Pink Hydrangea

 When I failed with my New Years sweater, and finished the white biking sweater, I wanted to knit something for the spring... 

I had the pink yarn in my stash for about a year now, and I knew for a long time, that I wanted to knit Elenor Mortensen's Hydrangea pattern from it. And it was not difficult to pick out colors for the pattern. 

There isn't much to write about it, as I did follow the pattern fairly closely.

Only added a small pattern repeat just above the cuff, that is wider than the pattern says (because I like the wide cuffs), and just before I started the ribbing at the waistline. And I omitted the slit of the ribbing at the waist. 

Now, this sweater should be more like a swoncho, that is why the yoke is wider, but after wearing it a few times, I find, that I am not such a fan of this shape. If I would make this again (who knows, I might even do that, with different colors), I would separate the sleeves just before I changed from the purple flowers to the pink ones, and do those patterns separately on the body and the sleeves. But I still love it, and wore it quite often, since finishing it.

Az a gyűrődés a nyakán, egyébként nincs, a képen csak azért látszik, mert elfelejtettem megigazítani, azután, hogy levettem a pulcsi fölött viselt dzsekit. Nézzétek a képen a dzsekivel:

Minta: Hydrangea by Elenor Mortensen

Fonal: zoknifonalak

Kötőtűk: 2,5 (bordásminta), 3 (harisnyakötés) and 3,25 mm (minta)

Képek: Norbert Varga @Bodeszphoto.

Weekly SO

 My strong opinion today is, that spring flue should just quit. Also, breathing is an unnecessary luxury.

Weekly patternmuster (sewing)

 I was asked for the pattern of my bubble pants, but I cannot give it, as I drew it myself, it is not PDF compatible, nor it is serialized, I only have it in one size, it is not even ... I don't even know the right word, but let me just say, some seams do not line up,, and I sometimes add, or take away the width of the legs, I sometimes add a cargo-pocket, etc.

However, I brought you one bubble pants, that are really bubble shaped, and seemingly does not have a very high waist (having a "short waist", or some kind of anomaly that makes all pants go up way to gigh on my waist, that is a good poit for me.)

Here you, go, these are the Dilara pants from Viki sews. I've seen a few of them made up on Instagram, and I rather like those.

White, late Victorian biking sweater

You might have already seen bits of it, in the post about my white, histrybounding skirt... 

Now, here is the whole piece, because, yes, I have knitted another Bicycle Sweater, this time in white

To be honest, the red one, I've knitted a couple of years ago, was made, when I was many kg's more, and even then, what just not too big. I was thinking, if I should frog it, or what, but you know me. If something is really done, it is done. I would have a hard time with it, and I much rather make another one. 

Besides, you also know, that I have a thing for white clothes, and I wanted a white one. 

Yes, partly to wear with my white skirt. 

When I made the first one, I did read some of the patterns that is available around (some even free, some in books I own), and did my own thing.

This time, I took out my red sweater, and I changed whan I wanted to change from that one, and once again, did my own thing.

The yarn is DROPS Karisma, the white color. Not the off white, and I cannot say enough, how happy I am that DROPS offers real white shade on some of their yarns. Even if it is not optical white (see the shade compared with the skirt), but much whiter than the "natural" and the "wool-white" shade that is generally available.

I bought it last year, at one of their supersale discount, but it turned out the 700 gramms were not enough, I had to order three extra ball.

Luckily, even though the dye-lot was not the same, the color was, and you cannot see, where I had to add the new one. 

Yarn: DROPS Karisma

Needles: 2,5 mm, 3 mm

Photos: Bodeszphoto

White walking skirt

 In my attempt to build a kind of historybounding wardrobe, I wanted a skirt that mixes historical, and more modern elements. 

So, once again, I took out my favorite skirt-pattern, and used the fabric, I had leftover from the white micro-courdory bubble pants. 

Usually, I add a bit of width on the bottom of the skirt, as much as my fabric allows it, now, I had to cheat, and take off a cm here and there. However, luckily, there was a long-ish, but narrow piece that came off the side from where I cut one of the pant's leg, so I could just, just fit the pieces into.

The bits of leftovers were used for pockets and waistband.

So I can cross that piece of fabric out of my stash.

I wear the skirt with the petticoats I made earlier, and since this is historybounding, I don't even mind that the crochet lace edge peeks out. 

Fabric: I Love Textil

Pattern: Ora Lin Trumpet skirt

Pictures: My phone, modelled pictures: Bodeszphoto.

Weekly SO

I just absolutely hate what our politics and election campaign does to our country. 

I wish, we could just miss out the next 11 days, and wake up to a better world, but I am afraid, whatever side will win, one way or another we will suffer greatly. It will be no april's fool time.

That is all for today. 

Tuesday Travel

 Let's go back to London, shall we? The Victoria and Albert Museum is one of my favorite places in London. I can spend days there. 

I already mentioned, that the first thing we did in London was to go there, and pick up my membership card, and then, while we were there we were walking around a bit. We contemplated to go in there to see the Marie Antoinette exhibition (since the membership card allowed us to go back to see that one as many times as we want), but then decided against it, however, we did walk around... and of course, we've seen many things this time as well.

The thing is, if you want to see the "big picture" don't come with me into this museum, because I am going for the details...

Like the lacing on this medeival dress (on the left).

The folds on the back of this early 18th century dress...

The patterns on the Spitafield silk collection.

The shoes. 

Though the gandeur of this room did not passed me...

Even tried some memuett dance steps there :-)

Even though I do have some pocket panners, I HAD TO try on the ones they had out... 

And study the way it was made.

The amazing embroidery details...

And the shirt...

The details on the shirts...

More shoes...

Sewn stockings

I could not miss the lace, of which I've seen pictures in so many books.

And an other lace I even tried replicating, but now I faced the fact, just how small its scale is.

See the bed? What was I interested in? The embroidery pattern, of course. 

More lace...

And yet another I was familiar with, because all of the books on early lace have a picture and pattern of it.

Back to the 18th century...

And one of my favorite dresses..

I am sure it would suit me so well...

And the back of a regency dress...

There are so many things, so many small details... I just cannot get enough.