Baby vest done

I finished this last week. I didn't have matchy buttons so I just used black. Black goes with everything!



The pattern is Pebble and it was simple and relatively quick, even for a slow knitter like me. I used Debbie Bliss Donegal Tweed yarn, which seemed really stiff in the skein but softened up very nicely after knitting and even more after washing.

suit so far

Not bad, eh?



I made him the shirt last year.  I can't quite remember, but I think I made it to go with the first 18th c suit I tried to make him (which was of course eventually scrapped). 

The vest is a linen/cotton blend which I am pretty sure is the exact same fabric I made my riding habit/ pirate costume from last summer.  I haven't compared them, but they look the same and both came from Jo-Ann.  The vest front is lined with the same stuff, just because I had enough, and the back is lined with leftover grey/natural colored linen which I pieced a little to make big enough.  The buttons were from a shirt I made years ago which I ripped apart when I decided it didn't fit properly.  (I was being very frugal here!)  They are brass-tone with a mandala-like design. 

The breeches are a very light 100% linen.  They are unlined.  I made him some knee-length underdrawers for the TCCG underwear party which he's got on under the breeches here.  These breeches are so overly complicated.  I don't know what is wrong with people sometimes, they weird ways they invent clothes.  I really don't think tailors had gotten the hang of pants until the 1840s.

Anyway, both of these garments are now totally done.  I plan to make a post on how I did the pockets on the vest, which I am particularly pleased with, in the near future, when I have time (like after the event).