A prominent feature is the looped edging that gives the otherwise simple bonnet a bit of kaboom.
Weldon's was on a loopity-loop kick at the time. In the twenty-sixth series of Practical Knitter (from whence come the doll clothes) the technique is featured repeatedly. Good thing, too. The pattern I was working from omits the key maneuver that prevents the whole thing falling to pieces when you shake it. A comparison with a pattern for a woman's coat–on the very next page–showed me where the error lay.
Once I had the knack, looped knitting wasn't difficult, though I wouldn't want to edge an entire coat with the stuff. It's certainly eye-catching. Tom was transfixed when he saw it.
"What the heck is that?"
"Another piece for Knitty."
"One of the antique ones?"
"Yep."
He pondered the narrow, furry strip trailing off the needles.
Tom doesn't knit, but at this point he's heard (ad nauseam) about Fair Isle knitting, Faroese knitting, Estonian knitting, Latvian knitting, Portuguese knitting...
"What do you call it?" he said. "Because it looks like Brazilian knitting."
Nota bene: If you don't get it, darling, I'm afraid I am not going to explain it to you.
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Tom's a naughty boy. But funny, too. Lucky you!
Good Posting. So many ways to torture the naive casual observer.
Ah, the good old Brazillian. So, we should knit this and give it away with a box of wax, yes?
Hahahaha!!! Great stuff...that Tom's a keeper! Now I'm off to check out Knitty!
As a man with tastes that run towards the bearish, and who is (sort of) seeing a Brazillian gentleman, this type of Brazillian is something I hope never, ever to see!
*snerrrrrk*
I'll never be able to look at loopy knitting with a straight face ever again.
Merkin for a poodle?
It would make a wonderful merkin for an albino. You could now write up a Brazilian-merkin pattern!
Your very witty Tom owes me a new keyboard. ;) Although, by now, I should know better than to read your blog with a beverage in hand.
hysterical.......
and ouch
Ditto reading your blog with beverage in hand or a need to go to the bathroom, cause either way, it can be a mess.
Love your blog, Franklin, you always always are well spoken. Out spoken at times, but always well spoken. Love it.
Best laugh I had all day. And I spend most days with a bunch of 13 & 14 year olds.
Oh honey, that's not a Brazilian, there's way too much there... um, from what I've heard from my friends, that is.
How many IS a brazillion?
Oh dear. With a Brazilian, all the curls are removed, not the other way around.
Looking at that doll I can't help feeling that's a protective casing that Weldon's have placed her in, rather than clothes. Reminded me of the following from "Mrs Miniver": "Watching her, Mrs. Miniver wondered whether the modern unbreakable dolls, which lasted for years, were more, or less, precious to their owners than the old china ones, whose expectation of life had been a matter of months. The old ones had had the agonizing charm of transience: the modern ones held the promise of a reliable and enduring companionship -- you could make plans for their future, think out their next winter's wardrobe."
That is fantastic. Please give Tom a gigantic hug for me. Right now.
so saucy. there is no way i could wear this anywhere close to my face now. tom successfully may have relegated a vintage technique back to antiquities
That's hilarious. Perhaps you could make and sell murkins on Etsy. (Or regrEtsy.)
Spewing morning coffee again....thanks Tom! Never dull at The Panopticon Blog!
That is an EPIC pattern, and a truly epic piece of knitting. Wow!
And I absolutely love that there is a tag called "this would make an excellent bikini bottom." Hee!
He heee heee!
Wheezing from laughter here. . .
Holy crap!!! Am I getting an education today! Had no idea what a merkin was, so I had to google it. Imagine my surprise when I found the answer on wiki. Talk about quickly closing out of a window so that my co-workers didn't question my good Baptist upbringing! Too funny, too funny! May have to knit a merkin just for the laughter factor.
I'm going way off topic here. Sorry! Franklin, did CNN quote you? www.cnn.com/2011/09/21/tech/social-media/facebook-changes-react/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Although the color would seem to come from a bottle of bleach, it otherwise looks more lifelike than many of William Shatner's toupees.
It seems Tom might be a keeper for his wit alone!
so crazy aunt purl did an entire post the other day on waxing, and now this! I'm feeling very educated!
Oh dear Lord. My Grandmother's baby doll, Betty, has a bonnet, once mine, with exactly the same edging.
I am not quite sure what to make of this.
I may have to go and lie down and recover.
I don't think that's Ethel sporting the bonnet. I remember Ethel as having lighter hair. So, what gives? Who's the new girl?
Is this you quoted on CNN online about the Facebook changes? http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/21/tech/social-media/facebook-changes-react/index.html?iref=allsearch
Where is the (Funny) button when you need it?
I have been waiting to see the rest of Ethel's costume, and it certainly was worth it! You did an awesome job, Franklin, and you have my undying admiration for tackling it.
Hi Franklin
Thank you for the wonderful class at VK Live. It was well planned and well presented. I am eager to start my first shawl knitting everything at once ! Hurrah and thanks again.
Shag rug!
We all need more Franklin (and Tom)!
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