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My red hood is made of wool and is intirely handsewn. I've cut it directly into the fabric so I don't have a pattern for it, but I've made an approximative drawing of what it looked like before it was sewn. It mesures  precisely 1.5 m. from point A to B but I'm 5' 7" wich is quite tall so it doesn't touch the ground. If you are smaller than me, you might want to make it a little shorter. It has two gores, one on each side (fig C).

Here's a close-up of the over stitching...

Making a woman's 15th century opened-hood

And here's what it looks like on me !

I've also made a black one out of linen for the summer...

Inspirational images

Shephards' dance (announciation)
15th century book of hours

Book of hours of Henry the VIII, late 14th c.

Boccace's "Le Decameron" 1435

Extant hoods with similar construction

London hood 174

Hood design based on #174, as presented in "Textiles & clothing". A triangular piece apparently cut from the "chin" of the hood is inserted as a gore on each at the "neck" level.

London hood 246

Hood design based on #246, as presented in "Textiles & clothing". A triangular piece apparently cut from the "chin" of the hood is inserted as a gore on each at the "neck" level. This one had buttons.

Exemples of the buttoned type

Giard des moulins,
La bible historiale

Boccace's Decameron 1425-50

Boccace's Decameron 1432

Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry (september) 1412

Jean Boutillier's "Somme rurale" 1471

Additional visual sources