#historical crafting

[ancientknitter]

Ladies' Crochet Peasant Jacket (likely American, circa 1915)

This cream short-sleeved shrug features light blue picot edging and a tapered waist.

If you want to crochet one for yourself, the pattern was published in The Columbia Book of Yarns 1915 on page 170 (see below).

[leomakeshistory]

I've convinced myself I can make Irish Crochet lace. I've only just started crochet, made three granny squares, but I have two hands, a hook, and no fear of failure when it comes to crafting.

Ultimately Irish Crochet lace isn't THAT different to granny squares. You make a bunch of separate lil thingies, then you join em all together to make a big thing.

You can go as sparse or as busy as you want, you can go as 3D as you want. I don't see why this wouldn't work????

will report back in 3-5 business years when I've made enough motifs for a full project. But I still think I can do it!!!!

[leo-fie]

How many tablet woven bands are enough?

Trick question!

There is no such thing as enough tablet woven bands!

[littlestsnicket]

at some point, geralt teaches jaskier to sew an chemise. it starts with a disgruntled hrmm noise at the market because it’s just so inconvenient to purchase one, no one has clothes just lying around, clothing is made to order, so they have to come back the next day for it, and it’s just very silly and pointless. geralt thinks his disapproval has gone unremarked, but jaskier asks about it that evening while they’re eating. 

“what do you find so objectionable about purchasing a chemise? do you expect me to wander around with nothing on under my doublet?” jaskier says with no preamble. 

and geralt replies, “it’s just a bunch of squares stitched together. pointless to pay someone to do that for you.”

“fine. you can teach me next time i need a new one.”

“no.”

“yes.”

“hmpf.”

and jaskier does know how to mend and take care of his clothes--fabric is fucking expensive--so it’s months later that he needs a new chemise, and this time jaskier buys a bolt of linen and plops down in front of geralt and demands to be taught to create a garment. and geralt frowns, preemptively getting a headache because he knows jaskier, knows how easily distracted he is, and is expecting this to go terribly, but jaskier is quiet and attentive, like he only usually gets when he is really deep into composing, and totally focused on geralt as they figure out the sizes of all the pieces, and this is when geralt falls more than a tiny bit in love. 

the way the bulk of the shirt front is gathered up in to the collar ends up not quite right, but jaskier has already gotten better by the time he needs to gather the sleeves in to the cuffs, and some of the gusset points are quite wonky, but they’re not really visible, so jaskier creates a perfectly serviceable and very durable chemise. 

he’s mastered the art of insertion lace by the time they kiss. 

[ancientknitter]

Pattern Book (Germany, 1760 CE) Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Weaver's thesis book or manuscript of 200 patterns on 157 leaves executed in pen and ink. Patterns for weaving and embroidery with inscriptions. Geometric, floral, and animal designs.

[ancientknitter]

Cap (Italian, circa 1650), Victoria and Albert Museum

This silk crochet cap features red and gold zig-zag stripes and a folded brim.

[leo-fie]

More easy tablet woven band while I procrastinate the "band of doom". This time it's orange and dark blue diagonal stripes.

[leo-fie]

How to make tablets for tablet weaving

You'll need: Playing cards, scissors, punch, pencil, permanent marker in 2 different colours.

Why playing cards specifically? Because they are made to be handled. Their edges don't fray, even the cheapest ones. These were like 2€ for 32, the rest was stuff I already had lying around, making it a very cheap project. Also they make it very easy to divide a pattern into groups of 4.

Step 1: Square your cards by laying another one on top perpendicularly and mark with a pencil (pen used for visibiliy).

Step 2: Cut and round the edges (it's fine, these people are royalty). I cut a little inside the line here because the pen drew a smidge to the side.

Step 3: Punch holes in the corners. First try on a spare piece of paper to figure out how far you have to hold it in to get the hole where you need it to be. It doesn't have to be 100% accurate, but close enough. I built myself a little jig to hold the card out of the cut off bit. When the thingy touches the punch I know the hole is gonna be where I want it.

Step 4: Mark two opposite corners with permanent marker on both sides. This is technically not necessary, but very useful. Also mark the same corners on all the cards for aesthetic.

Congratulations, you have tablets now! How many do you need? 32 is enough for most patterns you'll find on pinterest, but there are patterns with over 90. So make a couple more!