Knitting

I've been frantically knitting in prep for the Fall Fair demo, which means I finally finished the Monmouth cap I started test knitting the pattern for ~14 years ago.  The pattern writer is now a Laurel.  But it's finished!

And promptly will go into largesse because it's not my best work.  I won't wear it and I don't think my spouse will either.

The Gunnister glove I just finished, however, will go to spouse because it fits them like a glove.  (Yes, we are both WOAWs, in fact, they're the Bishop of the Vancouver Island WOAWs).

Currently there's only 1 because it's for my display table.  I'm a little sad the details were lost a bit in the fulling process.

While at the local yarn store picking up more yarn, they asked the usual "what are you making?"  And they're of course modern experts so they were fascinated about pre-modern pieces.

One asked me if I wrote a book.  I laughed it off at first because I'm not an academic, but then I started thinking about it more seriously.  History of Handknitting is quite costly because it's out of print (I still mourn the loss of mine to an acquaintance who borrowed before the pandemic then turned full right-wing and ghosted everyone).  There are papers from SCAdians and the occasional article on more famous pieces such as the Toledo stockings, but nothing like an overview of pre-17th century knitting that I've come across since Rutt.

Like I want to develop knitting patterns for the intricate ecclesiastical gloves or an insanely complex geometric patterned glove from Spain or a pattern for a ~14th C. cushion that substitutes the swastika motif.  No patterns or links because I'm on mobile and this is a minor rabbit hole.

Anyway, back to the grindstone become I forgot I owe someone a cloak and decided to appliqué a Pelican on it for their elevation this weekend.  I've only ever made one cloak and done hand appliqué maybe once.  This is fine.