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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
<https://archive.org/details/godeysladysboo00phil/page/n613/mode/1up>`_
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.
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