Knitting a 176 year-old Victorian Sweater (or Polka!)
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2023
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I've heard of polka dots and the polka dance, but this time we are knitting the polka sweater! This may be the oldest pattern for a 'sweater' meant for women's outerwear and it is super cozy.
-- Polka Cardigan --
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I personally like that bit of green showing through at the collar because it gives some depth and separates you from the collar. Also- slinky sleeves! Lol
When you put the whole ensemble on, you look JUST like a fashion plate from an old magazine. My brain had a second of wibbly-wobbly timey-whimey adjusting! I think it's just perfect. I am loving this series and kind of wish it would never end!
Great video! I've been living in Aberdeen and I'd like to confirm that that's at least the third April in a row where it's snowed.
If you have one of those quilting rulers that is see through and has 1" squares, that is what I have been using to measure my gauge swatches so that i don't accidentally stretch them out. I just smoosh it over the swatch
I loved the bit with the "Incredible Stretchy Arms" bit at the end. So cute.
I had no idea that brioche was such an old technique. The polka looks gorgeous! 🧶
A sweater normally worn by fishermen along the East Coast was known as a Ganzie.
This looks awesome! I love the interesting sleeve construction. Maybe it was purposeful to fit over surviving very large 1830's sleeves. Wouldn't want to spend so much time and effort on a jacket you couldn't wear over all your dresses.
Weird Al? Anybody? lol
I do like the extra pop of color at the collar, it frames your face so nicely. I also love the little hermine tails they make this look so cozy and almost christmasy. So cute!
Re: the instructions to cast off, then, apparently, immediately pick up the same stitches. I wonder if this might be to rein in the stretchiness of the brioche, so the neckline stays around the neck and doesn't start creeping toward the shoulders.
Everytime I see DK weight on yarn my brain reads it as Donkey Kong weight
"Ermine" rhymes with "vermin." I learned that when I mispronounced it a different way, and my viewers let me know it! :-)
A few elderly women I knit with advise when you knit a seperate neckline on a jumper to start with two rows of stockinette before knitting the ribs so that it's easier to sew it to the garment, for me it would make sense to knit those two rows on the collar in the colour of the cardigan to make it blend better
ive seen many patterns for polkas during my research (my main era of interest is 1840s-50s) and this seems like the easiest and best written one ive seen, and i very much want to make one for myself.
I liked the pop of colour on the collar, I thought it was going to be way to big, then you put it on over the correct outfit and hey presto it looked amazing, I'm sure it would have been very cosy and much worn in the drafty cold houses of its era.
The stretchy sleeves are fantastic! I had to giggle when you flapped your arm and they doubled in length.
Absolutely love this and I would say the green inside is probably somewhat authentic since ermine was rare and if they lined the inside it would be more costly. Just a thought. But it looks wonderful! ❤
Very cute. My modern office is nicknamed the Ice Box because the AC is aggressive. That would be fun as an modern office jacket complete with fake ermine look.
I love the final cardigan but like you mentioned, that collar would have been better in all white. Loved the end clip where you flopped the sleeves around!