How to make a medieval tent?
Not so long ago, I wanted to build a medieval tent. Actually, I needed to build a medieval tent. The first idea was to buy one. Now that I look beck on it, I should have done that. But at the time I did not have the money to buy one. Medieval tents cost around 1000€ and that's just for the tent part. Shipping is not included in this price. Thus my adventure to build one beggins. Step 1. Know what you want! The tent I wanted is a small medieval tent from the 11th century. This needs 2 poles that will hold it up and 1 pole that will connect those 2 and hold the center up.. I wanted one side to be completely open and to be able to use that side as a parasol. Step 2. Blueprint! This is my original drawing. It should be 180 cm high, 200 cm wide and 400 cm long. Once I had that, I was able to do some math. The tent consists of only one rectangle (2) and 8 triangles (1). 4 on each side. On this sketch (1) and (2) you can see the measurements I used without seam allowa...