A Victorian Cape Knitting Adventure || Historical Victorian Knitting
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- I'm finally free to take my historical costuming projects with me again! Getting back to knitting, where I started my historical adventure. This time, knitting an antique victorian shoulder cape for a chilly day.
Gwen's cape:
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Thanks so much for the shout-out!❤️ It was almost déjà vu to watch certain parts of this video, which was so nice. I love that you filmed yourself knitting on your trip! And your cape turned out very beautiful❤️
It's beautiful!!!! Here in Argentina capes of that kind were often worn over your nightgown when doing very early morning chores, and were called "mañanitas" ("Little mornings"). They were pretty common up until the 70's.
Every time I drop a stitch I"m going to tell myself its to add pouf and airiness to my life
If only it works with jumpers
Came across this video while knitting a cape (1940s, I think) today. I enjoy watching someone as passionate about the creation and wearing of reproduction vintage. You inspire me to get out and knit in public more as it is nearly Spring here.
Beautiful view! Country living is so much better than city living!
The cape looks so wonderfully authentic over your 1890s outfit! I had to chuckle at the part when you were unpicking all the drop stitches because I had the same experience with a 1930s sweater pattern using a similar technique. The pattern concluded by instructing me to simply tug the sides of the sweater to make the drop stitches unravel down the fabric. Nope, it was a solid 2+ hours of unpicking each column by hand!
I have such envy of that view you have. To be able to go out and see those gorgeous mountains whenever you want! I also love knitting memories into my stuff. As you say, you remember where you were and what you were doing when you were working on the project. It's such a nice way to bring moments with you into the future.
I'm super proud of you for this lovely outfit! You've worked very hard - and inspired me to try some stockings . (I haven't knit in a year or so.)
Also - portability is a good reason to practice your handsewing. I sew everywhere - I have kids so I (usually) spend a lot of time sitting at dance, swim, soccer, etc. and it's lovely to have something to do.
I have been anxiously waiting for this video and the wait was well worth it. Your cape came out so beautifully, it makes me want to knit one myself.
As a fellow knitter who has recently started exploring sewing and historical fashion, watching your journey of making this ensemble has been so gratifying. Congratulations on your accomplishment!
Wow, your jumper with the fair isle leaves pattern is gorgeous. Beautiful skill, loved watching this project too.
What a great project! It turned out so well. I tried to learn to knit in grade school but I could NOT get the tension right. Over the last two years I've gotten quite good at crochet, so I think I'll give knitting another try soon :) I might just try this cape! Thanks so much for posting your interpretation of historical patterns, I'm glad you sell them instead of making them free. It takes a lot of work and rework to make sense of some old patterns.
The Cape turned out beautiful! I really love your Videos
I have loved this series and I've rewatched all the videos so many times. I'm going to be so sad when it's over but I can't wait to see it completed
Sehr sehr schöne Arbeit und auch von der Geschichte her sehr interessant..Vielen lieben Dank für deine Arbeit..lg Sonja
Omigosh! Such beautiful work. Thanks for sharing. I love the idea of weaving in memories into the knit object.
Really beautiful! The drape is lovely, and the neck looks really sweet. And I love the way it comes down to a point in the front! I'd be really interested to see how it looks on this outfit in a grey - it would compliment the blues of the ensemble, and the colour might peek through the knit a little more... Dagnabbit, now I want one.
Was so delightfully surprised at the drop stitch technique and how wonderfully effective.
What a lovely cape! I've been trying to get back to doing knitting and this looks like a perfect project to try for that. Thank you for sharing!
I had never heard of, let alone seen, that dropped stitch technique before! I feel like it might be even more psychologically damaging than cutting steeks so well done on your fortitude haha it looked really cool by the time you were done
It’s so lovely and airy with those dropped stitches!
The whole ensemble is absolutely beautiful 😍😍 You should be very proud of yourself.
I really love this! I love the pieces and clothes other seamstresses come up with and i admire their skills. However, considering the fact that most women in the past would have at least a basic understanding of knitting and other such crafts, it should be considered that knitted pieces may have had a more prominent place in the historical wardrobe than we see with modern reenactors, simply because they might not be familiair with the techniques necessary to create these pieces. Definitely some food for thought, i am glad to have discovered your channel as it has opened my eyes to a whole new realm of possibilities!
The dropped stitches are so interesting. Like you, I would have been adverse to dropping them, but I see the reason and it is lovely with the ladders of the dropped stitches in between the properly knitted ones.
I love how this turned out!!!
I saw your other video about historical knitting - how to get started (not sure if it IS the correct title) and came across this.
My jaw dropped and on those "dropped stitches" and I am amazed how it turned out the fabric really airy. Will try that technique in an upcoming project - on a swatch first perhaps.
Btw, I love how you present your content to the viewers. I'll share your channel to a knitting group that I belong to.
You gave me 9 minutes of peace and beauty. Thank you!
So pretty and elegant
I just started watching your videos. Years ago I made some fingerless gloves from a historic pattern. The cuff did not turn out as it should have but I just said oh well, I changed the pattern. Anyway this explains what I did wrong, I didn't interpret the cuff as I should have. You will like this, I knitted it out of yarn I spun. I would love to send you a picture. I have no idea where the pattern is now.
