The pattern on the apron in the center is called prints o’ the wave or prints in the wave I was watching a story from two Lace knitters in the Shetlands and the one lady theorized that those look like footprints in the water hence the name very interesting I really can’t see a good detail on the very edge stitches if you can take a better picture of just the edge ditches. You can get authentic lace knitting yarn from Jamison and Son You can also practice with size 10, 30 or 50 crochet cotton to do your samples.
Have you tried Jagger Spun yarns? The yarns are spun to the specifics from that era and the mill is still around. You can even order from WEBS their knitting and weaving yarns. -Danielle
The trim insertions on those aprons are so beautiful! I'm also constantly in awe of how intricate their knitting was back then, and how fine the yarn they used was. I've been working on a project with cobweb yarn and 000 needles off and on for the past year, plenty of hours work and I"m not even done with the boarder (The patterns called Magickal Earth Shawl from the book A Gathering of Lace). I can't imagine how much time they would spend on their pieces, it's amazing.
I’ve been an avid knitter for many years, and was fortunate enough to inherit many antique magazines and books with patterns in them from the 1930’s & 40’s. I looooooove knitting from old patterns!! I also tat, and have acquired several anthologies of patterns dating to the early 1800’s. I highly suggest checking out estate sales and used book stores, like Powell’s in Portland OR, for old books. They’re beginning to become harder to find, but reprints of old insertion lace booklets do exist...knitting, tatting, and crochet, as well as hairpin lace. (I’m a little obsessed with lace making) Needles are an issue. There are a few smaller companies that still produce steel knitting needles in 0, 00, 000, sizes, but I rarely find them in stock. A few knitters I’ve met online have used various gauges of piano wire to obtain minuscule stitch gauge to great effect, so it might be worth looking into. As to yarn...the finest lace weight cottons I’ve found are still quite chunky compared to the ultra fine threads found in extant garments. I’ve, in the past, used tatting and crochet cottons from size 40-80, though it’s available to size 100 or more (almost sewing thread!), and or pearl cottons of comparable size. Mercerized cotton can be quite stiff to knit with, but the finished lace looks quite crisp. I hope I’ve shared some new information for you. I eagerly await your next video so I can geek out over historical knitting. Be well, and have a most joyous week.
Thank you for pronouncing ‘Concord’ correctly! :-) I am from NH, so that piece was especially interesting. That petticoat is so pretty! I love how it has so many pieces of insertion lace.
Oh also, for very fine yarn I've found the Hikooo merino lace light and Alpaca Lace light are both incredibly fine yarns, and I found some size 2/60 thread from a website called knitsilk that I actually really like. It's fairly inexpensive, fine, and pretty. The only drawback to it is for the fibers it just lists "Spun Silk, Wool and Cotton" without any percentages, so I have no clue how much of each fiber is in it. I think 2/60 is actually thinner than what a lot of patterns call for, I think the standard was 3/# for different thread types, and the difference would make 2/60 like 50% thinner than 3/60. Still, it's interesting to get new knitting materials and see what can be done with them.
Hello - love hearing about your journey of making! I was born 81 years ago in the north of England, the daughter of a coal miner. My father, along with most of the other miners, owned a white silk scarf known as a muffler. It was only worn for ‘best.’ Women’s scarves were not referred to by that term. As I remember they were machine made, double thickness in very fine yarn.
Hello! What a delightful surprise when checking UA-cam on a Sunday morning I found your new video! Loved everything but specially the stockings. Have you measured the gauge? Looks INFINITESIMAL. Also, the heel kind of looks like the "common heel" of the era, i.e. a heel flap folded in half without a heel turn . What do you think? . I would love if you recreated the "reversed" socks". Ps: if you ever find a quilted petticoat please, please show us. I've read about them but there are few examples. Happy Sunday! Love from Argentina.
