Been a while...

My computer died shortly after that last post, and it being in the shop threw my whole game off. Who knew I would be so closely tied to my tech?

Anyhoo...

I spent christmas break knitting tuques for folks, got quite a few of those sent out. I was able to use some lovely hand-dyed Nova Scotia yarn from my sister in law to make up two of them. A grey monmouth for Andrew Kirk down in the southern States, and a lovely blue monmouth for Matt Zembo just north of Albany. I currently have a red French cap on the needles for Joseph Hayden out on the western frontier that I am trying out a new-to-me style of hemming that is more historically accurate than the purl row. I got yet another French cap made up for mon beau frere who fixed my computer, and knit up this modern take on the dutch sailors cap for my friend Lacey in New Brunswick.

So I am currently on tuque 5, I have one more of those on the list, for Jayar, then it's back to stockings.
January was the big push to finish up clothes for Pierre and I to wear to a Federal period event in New York at the Elmendorph Inn in Red Hook.

This was a new-to-us period, really, at this high level of accuracy. So it took a serious amount of work to get everything finished. I also made some clothing pieces for the same event for Tim MacDonald, who came to play fiddle and other fun instruments for the event. And, last minute-like, when my friend Laura was here for an extended weekend visit, we banged out yet another suit for a young gent back home in Nova Scotia. They were able to have a fitting with it this past weekend, and it's shaping up to be a lovely start for this new person to the world of living history. Due to the lack of computer, my instagram got many of the images of these builds. You can check out the photos here... https://www.instagram.com/kellyarlenegrant/?hl=en

The event at Red Hook was a famous success, and, of course, it went into my dissertation! On that note, I sent off the introduction and first chapter to my primary supervisor yesterday, so I will be back in the studio shortly. I have projects I need to get tidied up before I leave for more fieldwork in April.

Right now, I am doing a bit more Federal/Regency/1812 stuff for a couple here in Montreal who portray upper class folks. We have joked that we might turn out to the odd event as their servants, if our schedules allow. I am also rebuilding some of my summer wardrobe based on an inventory of a woman attached to the 84th RHE, done in Halifax, also for the dissertation. I cut new stays the other day, of layers of linen and linen buckram. My old stays are still serviceable, but I have wanted to tweak the shape, and make a better set. Things have been busy in the shoe!