Often, as I wend my way through your patterns, I wonder who you were and where you lived.
I imagine what it would have been like to meet you face-to-face; and ponder what you might have tried to say to me as my fingers closed firmly around your throat to choke the life out of you.
Love,
Franklin
Yes. And thank you.
ReplyDeleteAll true. But look at that cool dress she's wearing!
ReplyDeleteIt's one of the reasons I'm so afraid to try an older pattern.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the joy of 'personal' stitch descriptions. Everyone else calls it it a 'purl' but what do you call it? Who knows. Make something up.
ReplyDeleteThat is the knitting equivalent of our ancestors leaving us a Superfund site. LOL Hope it's really a diamond in the rough.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see the column!!
I've run across a few present day designers who try to reinvent the wheel. After hours of struggling, I want to go beat them when it turns out what they want can be accomplished in two steps instead of twelve. They will be cursed in the future, too, for their over verbosity.
ReplyDeleteBut language is such a fluid thing and my readers will know exactly what I mean.
ReplyDeleteHeck, I don't have to test this pattern, do I?
Maybe it wasn't a "standard" cast on at the time?
ReplyDeletePerhaps this cast on was new to her?
ReplyDeleteHeh... my word verification is "nittear"... which sounds a lot like "knit tear". (Whether that is "tear" as in crying, or "tear" as in destruction... both may be applicable to your current mood.)
Even DH, my patron of knitting, got a good chuckle from this one.
ReplyDeleteOh, just admit it, Franklin. This is what you LIVE for! You would have loved this ancient designer and her cleverness were you to have sat with her in the parlor admiring her cleverness! ; )
ReplyDeleteI'm stuck on "and so take three at the point of your clock." I'm sure it must mean _something_ but the first couple of things I tried were clearly Not It, whatever It was.
ReplyDeleteAnd you forgot to mention her vague description of yarn weight and completely inaccurate needle gauge in any system ever used. "Any good yarn for undergarments" and "size 000000 pins" might translate to "real cobwebs" and "closet rods" or maybe to "3-inch diameter hemp rope" and "gnat eyelashes".
ReplyDeleteThey are splitting their foundation garments giggle at us as we try to understand their archaic instructions. Just for fun, I'm going to start writing all my pattern instruction in Ubbi Dubbi so I can laugh in my grave too!
ReplyDeleteLovely 1860 dress -- wait, in 10 or so years she will also be ripping apart her skirt to possibly re-make it in a newer style, and I will be presented it (or find it) in a box of lots and lots of pieces ...
ReplyDeleteand the dress patterns aren't much different!
Hilarious as always. I so love you.
ReplyDeleteTHIS ALONE is enough of a reason for someone to finally figure out time travel.
If it's any consolation, I recently dealt with a new pattern that took 32 pages to explain a short row heel sock. (Of course 6 of those pages were the crappy photographs.)
ReplyDeleteMy theory is that the corsets reduced the amount of oxygen she could get to her brain and she really wasn't thinking clearly.
ReplyDeleteHaha! Love it :oD
ReplyDeleteIt seems 50% of the Victorian era patterns I attempt were either written like this, or were edited by a drunken typesetter who decided he needed more room for the local livestock report/custard recipes for invalids. Or both, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteHow about one that states the lace pattern requires 6 sts plus 3 on either side for the edge... and tells you to cast on 40 sts. I'm still trying to get 6 into 34 and end up with a whole number.
You say it all so well.
ReplyDeleteLove.
What? When? NOW you got me clinging on the egde of my seat with suspense.
ReplyDeleteSo what was it ? A mufflet? A tippet? A tuffet? Ah! Maybe it was a muppet! "It's time to start the music. It's time to light the lights...."
ReplyDeleteSo funny. I have at least two sewing patterns half done at all times for this very reason.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for YouTube videos or I'd be still trying to figure out YO's.
I feel stupid sometimes when I can't understand the so-labeled, "Easy" patterns. And I wonder how the people back in the day were able to follow them. Hmph.
But!I know it's hard to write patterns -- heck, I couldn't do it!
Those patterns just cause my eyes to cross and make my brain hurt.
ReplyDeletethank you for your public service to knittingkind! can't wait to read the column
ReplyDeleteShe would have noted it as "easy" on Ravelry as well.
ReplyDeleteI have a 70's fondue cookbook which contains my favourite recipe ever.
ReplyDeleteIt starts 'take the number of eggs as required for the number of people...' and the rest is worked out on the weight of the eggs. (add 1/2 the weight in cheese...)
At no point does it tell you how many eggs you need per person. Or what size eggs.
Amen. Tried to translate a "vintage" baby pattern. Gave up when it called for "White knitting needles."
ReplyDeleteMade up my own hat pattern and got it finished BEFORE the kid turned 18. Victory!!
Oh my god, there's a lot of worthwhile info here!