That lace on the petticoat and aprons!!! Beautiful! And you might want to look at handmade yarns? I’ve been using a drop spindle and my yarn is pretty thin but it’s single ply, and it’s not really consistent all the way through yet. One day I’ll get brave enough to try making a set of stockings, but I’m not there yet lol!
At that time, it das common to crochet and knit with cordonnet thread numbers 60, 80 and even 100. Today it's difficult to fine anything smaller than nr. 60. Sometimes I use 100% cotton sewing thread nr. 10.
Knitting needlecompanies like addi and KnitPro/Knitters Pride carry tiny needles. KnitPro even has up to 1mm needles, that corresponds to a US size 00000. Just ask in your local yarn store or eBay and Amazon.
@@kleinerroterpunkt7808 Thank you! I have asked every store in town repeatedly but the smallest needle they carry are 1,5mm/000. Despite carrying KnitPro they don't seem to know how small they go. Anyways, thanks! I'll go find them asap^^
The white stockings don't appear to have been worn. Just a guess: the holes were made by moth larvae munching on the wool, and sewn up much later in time, hence the heavier yarn. SUSAN'S APRON: So beautiful! Makes me want to wear an apron.
All very lovely , I wonder how long it took to make the lace. Did they wear bed jackets back then? I have been looking and found vintage patterns on Purple Kitty's website (free patterns) .I am going attempt to knit one. .
Right? A couple of the pieces look like needle lace to me. The loopiness of the "stitches" does not look knit to me at all, especially after watching a few of the costubers learning to do needle lace, but could also be bobbin lace.
The stitch construction/anatomy. Bobbin lace stitches look woven or twisted, tatting stitches are looped or knotted, and knitted stitched look... knitted
I left a comment in another one of your videos this weekend. I actually found some patterns researching this weekend. I'm going to try and find your lace knitting videos, so if you answered this question there, then there's no need to respond. The really delicate, I assume cotton thread that was used for the insertions and the edging of the aprons interested me. Do you have any idea what size that would be in modern terms? Also I found a number of vintage patterns for knitting or crochet underwear. Unfortunately, I have no idea what Germantown really means translated to modern Yarns, other than it being wool. I'm also interested in in knitting or crochet silk. I've only seen one brand of crochet silk. I need to do some more research about that. Anyway my primary question is have you come across any conversions of yarn weights and maybe structure, as well as conversion for the knitting needle sizes from vintage patterns to modern sizing?. Thanks for another interesting video.
Hey there, what beautifull items. Is the second apron lace maybe needle laced? Looks very similar to some stiches that you can see in the Sampler from Encganted Rose Costumes needle laced Video.
@@alexismontez4230 Ribbing, you need a ribber bed attachment, and garter stitch, you need a garter carriage or a garter bar. I don't have a garter carriage and a garter bar is a pain to use, so I don't do much.
Seems to me everything was so much classier back in the day. Looking at pictures from the 1700’s, our founding fathers, their clothes were really, really, lossy and fine looking.
Hello everyone! I hope you enjoy taking a closer peak at my antique clothing! Which one would you want me to try and remake?
The pattern on the apron in the center is called prints o’ the wave or prints in the wave
I was watching a story from two Lace knitters in the Shetlands and the one lady theorized that those look like footprints in the water hence the name very interesting I really can’t see a good detail on the very edge stitches if you can take a better picture of just the edge ditches. You can get authentic lace knitting yarn from Jamison and Son You can also practice with size 10, 30 or 50 crochet cotton to do your samples.
Oh my goodness, the lace on that first apron is STUNNING.
A replica of that petticoat woul be a great historybounding item, a lovelly summer skirt.
Have you tried Jagger Spun yarns? The yarns are spun to the specifics from that era and the mill is still around. You can even order from WEBS their knitting and weaving yarns. -Danielle
Everything is amazing. But I love the lace on the apron. It is amazing.
The trim insertions on those aprons are so beautiful!
