I've used TT very successfully - though I had the pattern before TT was published of course. The only thing I needed to change was the frame itself - Pattern 33 (page 148) - Undercap/Front. Its the gable shaped bit at the bottom of the page. I will refer to it as the Frame. This needs to be shaped to fit your face. I used lots of cardboard to perfect the shape as its stiff enough to frame the face as it should but is nice and cheap to make plenty of mistakes.

Once that is perfected, then I did the following:
- Cut the Frame from VERY lightweight canvas/buckrum (Aida fabric for embroidery is useful alternative - do you have that in the USA?). Cut from linen and/or silk if you want the visible side to be of silk.

- Wire the canvas outer edge and the inner edge (this is what I did and found it worked very well). Cover with linen. Then cover the visible side with whatever top fabric you have. Line the back of the undercap/Front with linen. If you want to pearl/decorate with anything, I would do it now.

- The rest of it should go together fairly easily: make up the undercap piece (first pattern piece on the page) and stitch to the undercap back and then to the lower edge of the frame. NOT the top edge. The frame will then jut upwards - does that make sense?

- TIP. Instead of covering the entire undercap with domette/padding, I just made three thin rectangles of padding and placed them behind the three main points. Basted them in place and THEN placed the completely made up lappets on top. These I stitched into place along the top edge of the frame and stab stitched at the back to the undercap just to keep it all in place. The Velvet box with "veil" tails is then just pinned into place.

I can take the entire hood apart very easily. I can also easily hear in it - there is no muffling of sound at all.
Would you like me to take photos of it for you? In the meantime have a look at this piccie of me wearing mine.