The amount of times I am knitting/crocheting late at night and think to myself "man I'm tired I should stop" and I don't and then the next day I have to fix so many things >.
Fun project, I endorse the 'no sewing late at night' recommendation! Veteran of many fatigue-addled disasters here. No problem in knitting- just unravel and re-do, but sewing is a different matter. My suggestion for the bodice trim is to make a narrow bias cut trim from the dress fabric, which can be smoothly shaped to the desired curve, in place of the inflexible ribbon.
So dainty! That dress belongs at a tea party :) it looks beautiful. and as for the little things that are a little wonky, my grandma would have said (insert an early 1900s southern belle accent) "hell, honey, it's hand-did!"
Just a quick one a la: life-lines. I always incorporate them in my jumper knitting and I always use a *strongly* contrasting colour - think white jumper = hot-pink life-line. That way it is *exceptionally* easy for me to see where my life-line is and I can just hang the stitches from it. :)
Really enjoyed watching your compilation of your trials and tribulations of your stunning Regency knitted dress. It was a great feat of engineering and determination 👏
Your tenacity and dedication to a project is an inspirational lesson to us all. It is even more impressive than the beautiful resulting project. What would the world be like if we all developed similar patience and perseverance to the things we want to accomplish in life??
This was the perfect video to put on while I seamed a vintage knit. Since I have seen all the individual episodes, I didn't feel bad not watching the screen all the time. The music were also great choices. I was done with everything, including weaving in the ends when the video was done :)
I love when dogs dig in their bed like Nutella. Gotta make that bed extra cozy. A walking foot for your sewing machine can help keep stretchy fabrics moving. They're primarily used for quilting, but I used mine for almost everything.
I think you needed some of that super fine mesh tulle stuff they use in high end ballet costumes. I think it would have been the perfect structure for a base for the bodice and strap area.
This is definitely one of the most impressive historical dressmaking projects I've seen, so cool! I'd seen some of the parts, but it was really nice to see everything all together. The finished dress moves and flows so nicely! The drape on the knitting is really lovely and suits this style so well. Also: every single video I see of you with knitting machines tempts me so much to get a knitting machine. I definitely don't need another crafting hobby which takes time and space, but they are just so cool! I might have to look into getting a workshop or something similar to just see how much I'd like it if I was actually doing it. Especially the figuring out when things go wrong looks a lot like debugging, and , and as satisfying as it is to see someone solve it within a 30min clip, I do know how frustrating it can be when you're in the middle without knowing what's happening or going wrong 😅.
Ah the bobbin, done that so many times, lost count. I do a lot of sewing and hand knitting and even give lessons in both. I also make the occasional mascot. So if we had a competition of who was working on the most unusual/ weird thing while watching this video, I will win hands down lol. I am making a Hippo mascot and sat here making the eyes- eyballs and eyelids, then also the ears, the tongue and the teeth. It was fascinating and very enjoyable to watch the whole process to the finishing of your gorgeous dress and I hope you have many more opportunities to wear it
Very cool project. Keep at them. I've never seen such a wacky machine used before, and really didn't know they even existed. I'd love to see a bit more loom work for a future project, but that's just me. Such an amazing video, and a true throwback to how stuff used to be made. Love it. 👍👍
The dress is GORGEOUS! The journey to get there MOMENTOUS. I loved this video. I appreciated the back story and the struggles with the machine. I have never even tried a knitting machine, I get reduced to tears of frustration sometimes by my Babylock. So I stay away from fiddly machines. Great video.
Of course you deserve to be happy, I'm happy to, for you. You put allot of work, in this absolutely gorges dress. You did a wonderful, beautiful work. Enjoyed. God bless you.
A question I have about the knitting machine: Can it do increases and decreases? When you blocked the pieces for the coat, I think I saw (what I believe it was) the sleeves getting narrowed gradually. I'm trying to think of a way to produce the pieces without having to cut the lace fabric. I love the end result. Looks fabulous.