I'm also constantly in awe of how intricate their knitting was back then, and how fine the yarn they used was.
I've been working on a project with cobweb yarn and 000 needles off and on for the past year, plenty of hours work and I"m not even done with the boarder (The patterns called Magickal Earth Shawl from the book A Gathering of Lace). I can't imagine how much time they would spend on their pieces, it's amazing.
Lovely! Also excited for your costume!
I’ve been an avid knitter for many years, and was fortunate enough to inherit many antique magazines and books with patterns in them from the 1930’s & 40’s. I looooooove knitting from old patterns!! I also tat, and have acquired several anthologies of patterns dating to the early 1800’s. I highly suggest checking out estate sales and used book stores, like Powell’s in Portland OR, for old books. They’re beginning to become harder to find, but reprints of old insertion lace booklets do exist...knitting, tatting, and crochet, as well as hairpin lace. (I’m a little obsessed with lace making)
Needles are an issue. There are a few smaller companies that still produce steel knitting needles in 0, 00, 000, sizes, but I rarely find them in stock. A few knitters I’ve met online have used various gauges of piano wire to obtain minuscule stitch gauge to great effect, so it might be worth looking into.
As to yarn...the finest lace weight cottons I’ve found are still quite chunky compared to the ultra fine threads found in extant garments. I’ve, in the past, used tatting and crochet cottons from size 40-80, though it’s available to size 100 or more (almost sewing thread!), and or pearl cottons of comparable size. Mercerized cotton can be quite stiff to knit with, but the finished lace looks quite crisp.
I hope I’ve shared some new information for you. I eagerly await your next video so I can geek out over historical knitting. Be well, and have a most joyous week.
I've been looking into ordinary sewing thread for knitting with, for super thin yarn
Thank you for pronouncing ‘Concord’ correctly! :-) I am from NH, so that piece was especially interesting. That petticoat is so pretty! I love how it has so many pieces of insertion lace.
Absolutely beautiful !❤️💕
Oh also, for very fine yarn I've found the Hikooo merino lace light and Alpaca Lace light are both incredibly fine yarns, and I found some size 2/60 thread from a website called knitsilk that I actually really like. It's fairly inexpensive, fine, and pretty. The only drawback to it is for the fibers it just lists "Spun Silk, Wool and Cotton" without any percentages, so I have no clue how much of each fiber is in it.
I think 2/60 is actually thinner than what a lot of patterns call for, I think the standard was 3/# for different thread types, and the difference would make 2/60 like 50% thinner than 3/60. Still, it's interesting to get new knitting materials and see what can be done with them.
Thank You for this information. Always so useful to know about more suppliers for different materials :)
Morgan donner just released a video about fibre identification that might help
Hello - love hearing about your journey of making! I was born 81 years ago in the north of England, the daughter of a coal miner. My father, along with most of the other miners, owned a white silk scarf known as a muffler. It was only worn for ‘best.’ Women’s scarves were not referred to by that term. As I remember they were machine made, double thickness in very fine yarn.
It's all brilliant!
Hello! What a delightful surprise when checking UA-cam on a Sunday morning I found your new video! Loved everything but specially the stockings. Have you measured the gauge? Looks INFINITESIMAL. Also, the heel kind of looks like the "common heel" of the era, i.e. a heel flap folded in half without a heel turn . What do you think? . I would love if you recreated the "reversed" socks".
Ps: if you ever find a quilted petticoat please, please show us. I've read about them but there are few examples. Happy Sunday! Love from Argentina.
I've actually made that same mistake of getting turned around while knitting socks. I can totally relate with that long ago knitter!
LOVE THIS.
That lace on the petticoat and aprons!!! Beautiful! And you might want to look at handmade yarns? I’ve been using a drop spindle and my yarn is pretty thin but it’s single ply, and it’s not really consistent all the way through yet. One day I’ll get brave enough to try making a set of stockings, but I’m not there yet lol!
