Hello! As a female programmer myself, I am always happy to see other female programmers. And of course anything connected to Ada Lovelace is very exciting! Greetings from the Czech Republic!
Love this, just started watching the video. I am also an Ada Lovelace stan. Currently reading a biography called "In Byron's Wake" by Miranda Seymour. I also love "Ada Lovelace: Making of a Computer Scientist" by Hollings, Martin, and Rice. They do a good job of actually examinging her skills as a mathematician. One of them is a scolar specifically of 19th century mathematics, so they are able to set the record strait as to her skills. I actually own a first edition of Augustus de Morgan's book on differential and integral calculus. Also, I haven't tried knitting yet, but I am getting into sewing and simple embroidery!
It was lovely to meet you at the ball! I'm excited to see how everything was made, and a little annoyed that I didn't pick up on the Ada Lovelace reference in person. I've definitely looked at that portrait of her before wanting it to be a bit more detailed so it'd be easier to copy. As another female computer scientist I definitely applaud the effort of interpreting her outfit!
What a fabulous project, I'm excited to see more accessories! I like how the jacket at 9:14 has little spots on the white trim, presumably to look like ermine fur! It reminds me a lot of the fur trimmed jackets in Vermeer paintings. It's so neat seeing affordable imitations of very expensive things in historical fashion.
It was lovely to dance and chat with you both at the ball and at the Pump Room brunch with your Mum - and get to see the Polka in all its glory! I was explaining who you were to my table at the brunch so you have probably already got a few more subscribers 😁 One fun piece of trivia that I heard recently was that the first published knitting pattern was by the composer Pachelbel's daughter. Sadly the radio station didn't say her name! Looking forward to seeing the making of....
Women were pioneers in many MANY base tech fields……women were integral in the development of sonar, computers, code breaking, the discovery of tectonic plates, the discovery of quasars, the discovery of the shape of the DNA molecule, the moon landings, and many many more. It’s a crime that their names have been shoved into the background in favour of their male counterparts. Thankfully today women are becoming more aware of the contribution of women thru time and are less willing to take the “company line” as gospel and are rediscovering the huge steps taken by women in spite of the best efforts of men to shut them up.
How wonderful that you & your mother were able to attend the Victorian Ball in Bath! Your gown is beautiful & I look forward to seeing more videos about the ball.
Totally understand the monumental sewing projects and deadlines. I've been doing living history for 25 years, and there are always sewing projects to be completed for the next event.
Have you and Rachel Maksy talked yet about her knitting machine? Will we see a colab with you two so you can teacher her all about her knitting machine?!?!!
Very cool project inspiration and it looks like it turns out well. It will be fun to see this come together. I'm in electrical engineering, and have thought about doing some sort of history bounding / cosplay with Faraday or maybe Gauss. Perhaps one day.
What an exciting project! Looking forward to seeing all the pieces come to life! When you mentioned making the purse, I thought of the beautiful Edwardian purse that Stringchronicity crocheted from a very vague pattern. It seems like these early makers had a crystal ball to help them work it out!
When I worked at a living history museum showing life in the 1830s, we were taught that the crazy hairstyles of the era were based on phrenology. I wonder if her hairstyle in the portrait was trying to emphasize the "Wit" indicator.
The flip through made me wonder about the history of coloring books. It was a kids-only thing growing up, now we have a sorts of coloring books for adults. Maybe the first time that kind of activity took place was people pulling out their watercolors to tint magazines and newspapers. I'm not sure at what point paper was available enough to make a coloring book not seem a hugely wasteful thing.
Maybe it's too late but for the hair, I would suggest a rat tail (I think that is what is called in English), I use that as a ballerina to make the bun really big. Might not be historically accurate but I also used socks to achieve the same result. Just a suggestion 😊
Hair rats are very old. I’m pretty sure that women with thinner hair have been using them for as long as “updos” have been a “thing”. In the period under discussion they were often made by women with the combings from their own hairbrushes stuffed into fabric shapes to put under their natural hair to give volume.
This is so ambitious of you and I admire your goals. I enjoy seeing those pictures of such elegant dress styles with such rich use of materals. One point I feel I should warn you about wearing a bonnet that obstructs your side vision so much as it could be dangerous for you to cross the street or some other such situation so a word of caution or have an escort who has a clear vision of surroundings. It is with love that I warn you. Pardon my amusement too as these bonneets sort of look like a cone for a cat or dog when coming home from the vets. Forgive me?
