Revenge of the Stitch, 2018

In April 2018, I had the great honor to be part of the Shire of Roxbury Mill’s Revenge of the Stitch team for the first time. Our chosen garb was middle-class Tudor garb.

I had one responsibility: knit a Tudor flat cap and full it in the 24-hour time period. Folks were (understandably) a little concerned about the amount of time it would take me to knit, so I knit a test hat first.

It took 8.25 hours. Flat cap was a go!

Final cap drying! Photo courtesy of Mistress Molly.
Ysabeau and I fulling during the wee hours of the morning after the cap was finished. Picture courtesy of Mistress Molly.

On the day of, though?

It took 6.5 hours, from cast-on to bind-off.

Fulling, of course, took a little longer.

Our model Joe in the final outfit. Photo courtesy of Lord Nicolo Santorio.