DRAFTING THE PERFECT HOOD

A step-by-step guide to drafting a hood from your own measurements. Fourteen steps take you from a simple frame to the finished hood curve, with a diagram at each stage.

• Front and back neck length
• Temple to temple, measured round the back of the head
• High Point Shoulder to top of head measurement
• A ruler, a set square and a French curve or Vary Form curve

Part 1 builds the frame from your measurements in six steps. Part 2 draws the neckline and the hood curve on that frame. The last step is a 45 degree check that tells you the curve is right before you cut.

• Drafting the Perfect Hood, a 3-page PDF
• Part 1, the frame: steps 1 to 6
• Part 2, the hood: steps 7 to 14
• A reference page explaining every measurement and point

Measurements are in inches. The diagrams are not to scale.