2015 in Review

[atherleisure]

I made quite a bit this year, including four knit pinballs.



The rest is behind the cut.


January:
1849 knit wool stockings


1871 knitted fanchon


1856 Princess Royal scarf


Remade 1770’s green-striped robe a la anglaise


February:
1800’s little white dress


1890’s petticoat


1800’s copper silk bonnet


Regency white satin reticule


March:
1950’s blue-flowered voile dress


April:
18th century knit pinball


1930’s knit bolero


1862 wool garters


1868 green silk evening bodice


1880’s corset cover


May:
1880’s petticoat with steels


1880’s petticoat with eyelet flounce


1880’s petticoat with tucked flounce


1940’s green silk crepe robe


June:
1886 navy faille and silver taffeta dress


18th century carnation pinball


July:
1892 knitted petticoat


1840 feather-stitch muffatees


August:
1790’s stays


1940’s Hawaiian print playsuit


18th century swan pinball


two rock star Hallowe’en costumes


late 18th century ivory silk petticoat and underbodice (no pictures since I haven't actually had them on yet and couldn't be bothered to put on my stays to take pictures of them, maybe once I get around to the rest of the costume)

late 1880’s black felt bonnet


green tricotine early 17th century petticoat with upperbodies


early 17th century coif and forehead cloth


September:
1610’s peach linen jacket
early 17th century partlet and cuffs


late 16th/early 17th century smock (no pictures, and you're not going to get any either because it's too boring to bother)

October:
knitted Christmas ball ornament

December:
two cross-stitched kitten Christmas ornaments


1800’s red/gold silk spencer


18th century ship pinball


three girls’ skirts (no pictures, but they're the same as the rock star skirts but in lavender, turquoise, and brown satin)

UFO’s as of the New Year (in the order begun):

1890’s tucked petticoat with hand-knit lace – the lace is half finished. I started making up the petticoat body, but I might replace it with something nicer since I'm looking at spending a hundred hours knitting lace.

1936 sweater with turreted collar – the main body pieces are finished. Now it needs pressing, assembly, and a section of ribbing around the neck since I’m not planning to make the turreted collar. If this were for a 1930’s costume, I’d probably do the collar, but since I’m making this for regular wear, I don’t want quite such a dated feature. The neck treatment I'm going to use is the same as that on another sweater pattern from the same period.

1870 Le Baiser dress – the underskirt is finished but for a band of trim around the hem and a couple of eyes. The dress itself hasn’t even been started, though the pattern for the 1868 green dress will be a good starting point.

Comments

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

What a productive year! You're so thorough with all of your ensembles. All that work really shows in the finished product with all the details just right.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much. I try to get a period look, and you certainly can't skimp on underwear. And knitted accessories are just fun. Now to learn to do something more with hair...

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

You are so talented! Everything is just gorgeous!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[theladyrebecca.livejournal.com]

You did such fantastic work last year! Your knitting in particular just blows me out of the water - your stitches all look sooo tiny!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I like small needles. The size 3's I've been using for the sweater lately are about as large as I really feel the urge to go. It amuses me so much when people talk about not wanting to do the fingering weight sweaters of the 1940's and before because the yarn is so small when I don't want to go larger than fingering weight and even wonder if it looks too thick for a sweater.

[sadievale.livejournal.com]

Wow, a very productive year, love it!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I had more free time than usual this year, at least until the last couple of months, which translated into finally making some of the things I've had planned for a bit.

[quincy134.livejournal.com]

These look fabulous!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

You made so many nice things! I particularly like all your historic knitting. I think I need to make a pinball now!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I have a really hard time getting worked up about any knitting pattern written after about 1950, and in my location, I just don't need a lot of heavy sweaters or afghans. Be careful with pinballs; they're addictive! They're great after you get used to knitting thread with 6-0 needles. Let me know if you want me to send you any of the charts I've got.

[jenthompson.livejournal.com]

What GORGEOUS work! I'm amazed at how much you got done. Wow!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! I had more free time this year than usual, and I took what advantage of it I could. I was so glad to make some of the things that I planned and purchased for back in Virginia. It's good to work through some of the stash.