Poster for Women's Day, March 8, 1914
The first national Women’s Day was observed on 28 February 1909 in the United States following a declaration by the Socialist Party of America. In August 1910, an International Women’s Conference was organized to precede the general meeting of the Socialist Second International in Copenhagen.
The knickers are now out to dry. I finished it this afternoon and have taken more photographs. I like the result. I used two strands of silk-camel lace yarn (2-ply) held together.
I cut up an old pair of shorts and used that as basis for a pattern. Then I drew the pattern on a sheet of paper.
The pattern is based on an old pair of shorts which I took apart. There are 4 sections of the shorts and I drew the pattern onto a sheet of paper. I crocheted the four sections of the knickers separately using this paper pattern.
The four sections of the knickers.
I made an error in one of the sections. In particular the back left section has a slightly wider leg. I hoped to rectify the error during seaming but the difference didn’t seem to affect the knickers too much.
I never sew up the seams until I am sure of the fit. generally, I tie the pieces together with acrylic yarn and do a fitting.
I seam the pieces together first by tying with yarn. I never sew up the seams until I am sure of the fit.
After sewing the seams together, I start crocheting the band around the hip. This is done in the round and using a different all-over pattern. I do another fitting to make sure how long (from the waist to the hip) I would like the band to be.
The finished knickers.
The lace trim around the legs is crocheted next, using the same over-all pattern that I used for the hip/waist band. This lengthened the knickers a bit which made me realise they could look nice when worn under a short skirt or dress.
Detail of the lace trim along the leg cuffs.
Finally, I got some white elastic to put around the waist.
I started by crocheting a narrow waist band using simple ch-4 loops of about 3 rows. Then I sewed one end of the elastic to the knickers and covered it with the waist band by folding over the waist band and crocheting onto the first row of ch-4 loops.
Detail of the hip section and the waistband that covers the elastic.
Both ends of the elastic are then sewn together as the waist band is completed.
The finished knickers.
