Swimsuit

[atherleisure]

I finished knitting the back of the 1939 bathing suit last night and am blocking it today. I'm hoping I can sew up the side seams tonight and see whether it even remotely fits. It's supposed to based on the sizing from the pattern, but my confidence isn't especially high. It does stink when you have to do a whole lot of hours of work before you can be sure that it's going to work. (With 6-7 minutes to the row and about 400 rows so far, I've got forty hours in it at the very least already.) Fingers crossed!

Comments

[danabren]

"I've got forty hours in it at the very least already"

But can you knit me a blanket? I will give you $20!

(stabbity)

[atherleisure]

Someone asked me about one of those pineapple bags while I was making mine. My answer was that it would be a thousand dollars - forty for materials and the rest for labor. It was taking ten minutes per row so $960 in labor would have been roughly $10 per hour. I was willing to do it, but she never mentioned it again. (She sewed so I think she believed me and felt that I was justified.)

[koshka_the_cat]

I hope it fits! Good luck!

[marianme]

Here’s hoping the fitting goes well. 🍀

[atherleisure]

Thanks! I was so pleased when it fit. It's got about 4" of negative ease as part of the design, and I've never done anything with that much negative ease before. It works!

[atherleisure]

Thanks. I was so glad it did.