How do I make a Gypsy/Rom veil?

[Dinobabe]

I would love to make this veil.  Any advice on how to do it?  Thanks!

[Butch]

That looks like a piece of cloth wrapped a certain way.  Are you sure it's a veil, and not just some technique of wrapping a scarf?

[Dinobabe]

The description of the painting called it a veil, that's the only reason I used that term.  I, too, believe it is wrapped a certain way.  I just don't know how!

[McGuinness]

Would this help? http://stores.renstore.com/store/content/turban.pdf

I found it under their Turban (http://stores.renstore.com/-strse-134/Turban-fdsh-Sash/Detail.bok). Says its for men and women, might look more "gypsy" in some pretty fabric.

[gem]

If you do a Google search or image search for "wrap hijab," you'll get *tons* of links. The hijab is the traditional Muslim headscarf for women, and apparently (per my two minutes of research just now there are quite a few bloggers discussing different, fashionable ways to wrap it.

I think the crucial thing you need to know is the dimensions of the veil--is it a square or a rectangle, and how big is it?

[isabelladangelo]

http://www.bildindex.de/bilder/mi05021d02a.jpg

My guess, based on the above, is that we are seeing a chin strap of the same material that circles the head and is tucked under (and pinned) the veil.  The vast majority of paintings/woodcuts/ect from this time period on the Roma show some sort of chin strap with their headdress.

[Dinobabe]

Thanks guys!  That really helped.  I just needed a starting point.  I found a few tutorials.  Now I just need the scarf....