The art history instructors in the region of school I went yo pronounced Gauguin (the artist) as "(g)ow - gan" To rhyme with "now, pan" Idk how the French pronounce it Not if it differs from one French dialect to another However, some people pronounce their own name their own way, so, it matters only if you know how Jane pronounced it. Similarly, my adamant opinion is: anything one says in a consistent accent, of one's own, or copied from a specific geographical region, is the speaker's choice. All that is useful is that the listeners understand & accept the speaker's choice!
It’s the same name as the painter, you could maybe look up some videos where he is discussed. It’s difficult to pronounce because of the french nasal n
Hello! As a female programmer myself, I am always happy to see other female programmers. And of course anything connected to Ada Lovelace is very exciting! Greetings from the Czech Republic!
I am SO excited to see this project in all its steps! It wouldn't be an EngineeringKnits project if it wasn't crazy ambitious!
As a programmer who loves knitting and crochet this project got me SUPER EXCITED!
Kisses from Brazil!
Love this, just started watching the video. I am also an Ada Lovelace stan. Currently reading a biography called "In Byron's Wake" by Miranda Seymour. I also love "Ada Lovelace: Making of a Computer Scientist" by Hollings, Martin, and Rice. They do a good job of actually examinging her skills as a mathematician. One of them is a scolar specifically of 19th century mathematics, so they are able to set the record strait as to her skills. I actually own a first edition of Augustus de Morgan's book on differential and integral calculus. Also, I haven't tried knitting yet, but I am getting into sewing and simple embroidery!
Ooo! Adding that to my tbr list! Thank you
It was lovely to meet you at the ball! I'm excited to see how everything was made, and a little annoyed that I didn't pick up on the Ada Lovelace reference in person. I've definitely looked at that portrait of her before wanting it to be a bit more detailed so it'd be easier to copy. As another female computer scientist I definitely applaud the effort of interpreting her outfit!
What a fabulous project, I'm excited to see more accessories!
I like how the jacket at 9:14 has little spots on the white trim, presumably to look like ermine fur! It reminds me a lot of the fur trimmed jackets in Vermeer paintings. It's so neat seeing affordable imitations of very expensive things in historical fashion.
So lovely to meet you at the ball! I'm Katie, I was wearing the red and gold striped dress :D
It was lovely to dance and chat with you both at the ball and at the Pump Room brunch with your Mum - and get to see the Polka in all its glory! I was explaining who you were to my table at the brunch so you have probably already got a few more subscribers 😁 One fun piece of trivia that I heard recently was that the first published knitting pattern was by the composer Pachelbel's daughter. Sadly the radio station didn't say her name! Looking forward to seeing the making of....
I'm so excited about this project and this series. I also just love how much of a cat Nutella is. 😂😂❤
Can’t wait to see more of this series!
Really enjoying the intersection of sewing, knitting, science, technology, and history! Can't wait to see these projects come to fruition!
How exciting that you and Claude re meeting up ! ❤
This reminded me of the NASA ladies who literally wove the core memory of the Apollo computer.
Absolutely. I love the film Hidden Figures that has one character focuses on that
Women were pioneers in many MANY base tech fields……women were integral in the development of sonar, computers, code breaking, the discovery of tectonic plates, the discovery of quasars, the discovery of the shape of the DNA molecule, the moon landings, and many many more. It’s a crime that their names have been shoved into the background in favour of their male counterparts. Thankfully today women are becoming more aware of the contribution of women thru time and are less willing to take the “company line” as gospel and are rediscovering the huge steps taken by women in spite of the best efforts of men to shut them up.
How wonderful that you & your mother were able to attend the Victorian Ball in Bath! Your gown is beautiful & I look forward to seeing more videos about the ball.
I'm so unbelievably thrilled about this ensemble
I Love Ada Lovelace, and I love this video, cannot wait to see the whole series.
I'm also a software engineer who likes historical sewing. This is such a cool project series. I'm excited to see more.
Totally understand the monumental sewing projects and deadlines. I've been doing living history for 25 years, and there are always sewing projects to be completed for the next event.
I love a series, and I love an homage!!
I am so excited! This trip sounds amazing & that's quite a list. Can't wait to see how it all turns out.
Also, Hi Nutella! Such a good helper. 😊
Have you and Rachel Maksy talked yet about her knitting machine? Will we see a colab with you two so you can teacher her all about her knitting machine?!?!!
As a fellow programmer and historic sewist, I am so excited by this project!!
So nice to see other programmers here.
