My chapel veil won't stay on...

[brigid12]

I placed a small strip of sticky velcro (the part with the most traction) about 6 inches from the center edge of the veil. The velcro I had was white so I used a black marker to go over the outside. No more sliding, and I can easily take it off.

Hey…neat idea!

 

[esalkin]

It is a sad commentary on the state of the Church that post-Vatican II adults have no knowledge of a question any Catholic schoolgirl in 1960 would have been able to answer.

The promising thing is that the question IS being asked again!

Being a guy, my only responsibility was to be a gentleman and carry a clean hankerchief in case a lady should forget her veil. I remember well the “hankerchief inspections” sister would hold prior to mass. Interestingly enough, girls were forgiven for forgetting thier veils but the boys caught h*** if they were not prepared or the hankerchief was er… “used”.

I find it humorous that “liberated” women object to veils but will spend huge sums of time and money hiding their faces behind tons of cosmetics.:banghead:

In answer to the question, PatienceAndLove is correct. A hair comb was (is) the most common way of securing a veil. The Spanish made the hair comb into an art form on their mantillas:

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btw, My wife makes cocheted chapel veils as a hobby. joy.niklas.us

I have very fine hair as well.
I sewed a hair comb into the seam of my mantilla (see picture below). I pull the hair at my crown together and hold it with bobby pins (I usually do this in the car. A barrette would work as well) and then I slide the comb in. It told very well since the comb in held up by the excess hair and the bobby pins.

I used the same approach with my daughter’s chapel cap, but I sewed a small clip barrette to the seam instead of a comb. I have used her cap a few times, and this holds very well, too.

If this does not work, a thin headband sewn to the veil would work as well.

 

[brigid12]

I’ve tried both sewing a hair comb (my hair is too fine too hold it long and doesn’t hold backcombing long either) and using the velcro. The velcro works like a charm! I love it! It is totally easy (I can put on my mantilla without even looking in a mirror, a window is fine to make sure it’s not totally crooked) and holds it like glue to my hair (what there is of it), then when I want to take it off it takes nothing to take it off.

 

[Cider]

If only I could figure out how to wear one of those big and beautiful combs with my mantilla. Well I have to find a comb like that first. I almost think it would be easier to keep the mantilla on my head and straight if my hair was shorter.

 

[esalkin]

The velcro works like a charm!

Never thought of that. Velcro was new in the US in the early 60’s and not in common use.

 

[Mrs_Sally]

Wear a hat or a scarf instead. Nothing says that the item that covers your head must be a lace mantilla or chapel veil that is too light to do its job!

 

[Contra_Mundum_1]

It is possible to saw the mantilla on an alice band. It works especially well if the band is covered in fabric.

 

[Jacafamala]

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You can buy these tiny, tiny clips at any supermarket or drug store, they work great. Just clip the mantilla right at the top of you head. Easy.

 

[Catholic_Home]

I also have silky hair and barrettes seem to slide right out. I fashioned a small veil for daily visits to the Tabernacle using some elastic. Sort of a headband type veil. Take a look on my mantilla page - scroll down a bit to see the one I’m talking about. Now I’m working out a design that will incorporate the headband idea with a snood type veiling in the back – but one that is adjustable for any amount of hair. Maybe I’m nuts, but I think that beautiful long hair shouldn’t be eye-candy for others in Church.

 

[Zacdecat]

If you are crafty…crochet a triangle and include tiny beads in it.

I was GIVEN a beautiful little black veil from Sicily and it is beaded with tiny coloured beads…giving it sufficient weight to stay on my head. I love it and it is practical and stunning:thumbsup:

 

[brotherhrolf]

My mother and sister always used bobby pins way back when.

 

[daeve]

Since you already have the bobby pins, you could try this. Make a pin curl on the top or one on either side of the center in the crown of your hair. Now use another pin or two to pin the veil to the pin curl. This is what we did in the olden days. Not me. I had monstrously thick, slightly frizzy hair then and the poor thing was afraid to move. My mother did that for herself and my sisters. It works for wigs too. You could also sew a little comb in the front and slip that under the bobby poin.

 

[odile53]

I realize this is an old post, but thought I’d stick my two cents worth in.

Get u-shaped hairpins (not bobby pins.) You will need six of them for a really firm hold that will stay on in a breeze, if you go somewhere such as an outdoor Mass. Otherwise, two will be sufficient.

Put on the chapel veil as usual. Take one hairpin and pin through the veil, and weave it up and down into your hair at an angle away from your face. Take the other hairpin and pin through the veil at an approximately ninety degree angle, crisscrossing over the first hairpin and weaving through your hair. If your hair is extremely thin, you can make a pincurl just behind where you want the front border of the chapel veil on your head. Make this pincurl flat on your scalp and use it as a base for the two hairpins to secure through.

The six pin technique involves one x-shaped pin formation at the top of your head and an x shaped formation on either side of the middle one on your head.