthetic or a split? I'd be curious to see a sample!
Dear Christopher,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to send you a letter of sincere thanks for generously making these fantastic hood patterns available and for all of the incredible inspiration you have given me as a designer, photographer and fetish/bondage enthusiast. I can't stress to you enough how immensely helpful they have been to me! Through your ladies hood pattern I was able to construct a number of fabric hoods that I used in my last photo series (http://www.kattoronto.com/photography/k_photography.html). I continue to look forward to seeing what marvelous designs you create and perhaps maybe even one day we could collaborate! Sending you many thanks and well wishes, ~Miss MF (K.Toronto)
MissMF,
DeleteAbsolutely, thanks for reaching out. I'm glad to know when anyone finds the patterns useful, and feedback is always appreciated. Your work is really amazing! Stunning photographs and drawings... I love it!!
Thank you so much for this. I've been missing a well-fitting hood ever since my custom-made one was lost. I miss her... now, wherever she is, she can have a sibling! Much love.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, and thanks for writing to let me know!
DeleteThanks for posting this! I chose it as my first sewn leather project, though I have been making leather cuffs etc for years. If you'd like to see my results, they are on fetlife.
ReplyDeletehttps://fetlife.com/users/23589/pictures/40253389
Dear Sean Grey,
DeleteThank you for sharing the photo. I'm always happy to see the pattern being used, or to know when people find it helpful. I think it came out beautiful!
Question: Did a pdf version of this pattern ever get figured out? I am having trouble printing it to the correct size without major frustration.
ReplyDeleteNevermind. I figured out a way to get it to size.
ReplyDeleteThanks. :)
Still having problems with the measurements :(
ReplyDeleteDon't get it nice and tight.
Keep going smaller... You may have to go undersize to account for the stretch of the leather.
DeleteHello! I was wondering if you are currently open to do masks on commission?
ReplyDeleteSorry Lucas, I'm no longer doing any commissioned work.
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