I learned from this video that I will never do this haha. Thank you so much for bringing us along on your journey. You're glowing smile at the end brought a huge grin tonight face! It was extraordinary that you had a dream and you saw it through to the end to see it come into fruition! Wonderful!!🎉
The dress and the bedjacket are both gorgeous! I haven't tried cut and sew yet, I need to try a sample, I have seen Mum make a 30's style suit that way, but I need to try it for myself. I keep a small sized circular needle (a size 0, or 1 Chiaogoo mini interchangeable needle with a red cable works beautifully for this) close to my knitting machine and it allows me to take the stitches off the bed and tink them back to a row before the mistake and then I can rehang them on the machine using my transfer tools. It has saved me having to start from the beginning many times!❤
This is absolutely amazing! The level of detail you put into this video is really appreciated as a fellow machine knitter, I feel a bit more courageous to try out some other techniques now (like sew and cut)!! Sending thanks from Canberra, Australia 🙏🏽
It amazes me how the lace or knitting doesn't come unravelled after you cut it?! You may sew, knit, crochet etc as a hobby, but you are very talented, don't sell yourself short.
I'm not an expert anything sewing/knitting and I have never worked with anything so delicate, but (with the benefit of hindsight) is there a sew-in stabilizer that the lace could have been pinned to that could have then been removed (perhaps via washing, or maybe tear-away)? I really enjoy your videos in general (I'm binging them while waiting for my first knitting machine to arrive!), but I love your long-form videos! Thank you so much for sharing & also taking the time to string multiple videos together like this! BTW: As a husband and father of three daughters that enjoys sewing when I find the time, I *love* that dress! I can't imagine my own skills ever reaching the point I could accomplish anything like that, but I assure you, you've inspired me to want to try at least a couple times between now and then 😊
It was fun to watch this even though I'd watched all the earlier videos. The fabric has such lovely drape and shows the underdress off beautifully. It was also good to see you healing and begin to look and sound more like yourself. I hope the Ball was fun and you felt comfortable and beautiful in your stunning gown. I suspect that if you were putting a value on the end result, it would be worth a nice vehicle of your choice! Wow. Well done.
Leaving a comment early because something caught my attention: So, in French, "jour" is the common word for "day" but specifically in textiles, it refers to (deliberate and decorative) holes in fabric (to oversimplify). That includes all those types of embroidery in which you cut part of the fabric or draw threads (think hardanger, english embroidery, richelieu embroidery). The adjective we use in French would be "ajouré" (ah-jour-ey (think "hey" but skip the "h")) (= something which has "jours"/"holes" in it). I believe something like crochet filet would also qualify? To be fair, I'm speaking as a native French speaker and amateur embroiderer/lacemaker, occasionally seeing people talk about these types of things online and IRL: there are probably more than a few details that I'm not familiar but that's the gist of it. Even if it's possible I'm not 100% objectively accurate, I thought I'd share my two cents. Now I can go back and finish watching the video. I can't wait!!
Ajour and ajouré in French means "with holes/openings" I think it comes from "jour" which means day/day time, so ajouré means the area is put into the daylight
The amount of times I am knitting/crocheting late at night and think to myself "man I'm tired I should stop" and I don't and then the next day I have to fix so many things >.
Fun project, I endorse the 'no sewing late at night' recommendation! Veteran of many fatigue-addled disasters here. No problem in knitting- just unravel and re-do, but sewing is a different matter. My suggestion for the bodice trim is to make a narrow bias cut trim from the dress fabric, which can be smoothly shaped to the desired curve, in place of the inflexible ribbon.
So dainty! That dress belongs at a tea party :) it looks beautiful. and as for the little things that are a little wonky, my grandma would have said (insert an early 1900s southern belle accent) "hell, honey, it's hand-did!"
I love the project, but I kind of want to give you a hug... This looked hard, we're proud of you! 🎉
Just a quick one a la: life-lines. I always incorporate them in my jumper knitting and I always use a *strongly* contrasting colour - think white jumper = hot-pink life-line. That way it is *exceptionally* easy for me to see where my life-line is and I can just hang the stitches from it. :)
I oft think the same, a life line would save her sometimes!