ReplyDeleteSo funny that I found this post tonight! Spent the evening with Mee's stocking 'receipt' - tearing my hair out! Thanks for the laugh :D
ReplyDeleteIts like you read my mind! You appear to know so much about this, like you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you could do with some pics to drive the message home a little bit, but instead of that, this is great blog. A fantastic read. I will definitely be back.Togel Bola Online
ReplyDeleteVery good and interesting site with very good look and perfect information I like it
ReplyDeletesohbet
chat
sohbet odaları
sohbet odalari
mirc
Liseli Kizlar
sohbet
chat
mirc
sohbet
chat
sohbet odaları
sohbet odaları
sohbet
sohbet
Chat
sohbet
sohbet
Chat
Porno
Chat
Chat
Sohbet
Mynet Chat
sohbet
Mynet sohbet
Mynet
sohbet
Mynet sohbet
Chat
sohbet
Mynet sohbet
Mynet Chat
Mynet sohbet
Mynet Chat
sohbet
Mynet sohbet
sohbet
sohbet
sohbet
Chat
Chat
Chat
good supers sohbet
ReplyDeletethanks you bloggers good
ReplyDeletetürküler - türküler dinle - ilahiler - ilahi dinle - Diyet Listeleri - Güzel ilahiler - ilahiler - ilahi dinle
nice article like it
ReplyDeletebusana muslim Model Korea Murah
Baju Fashion bandung 2014
fashion pria murah berkualitas tanah abang jakarta
Baju Fashion Jakarta import murah
Baju Fashion bandung modis
Fashion Korea Murah
Grosir Pakaian Pria Model Fashion
Jual Pakaian Wanita Terbaru
Pakaian Wanita Hitam Murah
Grosir Baju Fashion bandung Murah
Pusat Baju Fashion bandung Rajut online
beli online murah Baju Fashion bandung
toko online yang menjual Baju Fashion bandung
online shop pakaian wanita Ukuran Besar
Baju Fashion Pria style korea
online shop yang menjual Baju Fashion bandung
dropship rajut murah bandung
dropship online Baju Fashion bandung
reseller rajut pink murah bandung
Fashion korea murah motif Polos jakarta
Fashion Korea Murah yang trend dihasilkan dari kombinasi style-style fashion tradisional Asia dan style fashion terbaik masa kini.
Tak mengherankan jika hasil dari kombinasi tersebut dapat menciptakan busana model fashion
yang booming dan banyak diminati saat ini. Apalagi sebagian besar model busana fashion ala Korea tidak
hanya dipakai untuk santai saja, tetapi juga cocok digunakan bagi para pekerja di kantoran
Kondiloma akuminatum ialah vegetasi oleh Human Papiloma Virus tipe tertentu, bertangkai, dan permukaannya berjonjot. Tipe HPV tertentu mempunyai potensi onkogenik yang tinggi yaitu tipe 16 dan 18. tipe ini merupakan jenis virus yang paling sering dijumpai pada kanker serviks. Sedangkan tipe 6 dan 11 lebih sering dijumpai pada kondiloma akuminatum dan neoplasia intraepitelial serviks derajat ringan. Kondiloma akuminatum ialah vegetasi oleh Human Papiloma Virus tipe tertentu, bertangkai, dan permukaannya berjonjot. Tipe HPV tertentu mempunyai potensi onkogenik yang tinggi, yaitu tipe 16 dan 18. tipe ini merupakan jenis virus yang paling sering dijumpai pada kanker serviks. Sedangkan tipe 6 dan 11 lebih sering dijumpai pada kondiloma akuminatum dan neoplasia intraepitelial serviks derajat ringan segera kontak kami untuk mendapatkan obat kutil kelamin paling manjur
ReplyDeleteKAMI SEKELUARGA MENGUCAPKAN BANYAK TERIMA KASIH ATAS BANTUANNYA MBAH , NOMOR YANG MBAH BERIKAN/ 4D SGP& HK SAYA DAPAT (350) JUTA ALHAMDULILLAH TEMBUS, SELURUH HUTANG2 SAYA SUDAH SAYA LUNAS DAN KAMI BISAH USAHA LAGI. JIKA ANDA INGIN SEPERTI SAYA HUB MBAH_PURO _085_342_734_904_ terima kasih.الالله صلى الله عليه وسلموعليكوتهله صلى الل
ReplyDeleteKAMI SEKELUARGA MENGUCAPKAN BANYAK TERIMA KASIH ATAS BANTUANNYA MBAH , NOMOR YANG MBAH BERIKAN/ 4D SGP& HK SAYA DAPAT (350) JUTA ALHAMDULILLAH TEMBUS, SELURUH HUTANG2 SAYA SUDAH SAYA LUNAS DAN KAMI BISAH USAHA LAGI. JIKA ANDA INGIN SEPERTI SAYA HUB MBAH_PURO _085_342_734_904_ terima kasih.الالله صلى الله عليه وسلموعليكوتهله صلى الل
KAMI SEKELUARGA MENGUCAPKAN BANYAK TERIMA KASIH ATAS BANTUANNYA MBAH , NOMOR YANG MBAH BERIKAN/ 4D SGP& HK SAYA DAPAT (350) JUTA ALHAMDULILLAH TEMBUS, SELURUH HUTANG2 SAYA SUDAH SAYA LUNAS DAN KAMI BISAH USAHA LAGI. JIKA ANDA INGIN SEPERTI SAYA HUB MBAH_PURO _085_342_734_904_ terima kasih.الالله صلى الله عليه وسلموعليكوتهله صلى الل
site root thanks
ReplyDeletesohbet
sohbet odaları
gabile sohbet
islami sohbet