Three Yards

[atherleisure]

I have three yards of hand-knit lace!



It took 82 repeats of the pattern and something on the order of 500 yards of thread.

Now I guess I'll have to make up the flounce for the petticoat so I can finish my oldest UFO (started in August).

In other news, I started knitting new 18th century mitts and found that I apparently didn't fix the pattern the first time I made them. They were awfully big, even going down a couple of needle sizes so I ripped it all out and started over again. I guess I should fix that pattern...

And my 1870-ish dress is finished except for the collar and cuffs. It will take awhile to do all the rolled hems, but I'm pretty happy with how it's coming out. No, you don't get pictures because I don't feel like getting all dressed up. (More accurately, things have been very busy so I haven't had time to get all dressed up.)

Comments

[mala-14.livejournal.com]

Pretty lace! Must feel good to have that accomplished.

[starlightmasque.livejournal.com]

Goodness that's beautiful. How special to have a garment with handmade lace on it!

[ashamanja-babu.livejournal.com]

Nice!

[nuranar.livejournal.com]

Wow, way to go! That's honestly sooner than I thought it would take.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

I finished my sweater, which made this my primary knitting project. Even the hood was a minor diversion while reading.

[christylee.livejournal.com]

Whoa!

[chocolatepot.livejournal.com]

Niiiiiice. I have plans to do that someday!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Good luck! Once you get the pattern memorized, it's a lot of counting, but it's not too bad.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

Very good. It's a lot of lace.

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

It's a good thing we can show off our underwear as historical costumers because I want someone to appreciate it!

[fleurdelysa.livejournal.com]

What a lovely rosette of lace! I'm impressed that your oldest UFO is only from August!

[atherleisure.livejournal.com]

I hate having things lying around half-finished so I really don't have many UFO's. I also tend not to start too many things at once to keep it well in check. (My husband, on the other hand, can leave something 90% done for weeks with perfect equanimity.)

[fleurdelysa.livejournal.com]

I have gotten better at doing those things, which is how I've been able to reduce the UFO pile. Wish I'd learned that lesson sooner!