Spring may be here now, but I haven’t finished my recounting of winter adventures! I don’t want to wait until next winter for these posts, so I hope you’ll forgive me for being in the wrong season for a bit.
The second day of my 19th century Winter Wonderland Adventure was supposed to include snowshoeing! I haven’t done much snowshoeing in my life, but I did do a little last winter. I was entertained and decided to purchase snowshoes.
Even though there wasn’t tons of snow… I was determined to use the new snowshoes! I thought it would be more fun to wear another warm historical outfit rather than modern clothes (even though the snowshoes are modern!).
I decided on my self-knit 1920 Deauville Sweater, which is acrylic and very warm, as well as a thrifted wool skirt with pleats that looks decidedly vintage to me. The skirt has a surprising mixture of colors in the plaid, including grey, green, blue, yellow, and magenta. The colors are muted enough to go with most things, but the touch of magenta felt like it would tie in with the Deauville Sweater nicely.
These garments were supplemented by modern base layers and fleece leggings. In addition, I wore locally sourced alpaca fiber gloves lined with fleece, modern snow boots, and a felted wool hat I made many years ago when I was learning millinery.
The hat is a nice olive color trimmed in grey. It started life as a derby, with a round crown, but that looks absurd on me, so I squashed in the top to make it look a little more fedora-like. The effect was quite jaunty! I’m very pleased with this first, very belated, hat outing! I hope I find more reasons to wear it!
Our snow shoe path followed along the same route as the sleigh ride the previous day, winding along a river and past the ice skating area. In contrast with the previous day, there was not a flake of snow falling from the sky, just bright sunlight.
It was a beautiful along the river, with rushing water gurgling along and massive chunks of ice thrown up against half submerged rocks and along the banks of bends in the river’s course.
The sunshine was a such a lovely contrast with the light snow of the previous day. It was an excellent adventure. I’m pleased that I managed to use my snowshoes this winter and even more pleased that I got to air out some historical clothes, too!
The Quintessential Clothes Pen 
Very nice! Love the color of your sweater, contrasting with the muted colors of your skirt. Great accessories. Looks like you had a fun time.
Thanks, Helen! It was a fun outfit to pull together–nice to try something new and different!
Looks like fun! And of course, you have to be fashionably dressed!
Yes, of course! 😉 So glad you enjoyed reading about it.
Dear Quinn,
That’s a good outfit for snowshoeing in that it’s easy to move in the skirt, while the leggings give protection from snow…and your hat sets it all off nicely.
It’s still snowing in the Upper Cascades and etc., so you can still say it’s wintry in parts of the US 🙂
Very best,
Natalie in KY where it’s actually a warm day towards the end of a largely chilly spring
Hi Natalie! Thanks! Yes, the pleats in the skirt allowed for easy movement and the wool repelled any snow that was tossed onto it, which was quite helpful. So glad you’ve got some warmth coming into your springtime. 🙂