An Old Knitty Lady

Tag: Hand sewing

  • Five Months … Quite a Lapse

    I did not think it had been that long, three, maybe. Whatever have I been doing? I just went to check out my temp agency website dashboard, because I truly cannot bring any of it to mind, this minute, which is a little disturbing. I worked all March through April, two months. And, of course,…

  • The Bonnet – Part 3

      I will have to backtrack a little here.  Got ahead of my project narrative in the last post.  These videos were made on 12/10, the Monday before the Saturday of the Faire, and this is just a short little one wherein I tackle the next worrisome but manageable bit, cutting the crown of the…

  • The Bonnet – Part 2

    I’m writing this little series somewhat after the fact, and my chief impression of the project is how easily it went … when I actually roused myself to tackle each one of the next bits.  The fear of failure has ruled my life, and now, in my 67th year, the fortitude required to be courting…

  • The Bonnet – Part 1

    At the end of November, 2023, I started the Victorian bonnet my sister was to wear to the Dicken’s Faire that year. The inspiration for this project, for the idea that I could actually construct such a thing from scratch, came from YouTube. I used to think that Twitter would be the demise of human civilization (I…