Knit Regency dress

[msmcknittington]

OH. MY. GOD.

This dress is knit, ca. 1800. It's still gorgeous.

I've been thinking lately about tackling a multi-year long project. The on that was kicking around my head was an Irish lace crochet Edwardian lingerie dress. (Say that six times fast!) But this? Amazinggorgeousastounding -- in Danish. The Danish bit is a puzzler, but I'm way better at knitting than I am at crochet, and it's not like a picture tells you a hell of a lot more than a paragraph long description.

The stitch actually looks a lot like the Butterfly slip dress from Rowan mumblemumble by Jennie Atkinson. It wouldn't be any worse than knitting a shawl . . . right? RIGHT?

Perhaps I'll try losing some weight first, so I don't have to knit quite so much to cover my body.

*wanders mumbling into the night of ludicrous knitting/costuming projects*

EDIT: And, what do you know? An 1820-ish gown I actually like. A lot of the time, the 1820s/30s seem like the fluffiest, silliest period, and so I find a lot of it unattractive. But this? This I would wear.

Comments

[beraht.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Those're both gorgeous.

[aikea-guinea.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly certain I want one of everything on that site.

[bklynwebgrrl.livejournal.com]

That is a nice dress from an otherwise very fussy period. I was so crushed to find out my house is from the 1830s because the clothing from that period isn't my favorite and I wanted to have an outfit that matches my house. Never mind the outfit for my husband as I do not like men's clothing from that period at all. It's a neat transition of 1830s mutton sleeves with 1810 slimer cut skirt. I bet it wouldn't be that hard to work two patterns together.