Some Update or Other and New Projects
An update to my site. My only explanation is that I was a bit loopy, and latrines are always amusing. Maybe. I had planned to write four more articles or chapters or whatever ya wanna call them but I'm a tad delirious from the weekend's lack of sleep. Comedy takes more brain cells than I possessed at the time.
Sometimes the brain doesn't shut down. I've had a horrible creative dry spell lately and it was nice to have too many ideas for once. Or at least too many ideas that worked almost like they were supposed to. Most never get beyond the design stage.
Beaded mitt pattern that I'll post over at my pattern blog in a couple days with a link. Cotton/ramie yarn unraveled from a sweater and silver-tone beads, knitted on sizes 1 and 0 US needles. It combines two 1880s Weldon's knitting patterns, a ladies' mitt and a beaded wrist warmer. The second mitt is still on the needles but should be done soon. I've knitted Victorian mitts before--way quicker than gloves and no constant trying the fool things on to get finger lengths right.
I'm also crocheting a beaded miser's purse (using an 1870s pattern) in silk yarn at 16 stitches per inch. Yup, 16 single-crochets to the inch. That might be another reason I'm loopy. I might also be needing bifocals pretty soon.
There's also a couple garter patterns, a finished 1870s one to photog and write up and an icky quack medical one in pieces.
My favorite corset pattern. I'm thinking about using it again for my next corset. The next version will be a little shorter because the finished corset comes down a little too far on the hips. Sitting on barstools is fine but good luck getting up and down from a low sofa or out of some guy's car without falling in the gutter on your ass. I want it a little more over the bust, since it does that weird shelf thing. Not attractive, but I think I can make a little smoother transition on this corset by knitting some lace and putting in a ribbon to tighten it a bit. I just haven't gotten around to getting pink yarn to match the flossing.
1891 Young Ladies' Corset pattern. Black cotton coutil, pink embroidery floss, nasty poly-blend sheet for lining, 36? pieces of steel boning, most 1/4", some 1" wide, varying lengths.
Let me just say I loooove Ageless Patterns. I may name my firstborn Ageless Patterns Murphy.