Cheers
Really enjoyed watching your compilation of your trials and tribulations of your stunning Regency knitted dress. It was a great feat of engineering and determination 👏
Your tenacity and dedication to a project is an inspirational lesson to us all. It is even more impressive than the beautiful resulting project. What would the world be like if we all developed similar patience and perseverance to the things we want to accomplish in life??
This was the perfect video to put on while I seamed a vintage knit. Since I have seen all the individual episodes, I didn't feel bad not watching the screen all the time. The music were also great choices. I was done with everything, including weaving in the ends when the video was done :)
I love when dogs dig in their bed like Nutella. Gotta make that bed extra cozy.
A walking foot for your sewing machine can help keep stretchy fabrics moving. They're primarily used for quilting, but I used mine for almost everything.
I think you needed some of that super fine mesh tulle stuff they use in high end ballet costumes. I think it would have been the perfect structure for a base for the bodice and strap area.
Power mesh in the right colour would absolutely be the right thing here
I love refreshing my home page and seeing an upload from someone i love to watch!
This is definitely one of the most impressive historical dressmaking projects I've seen, so cool! I'd seen some of the parts, but it was really nice to see everything all together. The finished dress moves and flows so nicely! The drape on the knitting is really lovely and suits this style so well.
Also: every single video I see of you with knitting machines tempts me so much to get a knitting machine. I definitely don't need another crafting hobby which takes time and space, but they are just so cool! I might have to look into getting a workshop or something similar to just see how much I'd like it if I was actually doing it. Especially the figuring out when things go wrong looks a lot like debugging, and , and as satisfying as it is to see someone solve it within a 30min clip, I do know how frustrating it can be when you're in the middle without knowing what's happening or going wrong 😅.
Ah the bobbin, done that so many times, lost count. I do a lot of sewing and hand knitting and even give lessons in both. I also make the occasional mascot. So if we had a competition of who was working on the most unusual/ weird thing while watching this video, I will win hands down lol. I am making a Hippo mascot and sat here making the eyes- eyballs and eyelids, then also the ears, the tongue and the teeth. It was fascinating and very enjoyable to watch the whole process to the finishing of your gorgeous dress and I hope you have many more opportunities to wear it
A very beautiful piece of art. The flowing of the skirt is lovely. I hope you are proud of this dress as we are of you. Xx
Very cool project. Keep at them. I've never seen such a wacky machine used before, and really didn't know they even existed. I'd love to see a bit more loom work for a future project, but that's just me. Such an amazing video, and a true throwback to how stuff used to be made. Love it. 👍👍
The dress is GORGEOUS! The journey to get there MOMENTOUS. I loved this video. I appreciated the back story and the struggles with the machine. I have never even tried a knitting machine, I get reduced to tears of frustration sometimes by my Babylock. So I stay away from fiddly machines. Great video.
Of course you deserve to be happy, I'm happy to, for you. You put allot of work, in this absolutely gorges dress. You did a wonderful, beautiful work. Enjoyed. God bless you.
That lifeline was a lifesaver!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so relieved for you.
A question I have about the knitting machine: Can it do increases and decreases?
When you blocked the pieces for the coat, I think I saw (what I believe it was) the sleeves getting narrowed gradually. I'm trying to think of a way to produce the pieces without having to cut the lace fabric.
I love the end result. Looks fabulous.
