feb 27
i got to a point where it could be tried on even going down to size 1 needle the neck it is still too wide. I also went down a size in the pattern too. I did not want to frogg my work so I modified.

Since it was still too big in the neck area and my family does not wear things that hang off of the shoulders I did 3 rows of crochet at the neckline. that where sc the next two stitches, then sc the next two together all the way around on all three rows. This will make the neck line puff a little which I like gives a more peasant look. I may do something similar to the sleeves doing a reduction on the lace band but just sc in the under arm area to make that area puff more and to make it more snug and more modest.. I am also planning on doing a rib stitch at the waist area that is 5 inches down from the the knit pear rows under the lace band. Then do the ribbing till I get to the 11 inch mark under the under arm to make it more fitted to fit better under a corset and also to make it so it can be a stand alone better. I am debating on making it a dress or nightgown depends on how far my re-spun yarn goes. I will go back to stockinette under the waist so it can transition around the hips better.

i did loose the neck shaping because of the crochet but i am fine with that modesty was more important to me on this if i do again i will use a size 0 needle do the smallest size and wool as it has more stretch than cotton and should fit snugger i will also do a tight cast on for around the neck and/or bind off snug on the cap sleeves or put those stitches on a holding needle and actually knit sleeves to make that area modest as it is way too big of an opening for the arms.

feb 23

This pattern (by Amanda Williams called “the Hush Chemise” was another gift from a blog reader. Just warms my heart to know that people who follow my blog love it enough to send me little gifts of thanks. I decided to use the thread/ yarn lace weight that I got from the lavender crochet frogged skirt my friend Jodee gave me. I have about 1.25 pounds of lace weight from that skirt the pattern claims to take about 12 ounces so I should have more than enough and then a lot left over.

I noticed in all the samples of other peoples work it always looks a little big or loose fitted since I want this to work under corsets my kids wear I am purposefully going to go down a size or two so we have negative ease.

feb 23 9 am

i casted on 6 repeats per two circular needles for 12 repeats total size 3 needles still think this seams big to me so on row four i switch to size 2 needle 1 circular needle it will be a faster knit this way.

frogged project and decided to re-spin the thread as it seams to be cobweb weight so I navajo plied it into a size 0 or size 1 sock weight yarn hope this works better

this pattern should be an easy knit as it is so simplistic, but the author has not made it clear exactly how many stitches are per round so you are on your own to guess if you have the right number. Which can cause some confusion she also does not make it clear exactly how may cluster increases there are. Which would have been easy to figure out if it had stitch counts on increasing rows. So a pattern that should have been a breeze even if someone was a beginner has issues for that reason it got a one star from me. Something that should be simple should be simple not confusing for lack of info that would have taken less than 5 min to put in.