Today, in Knitting
Knitting The Gown:
I've decided to knit my wedding dress. That makes me pretty much insane. I saw an article in a knitting magazine a while back about these 2 women who designed and made a wedding dress for a fashion show, and thought it was an astounding project. So, clearly. After a bit of searching online, I found the pattern (w/ photo) and started my quest for the right yarn. The bodice is done in a ribbon yarn, and the skirt is very loosely knit mohair/silk, done in widening concentric circles, so it ends up being very swishy & flowing.
For the skirt, I placed an order through work (at Stitches). My boss was kind enough to sell me the mohair wholesale - an early wedding present. It's Madil Kid Seta, #416. I found the yarn for the bodice at So Much Yarn, a shop in Belltown. It's called Glam #2135, a Straw Into Gold yarn, acrylic & rayon, light to the touch, a little shiny. I finally had all the materials in hand by 2 February & got to work.
The bodice knit up very quickly. I'll post pictures one of these days... the fit is good, but I'm not sure I like the neckline. I may rip it out, down to the arm holes, and then rework it in a more open style - either a wider scoop with less of a flappy detail or maybe spaghetti straps. We'll see. I'm going to wait til the skirt is done and attached so I can get the full visual. I started the skirt on Thursday, 17 Feb... and then promptly spill coffee on it. Lesson learned, you can't clean coffee out of white mohair. This is going to be a long, delicate project. So I restarted on the 18th, and my goal is to knit 3 skeins a month, and finish in 10 months. Just a week & 1/2 later though, I've already knit up 2 of the 30 skeins. It's getting very fluffy, soft, and... big.
The skirt starts with 150 stitches, knit in the round. Then, at periodic intervals, you double the number of stitches - so 150 turns into 300, then 600, then 1200, then 2400, then lastly 4800 stitches a row. I'm at 1200 right now. Man alive.
And that is all I have to say.
I've decided to knit my wedding dress. That makes me pretty much insane. I saw an article in a knitting magazine a while back about these 2 women who designed and made a wedding dress for a fashion show, and thought it was an astounding project. So, clearly. After a bit of searching online, I found the pattern (w/ photo) and started my quest for the right yarn. The bodice is done in a ribbon yarn, and the skirt is very loosely knit mohair/silk, done in widening concentric circles, so it ends up being very swishy & flowing.
For the skirt, I placed an order through work (at Stitches). My boss was kind enough to sell me the mohair wholesale - an early wedding present. It's Madil Kid Seta, #416. I found the yarn for the bodice at So Much Yarn, a shop in Belltown. It's called Glam #2135, a Straw Into Gold yarn, acrylic & rayon, light to the touch, a little shiny. I finally had all the materials in hand by 2 February & got to work.
The bodice knit up very quickly. I'll post pictures one of these days... the fit is good, but I'm not sure I like the neckline. I may rip it out, down to the arm holes, and then rework it in a more open style - either a wider scoop with less of a flappy detail or maybe spaghetti straps. We'll see. I'm going to wait til the skirt is done and attached so I can get the full visual. I started the skirt on Thursday, 17 Feb... and then promptly spill coffee on it. Lesson learned, you can't clean coffee out of white mohair. This is going to be a long, delicate project. So I restarted on the 18th, and my goal is to knit 3 skeins a month, and finish in 10 months. Just a week & 1/2 later though, I've already knit up 2 of the 30 skeins. It's getting very fluffy, soft, and... big.
The skirt starts with 150 stitches, knit in the round. Then, at periodic intervals, you double the number of stitches - so 150 turns into 300, then 600, then 1200, then 2400, then lastly 4800 stitches a row. I'm at 1200 right now. Man alive.
And that is all I have to say.