At that time, it das common to crochet and knit with cordonnet thread numbers 60, 80 and even 100. Today it's difficult to fine anything smaller than nr. 60. Sometimes I use 100% cotton sewing thread nr. 10.
Excuse my mistakes. My cellphone doesn't recognize English words and changes them to similar Portuguese ones.
My issues is not so much the cotton thread size (as I can get both 60, 80 and 100) but the needles. Do you anywhere that carries tiny needles? :)
Knitting needlecompanies like addi and KnitPro/Knitters Pride carry tiny needles. KnitPro even has up to 1mm needles, that corresponds to a US size 00000. Just ask in your local yarn store or eBay and Amazon.
@@kleinerroterpunkt7808 Thank you! I have asked every store in town repeatedly but the smallest needle they carry are 1,5mm/000. Despite carrying KnitPro they don't seem to know how small they go. Anyways, thanks! I'll go find them asap^^
@@ThePixiixiq I forgot to add that I think only the sock needles go up to that size but I am not sure, just look it up on their site.
About your "pintucks are hard" comment. The trick is to iron the fold before you sew the tuck. It's still fiddly, but less nightmarish
The white stockings don't appear to have been worn. Just a guess: the holes were made by moth larvae munching on the wool, and sewn up much later in time, hence the heavier yarn. SUSAN'S APRON: So beautiful! Makes me want to wear an apron.
More of these videos please! I love it :)
All very lovely , I wonder how long it took to
make the lace. Did they wear bed jackets back then? I have been looking and found vintage patterns on Purple Kitty's website (free patterns) .I am going attempt to knit one.
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On the first apron; it looks like short rows have been used to go around the corner. I’ve used that to add a border to a blanket.
Your finds are really beautiful - I love antique linens! How do you tell the difference between knit lace, bobbin lace and tatted lace?
Right? A couple of the pieces look like needle lace to me. The loopiness of the "stitches" does not look knit to me at all, especially after watching a few of the costubers learning to do needle lace, but could also be bobbin lace.
The stitch construction/anatomy. Bobbin lace stitches look woven or twisted, tatting stitches are looped or knotted, and knitted stitched look... knitted
Great video! I want a pattern for that muffler now!
I left a comment in another one of your videos this weekend. I actually found some patterns researching this weekend. I'm going to try and find your lace knitting videos, so if you answered this question there, then there's no need to respond. The really delicate, I assume cotton thread that was used for the insertions and the edging of the aprons interested me. Do you have any idea what size that would be in modern terms? Also I found a number of vintage patterns for knitting or crochet underwear. Unfortunately, I have no idea what Germantown really means translated to modern Yarns, other than it being wool. I'm also interested in in knitting or crochet silk. I've only seen one brand of crochet silk. I need to do some more research about that. Anyway my primary question is have you come across any conversions of yarn weights and maybe structure, as well as conversion for the knitting needle sizes from vintage patterns to modern sizing?. Thanks for another interesting video.
Hey there, what beautifull items. Is the second apron lace maybe needle laced? Looks very similar to some stiches that you can see in the Sampler from Encganted Rose Costumes needle laced Video.
I realise that this video is 2 years old, but that 'tea cup' is actually for soup!
Definitely too late, but they had pin tuck feet that helped keep them even
I'm going to have to try and make that scarf muffler thing. It will be done on a knitting machine though. I can hand knit but prefer machine knitting.
I like machine knitting too, but I haven't figured out how to do garter stitch or ribbing
@@alexismontez4230 Ribbing, you need a ribber bed attachment, and garter stitch, you need a garter carriage or a garter bar. I don't have a garter carriage and a garter bar is a pain to use, so I don't do much.
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What are the chances that first pair of stockings weee made by two different people
Seems to me everything was so much classier back in the day. Looking at pictures from the 1700’s, our founding fathers, their clothes were really, really, lossy and fine looking.