So excited for you! I just finished reading about Ada Lovelace in James Gleick’s book ‘The Information’ - such an inspiration. ❤
Very cool project inspiration and it looks like it turns out well. It will be fun to see this come together. I'm in electrical engineering, and have thought about doing some sort of history bounding / cosplay with Faraday or maybe Gauss. Perhaps one day.
What an exciting project! Looking forward to seeing all the pieces come to life! When you mentioned making the purse, I thought of the beautiful Edwardian purse that Stringchronicity crocheted from a very vague pattern. It seems like these early makers had a crystal ball to help them work it out!
So hype to see these projects and the final looks!!
just ... that's ... what I learned in school, ADA! I learned programming in Ada!
I can’t wait to see everything
Can’t wait to see all your accomplishments
Super exciting
You are so talented
I'm so looking forward to this series!!!!
Wow this is an amazing list of things to do! It's going to be great! Looking forward to all of it!
So excited!!
When I worked at a living history museum showing life in the 1830s, we were taught that the crazy hairstyles of the era were based on phrenology. I wonder if her hairstyle in the portrait was trying to emphasize the "Wit" indicator.
This series is going to rock! I'm so excited! 😮
Such a beautiful inspiration.
Have a good time and lots of fun ❤🎉
The flip through made me wonder about the history of coloring books. It was a kids-only thing growing up, now we have a sorts of coloring books for adults. Maybe the first time that kind of activity took place was people pulling out their watercolors to tint magazines and newspapers. I'm not sure at what point paper was available enough to make a coloring book not seem a hugely wasteful thing.
Yay, looking forward to follow this project!
Looking forward to these new videos!
Oh boy, that's a big project! I hope you have lots of fun! I have picked up tatting, it's great fun and I'm even following directions 🤣💜
so excited to see more of this!!
SO ambitious!!!
I adore Adda Lovelace… there were actually squee noise when I heard the Doctor was going to encounter her in Doctor Who
I hope that it all works out for you and that you and your mom enjoy the ball!
The curls by the face are called "buckles" , just like in the old song about going to the fair.
Well, I am overexcited now 😁😁😁
Awesome!
Very pretty 😀
yesss we stan women in stem
I remember my soviet estonian grandma having bound womens magazines from 1920'' and 30'' Estonia. They were beautiful.
Maybe it's too late but for the hair, I would suggest a rat tail (I think that is what is called in English), I use that as a ballerina to make the bun really big. Might not be historically accurate but I also used socks to achieve the same result. Just a suggestion 😊
Hair rats are very old. I’m pretty sure that women with thinner hair have been using them for as long as “updos” have been a “thing”. In the period under discussion they were often made by women with the combings from their own hairbrushes stuffed into fabric shapes to put under their natural hair to give volume.
Nutella was 10/10 helpful during the sketching process lol ❤
Where did you get the template you trace to be the foundation figure to design the dress on?
YESSSSSSSSSS!
Another woman in STEM and costuming checking in, excuse my screams of glee.
This is so ambitious of you and I admire your goals. I enjoy seeing those pictures of such elegant dress styles with such rich use of materals. One point I feel I should warn you about wearing a bonnet that obstructs your side vision so much as it could be dangerous for you to cross the street or some other such situation so a word of caution or have an escort who has a clear vision of surroundings. It is with love that I warn you. Pardon my amusement too as these bonneets sort of look like a cone for a cat or dog when coming home from the vets. Forgive me?
Lovelace by name, love lace by
Lol
U always look Lovely!
Ha! Im the other way around. I'm a mainly a sewer and all the other fibre crafts are on the side
The art history instructors in the region of school I went yo pronounced Gauguin (the artist) as "(g)ow - gan"
To rhyme with "now, pan"
Idk how the French pronounce it
Not if it differs from one French dialect to another
However, some people pronounce their own name their own way, so, it matters only if you know how Jane pronounced it.
Similarly, my adamant opinion is:
anything one says in a consistent accent, of one's own, or copied from a specific geographical region, is the speaker's choice.
All that is useful is that the listeners understand & accept the speaker's choice!
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Jane Gaugain sounds like an interesting person.
Hold on did you say you only had a few days before you flew out? There are 14 pieces on your list.......
I just fell of my chair!
😍👍🥰
Gaugain is pronounce Go-gan.
It’s the same name as the painter, you could maybe look up some videos where he is discussed. It’s difficult to pronounce because of the french nasal n
Merk-ant-tile. not mer-cantle.
mer·can·tile
@Nix Hix Taking your role of language police quite seriously, I see 🙄