You can do decreases by manipulating the stitches with a latch tool on flat bed knitting machines 😊
I learned from this video that I will never do this haha. Thank you so much for bringing us along on your journey. You're glowing smile at the end brought a huge grin tonight face! It was extraordinary that you had a dream and you saw it through to the end to see it come into fruition! Wonderful!!🎉
The dress and the bedjacket are both gorgeous! I haven't tried cut and sew yet, I need to try a sample, I have seen Mum make a 30's style suit that way, but I need to try it for myself. I keep a small sized circular needle (a size 0, or 1 Chiaogoo mini interchangeable needle with a red cable works beautifully for this) close to my knitting machine and it allows me to take the stitches off the bed and tink them back to a row before the mistake and then I can rehang them on the machine using my transfer tools. It has saved me having to start from the beginning many times!❤
This is so neat you are making your own dress❤
I love these compilation videos so much! My workload fluctuates a ton so it’s wonderful to have videos like this to play during downtime
You make awesome projects, this one was epic ❤! I love to find people as obsessed as me about knitting!
This is absolutely amazing! The level of detail you put into this video is really appreciated as a fellow machine knitter, I feel a bit more courageous to try out some other techniques now (like sew and cut)!! Sending thanks from Canberra, Australia 🙏🏽
So pretty... Now im eyeing a knit baby blanket from my childhood. Could it become a skirt?? Thanks for this great vid.
Love your work, i often watch while sewing!!
So pretty! You are incredibly talented!
This turned out so pretty 🎉
It amazes me how the lace or knitting doesn't come unravelled after you cut it?! You may sew, knit, crochet etc as a hobby, but you are very talented, don't sell yourself short.
Congratulations on your success. Well done ❤
I really love this longer video style!
That's the machine my mother used, including punch cards and lace maker
I'm not an expert anything sewing/knitting and I have never worked with anything so delicate, but (with the benefit of hindsight) is there a sew-in stabilizer that the lace could have been pinned to that could have then been removed (perhaps via washing, or maybe tear-away)? I really enjoy your videos in general (I'm binging them while waiting for my first knitting machine to arrive!), but I love your long-form videos! Thank you so much for sharing & also taking the time to string multiple videos together like this!
BTW: As a husband and father of three daughters that enjoys sewing when I find the time, I *love* that dress! I can't imagine my own skills ever reaching the point I could accomplish anything like that, but I assure you, you've inspired me to want to try at least a couple times between now and then 😊
It was fun to watch this even though I'd watched all the earlier videos. The fabric has such lovely drape and shows the underdress off beautifully. It was also good to see you healing and begin to look and sound more like yourself. I hope the Ball was fun and you felt comfortable and beautiful in your stunning gown. I suspect that if you were putting a value on the end result, it would be worth a nice vehicle of your choice! Wow. Well done.
Stunning video ! Both the dress and the view are amazing :)
Leaving a comment early because something caught my attention:
So, in French, "jour" is the common word for "day" but specifically in textiles, it refers to (deliberate and decorative) holes in fabric (to oversimplify). That includes all those types of embroidery in which you cut part of the fabric or draw threads (think hardanger, english embroidery, richelieu embroidery). The adjective we use in French would be "ajouré" (ah-jour-ey (think "hey" but skip the "h")) (= something which has "jours"/"holes" in it). I believe something like crochet filet would also qualify?
To be fair, I'm speaking as a native French speaker and amateur embroiderer/lacemaker, occasionally seeing people talk about these types of things online and IRL: there are probably more than a few details that I'm not familiar but that's the gist of it. Even if it's possible I'm not 100% objectively accurate, I thought I'd share my two cents.
Now I can go back and finish watching the video. I can't wait!!
Congratulations. It's beautiful❤
Oh my gosh I can’t tell you how much I love this dress. It looks fabulous.
Would seam binding have supported the seams.
It is beautiful.
so beautiful :)
Ajour and ajouré in French means "with holes/openings"
I think it comes from "jour" which means day/day time, so ajouré means the area is put into the daylight
use a walking foot or on the machine is a stretch fabric setting
Thos dress is absolutely beautiful.
What sewing pattern did you use for the dress? It looks amazing, you are very talented. Hope you’re having a lovely day!
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Lovely 😍
What was the pattern you used for the bed jacket? Beautiful
What is that green top you're wearing at the beginning? Is there a pattern? I think I may need it...
Its probably problem with the distances of needles and threads
Would bedspread thread work in your knitting machine for lace?
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