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atherleisure) wrote2023-08-05 06:30 am
atherleisure) wrote2023-08-05 06:30 am
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1921 Bathing Suit
I finished the main piece of the 1921 bathing suit.
I still need to knit the trunks and finish the socks and figure out what goes on my head. I also want to try making boots to go with it like in the pattern illustration.
I basically crocheted it as given except that I knew I wanted it a size smaller than given so I started the decreases for the waist three rows early and did one extra row of decreases at the end. That worked out perfectly. It took a little more yarn than I had anticipated, but if I hadn't been just a little over the given gauge, I might have come in at the 9 balls called for by the pattern. Instead I used 9.75. The socks call for 2 but will need about 3. I had assumed 3 for the trunks, but they'll take 4.5. I used just over 4 balls of the yellow, when the combination of socks and suit called for 4. The socks definitely used less than 1 so the dress probably used close to 4.
The point of this project (other than making a 1920's bathing suit, of course) was to get more comfortable with crochet, and I achieved that purpose. I learned to hold the hook more loosely and got better at seeing stitches. I'm still not great at it, and I still don't much like the look of crochet so I don't think I'll be doing it a lot in the future. Still, I do think that when I get to the crochet part of the 1902 vest I'll be more comfortable and confident. Of course, it's actually got a pattern to it so it will be more difficult. And smaller. And slicker. I didn't say it would be easy. Fortunately, that's an undergarment so no one is likely to see it.
I still need to knit the trunks and finish the socks and figure out what goes on my head. I also want to try making boots to go with it like in the pattern illustration.
I basically crocheted it as given except that I knew I wanted it a size smaller than given so I started the decreases for the waist three rows early and did one extra row of decreases at the end. That worked out perfectly. It took a little more yarn than I had anticipated, but if I hadn't been just a little over the given gauge, I might have come in at the 9 balls called for by the pattern. Instead I used 9.75. The socks call for 2 but will need about 3. I had assumed 3 for the trunks, but they'll take 4.5. I used just over 4 balls of the yellow, when the combination of socks and suit called for 4. The socks definitely used less than 1 so the dress probably used close to 4.
The point of this project (other than making a 1920's bathing suit, of course) was to get more comfortable with crochet, and I achieved that purpose. I learned to hold the hook more loosely and got better at seeing stitches. I'm still not great at it, and I still don't much like the look of crochet so I don't think I'll be doing it a lot in the future. Still, I do think that when I get to the crochet part of the 1902 vest I'll be more comfortable and confident. Of course, it's actually got a pattern to it so it will be more difficult. And smaller. And slicker. I didn't say it would be easy. Fortunately, that's an undergarment so no one is likely to see it.
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For the first two times I wore it, pictures and Costume Con, I tied a triangle of fabric on my head. I tried to do the knot from a period pattern, but I'm not coordinated enough.
https://pin.it/3Hx2YDq
When I went to the beach, I left it off because I knew it would just blow off my head. There are pictures of women with nothing on their heads.
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