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BeBopBaby said:I don't have any pictures of my knitting, except for a pair of mittens that I finished not too long ago:
I copied these from a surviving pair of 18th century mittens. They are constructed the same as the extant pair, except I added the garter stitch cuff to keep the cuffs from rolling up. They wouldn't have used ribbing to keep the cuffs up yet, so I did rows of garter stitch which would have been a popular period treatment.
I made a felted Scotch Bonnet to go with the gloves. I also just finished an elbow length pair of fingerless mitts with clocking on them. I made them from lace weight yarn, using size 0 needles. They took forever!
I know they're not exactly vintage but 18th century should count for something, right?
So cute! I'm a little scared to try anything with fingers still. Did you find a pattern, or did you make it up? I noticed the V&A had some knitted items on their site and they're really inspiring. I love this little jug