Of course the one time you want dropped stitches to unravel they stubbornly stay in place… unlike accidental drops that try to run away from you as fast as possible!
That looks beautiful!
This turned out beautifully!!!! Love it!!!
This is wonderful!
What a cute capelet
This cape reminds me of Katniss Everdeens Cowl from The Hunger Games that she wears
Absolutely beautiful!
I think the drop stitches were sticking because you are using a worsted yarn and it is a little fuzzy. these fuzzy bits like to stick together. Beautiful cape, it looks amazing.
Not all yarns are made the same way. I didn't realize that until I tried sock yarn.
Love it!!! ❤
You should get a latch hook. It makes fixing mistakes /manipulating yarn a hell of a lot easier.
I wonder if the same dropped-stitch effect can be achieved by wrapping the wool around the needle twice while knitting. I'm sure I've seen that technique before too.
Yes, it can. Each row you drop the yarn-overs and make new ones in their place. It's a lot quicker.
I was wondering the same, should be quicker and easier
Im not a knitter, yet. But i like this!
I am currently trying to crochet the shoulder Cape from " the art of crocheting" - book from 1891. While interpreting it, I am really struggling to get the neck right. Had anybody got some advice for this pattern?
By the way, I really love your videos. They inspire me a lot.
I CANNOT beLIEVE youtube has been hiding your channel from me
Nice
Did you knit the sweater you are wearing...love it!
What would you say it the level of difficulty of this cape? I’m a beginner in knitting, though I am experienced in crochet. Recently, I have been experimenting with historical crochet and wanted to expand to knitting. Lovely work, I liked watching your serene video :)
I've also been looking into historical crochet, what sources have you found? I'm struggling 😅
@@roxywillemse Kind of butting in, but I thought you might like to see this : www.antiquepatternlibrary.org/html/warm/britvict.htm . There's quite a few Victorian crochet books in there, scanned and made up into pdfs. Found it when I was looking for knit lace edging patterns. Hope that helps :)
@Roxanne, it depends what period you’re looking into. What are you interested in?
@Kathleen Pannell wow thanks for sharing that :)
It's not very difficult at all, I'd say it's a beginner friendly project. It just takes a lot of time 😊
My mom inherited a cape when we cleaned out my great grandmother's house. It's so holey though :(
Did you knit that green and white sweater? If so, what's the pattern? I love it!
I believe it is a vintage pattern! Two-colour Jumper with a Fair-Isle Leaf Yoke by Bestway.
Where do you live? It's gorgeous!
I'm so glad you posted this video. I had looked through the original pattern after you posted about it on Instagram, but that drop stitch had my brain baffled. I'm curious, what do you do with the dropped stitches after you've gone the full width? Cut and sew them in?
Hitzchicky, you can cut and sew if you want, but it’s not necessary.
As long as you use a traditional long tail cast on or the German twisted cast on, each column of dropped stitches should unravel completely down to the beginning with the rest of the cast on edge remaining stable.
Then for binding off you can just do so as normal using your favorite method. If you want you can yarn over or use the knitted cast on to add one or two stitches in place of the dropped stitches on the last row before binding off. This helps the bind off not to “pinch off” the tops of those columns and not puff out more than the rest at the bind off edge.
A good example of the dropped stitch in conjunction with these things can be seen in the “Dragon Wing Cowl” pattern on Ravelry. I found it very helpful. The pattern is available for a small price, but a link to a free version on a blog can be found if you scroll down to the pattern description. There were even some video demonstrations on the blog page, so I highly recommend checking it out.
Sorry if this is lot, but hope it was helpful!
What is the measure of yr circular knitting, to make a cape?
I'm reading the pattern from the achieve and I'm hitting a roadblock in understanding. What the flip is seam and plain? I'm guessing seam is possibly purling since it talks about alternating knit and seam at one point. Doesn't explain what plain means?
Edit: Plain is another way of saying knit in ye old English. I took a second look through the table of contents and found the page describing terminology. Wonder why the terminology is not in use.
Did you also knit the black and white sweater you are wearing in this video? Either way, it is beautiful.
what is lake that its so preeeetty!
😂 Knitting on a stand up paddle board. How to tell if you’re addicted to knitting.
Linda vendrá el tutorial completo bdel paso a paso? Que me pueda hacer favor de proporcionarme? Gracias de antemano y bendiciones.
ME:*knits slippers while watching this video*
me:*sighs* i'm so mature
Is this channel only for experienced knitters? I love this subject matter but I hv to be honest with you. As a beginner I find that videos trying to teach beginner knitting fail in the camera angels and the yarn and knitting needles being too small to actually see the step by step instruction. If your channel is not for beginners then my apologizes, I’ll move on.
You tell us about this then you don"t share the pattern that doesn"t make sense
The links to the pattern is in the description box
Knitting on a paddle board - SHOW OFF
Trouble is , we can’t see the stiches and the pattern fully with using black yarn