Dolphins
Dolphin brooch (Ashmolean AN1927.359). Italy - 8th-10th C.
Coffer with button lid (Louvre OA 2787; CL 21344; ECL 21344). Italy - 1500-50
"You Are Tying a Dolphin by the Tail" (National Gallery of Art 2006.11.35). France – ca. 1512-15
Eleonora di Toledo's Stockings Replicas
A friend with a late period Italian persona was elevated and so I decided a mere two months beforehand that I was going to knit her replicas of the silk stockings in which Eleonora di Toledo was buried in 1562. I had no real goal in mind other than pretty silk stockings that were reasonably historically accurate. As they’re very well studied, I looked at patterns drafted up by other re-enactors, such as Dame George Anne of Æthelmearc OP, and compared them to high resolution photos of the originals as well as Richard Rutt’s section on them in A History of Hand-knitting . The modern interpretations were accurate for my purposes as I intended to shape them to fit the recipient rather than making carbon copies, although I did mix methods and came up with my own version. Looking at commercial yarns used by those who’ve knitted them before, I went with Ashford Silk 20/2 since it was available at a local yarn shop. The silk was undyed and the recipient’s favourite colours were silver and pur...
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