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atherleisureI decided on my next knitting project - I'm going to make the petticoat from page 65 of Butterick's The Art of Knitting published in 1892.
I liked it when I first saw it but rejected the idea because there would be so much knitting involved. After making another pair of stockings and seeing![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dragoneyes19's 1860's knit petticoat, I've decided I can do it. (Following koshka-the-cat as she made her talma has also been inspiring, but there's not so much of the if-she-can-do-it-I-can-do-it feeling there.)
I keep coming back to Robin's petticoat and wanting one. So I'm going to have one too. Only mine will be blue, like the late nineteenth century flannel petticoat in 19th Century Fashion in Detail.
At least it will be knit in 9" wide strips so I won't end up with great piles of wool in my lap over the summer. I think the realization that I wouldn't get to the point where the whole thing is in my lap helped tip the balance.
Yarn is on order because I was disappointed by my local yarn shop. (Why does everyone else seem to want heathered or multicolored yarn? Or worsted weight? Or unusual fibers? I'm so boring.)
I liked it when I first saw it but rejected the idea because there would be so much knitting involved. After making another pair of stockings and seeing
dragoneyes19's 1860's knit petticoat, I've decided I can do it. (Following koshka-the-cat as she made her talma has also been inspiring, but there's not so much of the if-she-can-do-it-I-can-do-it feeling there.) I keep coming back to Robin's petticoat and wanting one. So I'm going to have one too. Only mine will be blue, like the late nineteenth century flannel petticoat in 19th Century Fashion in Detail.
At least it will be knit in 9" wide strips so I won't end up with great piles of wool in my lap over the summer. I think the realization that I wouldn't get to the point where the whole thing is in my lap helped tip the balance.
Yarn is on order because I was disappointed by my local yarn shop. (Why does everyone else seem to want heathered or multicolored yarn? Or worsted weight? Or unusual fibers? I'm so boring.)
