This Week's Progress

Bits and bobs and odds and ends pretty well describes what I've done with my needlework this week.

I've blocked and seamed the remaining strips and hemmed and made up the yoke for my knitted petticoat (and hope to have it finished by the end of the night). I've whipped all the interlining pieces to the outer layer pieces of my 1790's stays and have sewn the boning channels. The boning channels were machine-sewn, but they'll probably be the only thing machine-sewn on these stays. I just can't get worked up about sewing a bunch of back-stitched straight lines that look like lock-stitch from the outside. I've separated threads from embroidery floss for another knitted pinball. I've traced off three 1940's patterns, including a pattern that I'll use to make the shorts for my 1940's playsuit. I've knit about half of a muffatee.

As I say, it's a little here and a little there, but I'm pleased that everything is making progress.

1892 Knitted Petticoat

Knowing I would have a couple of long car trips in the spring and summer and anticipating a regular bus ride come fall, I started a large-scale knitting project, a wool petticoat. Now I just need to find a late Victorian event in the winter to wear it to.

The petticoat:


Closer view of the yoke:


Closer view of the hem:


( Here's what I did... )