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New Garters
Mar. 27th, 2025 06:20 pmA dozen or so years ago I made a pair of knit garters for a friend. When we met up in Williamsburg a few weeks ago, she asked if I could fix them for her, but they were in pretty bad shape. It's nice to know a gift was so well-used. My Regency/early Victorian garters that I made around the same time were still in really good shape since I only use them for 1790's through 1840's. Since I had them with me and don't even like purple, I gave them to her and decided to knit a new pair for myself. I looked at what yarns I had and found that there was plenty of coral-pink fingering weight yarn left from my 1930's Eleanor sweater so I used that. Now I have new garters.
They're practically the same as the old ones except that the old ones were 20 stitches wide on size US1 needles and the new ones are 19 stitches wide on size US1.5 needles. Why? I bought the US1.5 needles recently and hadn't used them. No better reason.
One more ball of yarn out of the box!
They're practically the same as the old ones except that the old ones were 20 stitches wide on size US1 needles and the new ones are 19 stitches wide on size US1.5 needles. Why? I bought the US1.5 needles recently and hadn't used them. No better reason.
One more ball of yarn out of the box!
