Ravelry's a Dangerous Place

Browsing Ravelry is dangerous. I wind up finding lots of stuff that I want to make...like this. Why don't we have wooly camisoles any more? I think they would be marvelous for the winter. There's also this one, which isn't quite as cute but still looks nice and has the bonus of being written for measurements very close to my own. Then there's one that's not on Ravelry that I found at Vintage Stitch-o-rama. For now they're just things to think about because my 18th century stockings are going to take ages to knit.

So for this week in review...
I finished my blue wool 1780's petticoat. I'm going to save the coral linen jacket to go with it until this fall, or at any rate, that's the current plan. I want to do the 1868 dress first because I want it for Hallowe'en, and I don't need the 1780's things until early December.

Then I started the 18th century stockings, which are about 1% done. It will be awhile on them. I also worked on my husband's lady and got in some good cross-stitching time this week.

1820's Corded Petticoat

For the 1825 court gown I made to wear to Dress U, I needed a corded petticoat appropriate to the era. It is based on an 1820’s petticoat in the Manchester Galleries.



( And here's what I did... )

Thoughts after wearing:
I don’t really know whether the cording does a good job of supporting the hem of the dress or if the great quantity of trim on the dress is self-supporting. At any rate, the petticoat worked out just fine when I wore my 1820’s gown to Dress U earlier this month.