Draping the chiton

[John Conyard]

Very interesting stuff gentlemen, not least because my wife has 5m of excellent wool washed and ready to be made up into a new chiton for me.

I always equate the chiton doubled at the waist with the Macedonians of the late 4th century B.C. For example:

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I tried this last winter with mixed success. I found the fold too often worked loose, especially with coarse wool.

To create sleeve garments the Macedonians are certainly cutting cloth.

But generally I suspect chitons were made to size on the loom. Although for speed you could make two at once by cutting the material along the weft and hemming the cut edge against the "string" running under the shoulders and around the neck. The selvage edge would run along the bottom hem of the chiton.