This and that

I sewed some on the inner ceiling for my pavilion yesterday and also made most of a modern skirt. I have 20 cm hemming, the zipper and the lining to do. it is a normal straight skirt with three panels front and three panels back, except that there are c. 10 cm high and 10 cm wide triangular gussets inserted in each seam which makes the skirt flare out at knee level. I got the idea from a Burda magazine.
I got some more channels sewn on the pink silk corset while I was at riding school with Vendela. (I also cleaned the hoofs of a horse which I haven't done for at least twenty years.) I have also sewn the trim on one of the long hanging sleeves on my green silk bliaut and started on the other sleeve.
On saturday I also tried knitting the pattern for a lace shawl that myralea directed me to. I can say that it will take loong time. It uses needles number five and I'm not used to so thick needles, they feel clumsy and I have problems getting the point inside the loops, especially when I'm knitting two stitches together. I will probably have to knit even looser and I hope it gets better with practice.

Now I have just had 2 hours lecture on Greece and Rome. It went all right, but I talked too long about ancient Greece and had to hurry at the end. I have trouble getting back to "normal" work after teaching, but I guess I can do some reading and write more tomorrow.
It's just that I'd much rather fantasize about all the fabric I want to buy.

Red dress in the 1850s?

To all you victorian experts: How common was it to have a ruby red ball gown in the 1850s-60s. All portraits and preserved clothing show a lot of blue, but no deep red. Wasn't it popular, was it indecent and too "sexual" to wear ruby red or is it just me who have missed it?

Eva

Shh...don't tell anyone

I did the female heroine test, oh, this is so embarassing! ( See! )