Hello,
I hope somebody can help me a little.
I am draping the toille of the sack backed yellow chenille dress. Then i
have a little problem with the sleave fitting.
Is it ok that my armscye overlaps the shoulderstraps of the stays at the
top? I might have made the shoulderstraps two wide at the
At 03:04 09/11/2005, you wrote:
Greetings once again,
I have come across a nifty little photo, but it
doesn't show the object in question either in total,
or large enough.
http://www.ntpl.org.uk/zooms/103/103281.bro
Is what I can find for The Garter of Maximilian I,
King of the
At 10:05 09/11/2005, you wrote:
Hello,
I hope somebody can help me a little.
I am draping the toille of the sack backed yellow chenille dress.
Then i have a little problem with the sleave fitting.
Is it ok that my armscye overlaps the shoulderstraps of the stays at
the top? I might have made
So far, nothing back from either the ministry or the costume society!
I'll keep everyone posted.
Max Callahan wrote:
Good idea, Bjarne, I hadn't thought about that... okay after looking at
their site, I didn't see any information about it. Maybe Saragrace's
inquiries will bear fruit. I've
Is this a fashion question (i.e. does it make the silhouette wrong?)
Not sure I am following you completely, but you you are talking about
the edge of the armscye towards the sleeve (correct?). By over lapping
you mean that the cut of the armscye is so deep that (when the sleeve
is not
FYI all :) Beth, thanks so much for this information!
If my calculations are correct, the total for book/shipping is $38
Chris G.
Lena Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 07:26:37 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Re: Fwd: [h-cost] NESAT 6 available
From: Lena Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
Oh you lucky girl! I couldn't believe the selection of fabric available. Some
of the shops reminded me of chinatown shops everything stacked as high as
possible. First time I bought fabric by the pound very interesting. I didn't
get rid of my stash before I went so I couldn't buy much. I can
So you don't have to search forever try this and I seem to have mislaid the one
for Quebec tourism.
http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/B2C/00/default.asp?cookie%5Ftest=1
Edith
Jeanine E. Swick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll be in Montreal the week following Thanksgiving. What would be some
Hi,
If you want costumes, the McCord Museum will probably be your best bet.
http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/. Check their online catalog as well. A
little hard to navigate, but they have many amazing items and they're not
all on display, at least not all at the same time.
The
Dear Saragrace,
Albertcat, understood it right, its my armscye of the bodice wich are bigger
than the armscye in the stays.
It wont show when the bodice covers the stays, do you get it?
Bjarne
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From: WickedFrau [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL
Hi, it's me again,
Of course, most of the references I gave are in the Eastern Montreal. Not
that we don't mix up with the other side, just that it's far enough that
stores just don't have the same clients.
http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2002/assg/assg5.html
That's a great link
Rats, I guess I was hoping for something more difficult! Yes, I think
I get it now. I would not worry about this situation. I would worry if
the situation were reversed, i.e. the dress armscye were smaller than
the stays because you can get some fleshy lumps and bumps sometimes.
Bjarne
Hi again,
Forgive that i have another question. I want to make the sleave ruffles of
the yellow dress with scalloped edges. I dont have pinking tools, and i just
want to cut it with ordinary scissors.
How could i make the edge of this, so it wont fray? Should i make buttonhole
stitches? I want
What little I know of these styles, they did use raw edges on the
scallops right? You don't have a set of pinking shears? You can also
apply a very light coat of fray check with a micro brush. I will try
to find a link of all these things is you don't have them over there.
Sg
Ah, VERY good to know. I'll send her another 'e' for her address.
Thanks again Beth!
Beth and Bob Matney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Lena is excellent to deal with and very helpful. The price and shipping for
NESAT 6 is quite reasonable. and arrived VERY quickly. There is only one
minor problem
The quote below is the earliest dating that I have heard for knitting and
crochet in Northern Europe. Can anyone confirm or deny using other
archaeological sources? There is, of course, the possibility of translation
error in the article and that they are referring to naalbinding or some
other
This one is blue silk, what looks like grosgrain with
silver gilt thread embroidery, gold buckle and
enamelled Tudor roses in place where your crosses
would be. This is the oldest known surviving Garter
from that Order. Apparently it was sent by the King of
England to Maximilian to confirm his
Most of my husbands family lives in Eastern Montreal and that is where he used
to live. You have such a choice of fabrics at wonderful prices. We have a
Fabricland and Walmart for a population 100,000 people. Vancouver has about
the same selection except for little india. I buy most of my
As long as there are no strange bumps or ridges, it doesn't matter.
I'm reminded of the construction of some originals - rather than
setting the sleeve into an armscye, it seems that the sleeve tops are
eased into place and then the strap or robings are applied on top of
them. So
Karen Heim wrote:
As a member of the CC25 committee, let me answer your question by
stating: there is not, nor is there ever, a theme of the contest.
I'll explain in further detail.
Karen,
Info on the web site is a little thin. Can you tell me what the con
weapon policy is (costume
were crochetted with a small bone needle.
Crochet cannot be done with any kind of needle. Sorry, but your source
must have been written by someone who doesn't know knit from crochet.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
I've seen the term crochet needle in English-language 19th-century
crochet instructions, as a synonym for crochet hook.
BTW I also just came across an early 19th-century reference to
knitting wires, for stockings, which I believe just means fine
knitting needles.
While I'm all in favor of
Hi Caroline.
Perhaps its the translation. In Denmark wich is part of Scandinavia and
Finland, a croched hook is called a croched needle.
