17th Century Knit Garters

[atherleisure]

I finished my 17th century knit garters. They're based on a pair at the Boston MFA. I made the pattern based on the pictures on their website.





They took just about ten months to make, but except for the first three weeks and the last week or so, they were never a primary project. Mostly they rode around in my purse, and I worked on them while riding in the car or hanging out at kids' birthday parties or whatever. Each garter has a thousand rows of knitting in it, knit in the round on two needles with a stockinette pattern on a reverse stockinette ground. The ends are thread-wrapped beads with three tassels.





I have a Ravelry page for the project, and I will put the pattern in Ravelry. It will really just be the series of charts for the motifs.

Comments

[motorharp]

Wow, these are amazing! Great job!

[atherleisure]

Thank you!

[elizabeth_mn]

Wow so gorgeous!

How are you knitting in the round on two needles?

[atherleisure]

Thank you. I guess it's really three needles - the stitches are carried on two needles, and then there's the working needle. https://www.flickr.com/photos/23597713@N05/37870315516/in/album-72157657929460141/

[mala_14]

Incredible! They look just like the inspiration and your tiny knitting is amazing.

[atherleisure]

Thank you!

[robinsnest]

Those are magnificent works of art!!

[atherleisure]

Thank you! The museum ones were so pretty I needed them!

[koshka_the_cat]

They are so fantastic! I feel lucky to have seen them in person :)

[atherleisure]

Thank you. I'm flattered!

[chocolatepot]

Holy cow, those are fantastic! Well done, you!

[atherleisure]

Thank you!

[danabren]

Great googly moogly!

[atherleisure]

Thanks.

[danabren]

Something to consider, a little while back Ravelry got a bee in it's collective bonnet and decided that it would no longer host chart-only-entries. Which was annoying in the extreme, since sometimes you have the basic knitting pattern from over here and just need the design chart from over there. I am not active on Ravelry anymore so don't know if they have relented about that. You may want to add a "really, totally the pattern for the actual garter and not just a spiffy chart, really, mean it" disclaimer.

[atherleisure]

Thanks for the heads up. I was going to string it together as the instructions for the whole garter but just be a little vague about some of the details. Hopefully, they won't mind that.

[jenthompson]

They turned out so good!!!

[atherleisure]

Thank you!

[theladyrebecca]

Wow, those look fantastic! They're so detailed!

[atherleisure]

Thank you!