From 23772ad0274a7988e9791b1eb2c322a7a70bce22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elena ``of Valhalla'' Grandi Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2022 17:32:45 +0100 Subject: Pattern for 1862 new style garters --- source/index.rst | 1 + .../legs/1862_garters/godeysladysboo00phil-615.svg | 51 +++++++++ source/legs/1862_garters/index.rst | 117 +++++++++++++++++++++ source/legs/index.rst | 9 ++ 4 files changed, 178 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/legs/1862_garters/godeysladysboo00phil-615.svg create mode 100644 source/legs/1862_garters/index.rst create mode 100644 source/legs/index.rst (limited to 'source') diff --git a/source/index.rst b/source/index.rst index 70ce65a..484bdcd 100644 --- a/source/index.rst +++ b/source/index.rst @@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA. shoulders/index neck/index hands/index + legs/index feet/index house/index diff --git a/source/legs/1862_garters/godeysladysboo00phil-615.svg b/source/legs/1862_garters/godeysladysboo00phil-615.svg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9cc906c --- /dev/null +++ b/source/legs/1862_garters/godeysladysboo00phil-615.svg @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ + + + + + + + + + + diff --git a/source/legs/1862_garters/index.rst b/source/legs/1862_garters/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fa29a2e --- /dev/null +++ b/source/legs/1862_garters/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +1862 Garters +============ + +.. figure:: godeysladysboo00phil-615.svg + :align: center + :alt: Traced vintage illustration of a garter with a garter stitch + loop, bands of alternate direction stockinette, a triangular end and + a tassel attached with two cords. + +The `1862 edition of the Godey's Lady's Book +`_ +included instructions for a “new style of garter”. + +This is an adaptation of those instructions to modern knitting terms. + +The original pattern specified to make some cord and use it to attach +the tassel to the garter; this pattern has optional instructions to use +an i-cord instead, which looks nice, but is not, as far as I know, an +historically accurate tecnique. + +Materials +--------- + +Yarn +^^^^ + +Less than one ball of fingering yarn; the original used red and white +wool, but this is a good way to use leftovers of sock yarn. + +Needles +^^^^^^^ + +Two dpn, size 2.5 mm. This can also be worked on regular straight +needles, but some care will be needed when picking up stitches, and you +won't be able to work the i-cord. + +Directions +---------- + +Work the loop; the original used red. + +Long tail cast on 6 :term:`sts`. + +Work 44 rows in garter stitch; if using two colours insert the second +color (white in the original) so that it is ready to be used after the +last row. + +Pick up 6 :term:`sts` from the beginning of the work using the back tip +of the needle, so that the working yarn is at the beginning of the +needle and the tail from the cast on is at the other end. + +To work a rib, knit 6 rows in stockinette: + +row 1: + :term:`k` all :term:`sts`; +row 2: + :term:`k` 1, :term:`p` 10, :term:`k` 1; +row 3: + :term:`k` all :term:`sts`; +row 4: + :term:`k` 1, :term:`p` 10, :term:`k` 1; +row 5: + :term:`k` all :term:`sts`; +row 6: + :term:`k` 1, :term:`p` 10, :term:`k` 1; + +Reverse the rows to knit the next rib. + +Repeat until you have 33 ribs (17 right side ones and 16 wrong side +ones). + +Try the garter for size: it should easily wrap around the leg above the +knee with a bit of spare lenght; if it is too short work a few more ribs +until it fits, ending on a right side one. + +If using two colours, return to the starting one (red). + +Work the triangular end. + +row 1: + :term:`k` all :term:`sts`; +row 2: + :term:`k` 9, :term:`k2t`, :term:`k` 1; +row 3: + :term:`k` 8, :term:`k2t`, :term:`k` 1; +row 4: + :term:`k` all :term:`sts`; +row 5: + :term:`k` 7, :term:`k2t`, :term:`k` 1; +row 6: + :term:`k` 6, :term:`k2t`, :term:`k` 1; +row 7: + :term:`k` all :term:`sts`; +row 8: + :term:`k` 5, :term:`k2t`, :term:`k` 1; +row 9: + :term:`k` 4, :term:`k2t`, :term:`k` 1; +row 10: + :term:`k` all :term:`sts`; +row 11: + :term:`k` 3, :term:`k2t`, :term:`k` 1; +row 12: + :term:`k` 2, :term:`k2t`, :term:`k` 1; +row 13: + :term:`k` all :term:`sts`; +row 14: + :term:`k` 1, :term:`k2t`, :term:`k` 1; +rows 15-31: + if you want, knit 16 rows of i-cord; +last row: + :term:`k3t` + +Pass the working yarn through the live stitch and cut it. + +Make a tassel using a 6 cm cardboard template and attach it either to +the end of the i-cord or using a cord as in the picture. + diff --git a/source/legs/index.rst b/source/legs/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..822de77 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/legs/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +****** + Legs +****** + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 2 + :caption: Contents: + + 1862_garters/index -- cgit v1.2.3