Bjarne
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From: Carolyn Kayta Barrows [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Historical Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, November 09,
I've seen the term crochet needle in English-language 19th-century
crochet instructions, as a synonym for crochet hook.
were crochetted with a small bone needle.
Crochet cannot be done with any kind of needle. Sorry, but your source
must have been written by someone who doesn't know knit
Sorry i misspelled your name, i ment off cause Carolyn.
Bjarne
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Dear Saragrace,
Perhaps this would be a good idea. Ill try to ask in my shops if they have
this stuff over here.
I am most conserned because i want to apply (embroider on) some chenille
flowers on the edge, and i am afraid if they will run out
But it would be the best solution to do, for
Maybe, but there is no way to know the writer is wrong, without seeing
the textile or a close-up illustration.
Fran
Carolyn Kayta Barrows wrote:
I didn't like how the source lumped knitting and crochet together
under the same name of implement and in the same phrase, hence my
reaction.
Yes, but crochet needles usually are very, very fine and pointy. That's what
they use for tambour work, because they need to pierece through fabric. Not
at all like like the ones we use for crocheting.
The problem here is that we're dealing with a translation, not with an
evolution of
OK, so I bought a leather handbag with very attractive (but not super
deep) tooling all over it. This was from a discount source that does not
accept returns. The picture on the website showed a
darkish-reddish-brown bag with a cooked-artichoke-green strap, outer
pocket, and piping on the
Microbrush picture: http://www.internettrains.com/micdisap.html
A Netherlands dealer:
http://www.americanho.com/http://www.americanho.com
http://www.americanho.com/ (Believe it or not!)
A picture of Pinking Shears
It's always preferable to reserve judgment about the validity of
everything in every text, but without ever having an agenda of proving
anyone wrong. That's what objectivity is.
Anyway, a picture might not show everything one needs to know but
without it one knows even less.
Fran
Lavolta
At 19:39 09/11/2005, you wrote:
Dear Saragrace,
Perhaps this would be a good idea. Ill try to ask in my shops if
they have this stuff over here.
I am most conserned because i want to apply (embroider on) some
chenille flowers on the edge, and i am afraid if they will run out
But it would be
Fran wrote:
Finally, it looks like I shouldn't have trouble buying some kind of
reddish brown dye. But the grayish green looks problematic. Any
suggestions?
When my late brother was doing leather work professionally, green was the
hardest color to use and control. You know how the 18th
Guess I should have said the U.S. Thanksgiving, I know Canada's is in
Oct., but didn't think of that when I posted. We'll be there from Nov.
26 to Dec. 3rd. My husband has a conference there and I'm going along
to play tourist.
I should be able to navigate the Metro there even though I
I got a request from an Elvis impersonator to make him the '68 leather jacket
(young sexy Elvis not fat, dead on the toilet, Elvis).
I don't have the time to draft a pattern and haven't been able to find anything
appropriate at Fabricland (Butterick and friends seem to think men would be
In a message dated 11/9/2005 5:12:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't have the time to draft a pattern and haven't been able to find
anything appropriate at Fabricland (Butterick and friends seem to think men
would
be better both naked). Any suggestions?
On Wed, 9 Nov 2005, Beth and Bob Matney wrote:
There is quite possibly a translation problem as English is not the
author's native language. The question lies in the terms crochet and
needle, after all, knitting needles don't have holes in them
either! The possibility exists that the term
Sorry i misspelled your name, i ment off cause Carolyn.
No problem. I probably didn't even notice it was supposed to be me. I
usually go by Kayta, or Käthe.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
\\\
Sorry, the source makes it obvious that they know knit from crochet.. and
that they make it clear that they are talking about two different
techniques. This is the NESAT (Northern European Society of Archaeological
Textiles). This is a peer reviewed scholarly journal... they are extremely
Yes, but crochet needles usually are very, very fine and pointy.
Please say hooks.
That's what they use for tambour work, because they need to pierece
through fabric. Not at all like like the ones we use for crocheting.
Yes, actually, the two tools are pretty much interchangeable. And
Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote:
Hi again,
Forgive that i have another question. I want to make the sleave ruffles
of the yellow dress with scalloped edges. I dont have pinking tools, and
i just want to cut it with ordinary scissors.
How could i make the edge of this, so it wont fray? Should i make
On Wednesday 09 November 2005 5:49 pm, Beth and Bob Matney wrote:
Sorry, the source makes it obvious that they know knit from crochet.. and
that they make it clear that they are talking about two different
techniques. This is the NESAT (Northern European Society of Archaeological
Textiles).
Perhaps this?
http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/patterns/german.html
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Fran,
Also try: www.tandyleather.com
They are a U.S. company - the cosplay site is Canadian, so shipping
might be an issue (I'm assuming you're in the U.S.).
You will need to use a deglazer (page 2 of dyes on the Tandy site)
before dyeing - otherwise the dye will only sit on the surface and
A friend asked me to help pass this around the net.
LOOPING THE LOOPS,
RESEARCH BY
THE EARLY KNITTING HISTORY GROUP
Saturday, 11th March, 2006.
at
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2.
Following its former successes the Early
I got a request from an Elvis impersonator
One of my pro-wrestler clients was taken to the hospital with a suspected
broken rib a few weeks back. In the next cubical was an Elvis with a broken arm
and his wig hanging floppily over the edge of the stretcher.
Just thought I'd add that for no
At 05:24 10/11/2005, you wrote:
A friend asked me to help pass this around the net.
'LOOPING THE LOOPS',
RESEARCH BY
THE EARLY KNITTING HISTORY GROUP
Saturday, 11th March, 2006.
at
The Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2.
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