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Finished Hood
Feb. 4th, 2016 04:27 pmI finished my hood up Tuesday night and took a couple of pictures yesterday morning.
It's sport-weight wool for the main body of the hood and fingering-weight wool for the lace and tassels. The silk ribbon is 1-1/2" wide satin ribbon. I made no alterations to the pattern. Details are on the Ravelry page.
As far as I can tell this is the first on on Ravelry that actually has a lace attached to the back of it, though 7LetterDeborah said she did two crochet chains. Even mine doesn't have the crocheted lace that the pattern called for so I think we have yet to see a true reproduction there. Still, I feel that I've achieved the spirit of the pattern.
One thing I still can't decide is just how they meant the back to be treated. In the accompanying illustration, it looks like there might be a point to which the bow is attached, and that's what you'd get if you folded it in half and sewed it together. Some people have apparently done that and ended up with a pointy hood, though the point seems to tend to stand up rather than flopping over like the illustration shows. (That could be a function of yarn weight, though, because people often use heavier yarns than the originals.) The instructions, however, say to "draw up the back," which sounds like gathering to me. Then you end up with a softer, full back. That's what I chose to do (and also what it looks like 7letterdeborah and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
koshka_the_cat chose to do). Illustrations and instructions often don't quite match up in the period so it seems like something that really is up to the individual knitter.
This was definitely a quick and easy knit. Now I'm wondering whether there's enough yarn left for a pair of heavy stockings...and I'm wondering whether I would actually wear heavy wool stockings in Texas...
It's sport-weight wool for the main body of the hood and fingering-weight wool for the lace and tassels. The silk ribbon is 1-1/2" wide satin ribbon. I made no alterations to the pattern. Details are on the Ravelry page.
As far as I can tell this is the first on on Ravelry that actually has a lace attached to the back of it, though 7LetterDeborah said she did two crochet chains. Even mine doesn't have the crocheted lace that the pattern called for so I think we have yet to see a true reproduction there. Still, I feel that I've achieved the spirit of the pattern.
One thing I still can't decide is just how they meant the back to be treated. In the accompanying illustration, it looks like there might be a point to which the bow is attached, and that's what you'd get if you folded it in half and sewed it together. Some people have apparently done that and ended up with a pointy hood, though the point seems to tend to stand up rather than flopping over like the illustration shows. (That could be a function of yarn weight, though, because people often use heavier yarns than the originals.) The instructions, however, say to "draw up the back," which sounds like gathering to me. Then you end up with a softer, full back. That's what I chose to do (and also what it looks like 7letterdeborah and
koshka_the_cat chose to do). Illustrations and instructions often don't quite match up in the period so it seems like something that really is up to the individual knitter.This was definitely a quick and easy knit. Now I'm wondering whether there's enough yarn left for a pair of heavy stockings...and I'm wondering whether I would actually wear heavy wool stockings in Texas...
