The 76th Independent Battalion (part 8)
POSTED BY: Tristan
UPDATED: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 16:18
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Awwww.... BabayWithThePower... 
that's just not fair... boo on them! 
But actual mail... another talented Browncoat I see... I am having a ball with the new forum by the way - thanks again you clever baby you! 
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It happens. It was my fault really, I should have planned ahead. But in a rush I ordered rings that were too large and now I've gotta deal with it. As it stands, I think I'll try and work with what I have, but if it doesn't look like they'll work, I'll simply wear only the type A uniform, as opposed to wearing the type A in the parade and the type B in the con. Whatever I decide, it'll still work.
I'm glad you like the board. I'm happy to offer my time and am glad to see that I'm making a contribution to this and that contribution is being used to it's fullest.
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I'll be in my bunk.
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Artcat: The mail sleeves look phenomenal!!
FFG: I went with the wildwestoutfitters women's pants per Col. Tristan's suggestion..(plus the women's braces)...It nearly killed me to measure myself and order the size the site suggested... Since I normally wear several (like ten!!) sizes smaller!! I will let you know how they fit when they get here next week sometime...Surely vanity sizing couldn't have gotten THAT far away from reality??!! I guess we could use my butt as target practice...
Artcat - can't wait for you to post instructions that I can relay to the folks at Imaginknit as your work looks truly, truly wonderful!
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Xie Xie!
here are the directions I loosely followed
http://upstagereview.org/CostumesArticles/Chainmail.pdf
I found knitting the whole sleeve and then dying them to be much more successful, use RIT black Dye it worked great.
i will post more details over on our board :)
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Hey Sister! I will be interested in hearing about the pants as I am thinking of ordering some myownself (though I'm going to hang off for a bit since I'm losing cm's at the moment) but I was struggling with making sense of the sizing so I didn't think about it too much!
I think that Artcat is amazing - what an awesome job she's done... and Baby, I am starting to feel like a computer geek as I am really getting the hang of two totally different forums now - our new home is so shiny and simple to use!!
Oh yeah - it's Christmas Day here so ... Happy Christmas 76th! Enjoy your R & R everyone!!
Pvt Magda Martin
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I'm seconding and thirding Artcat's sleeves! They look fantastic in the picture, I can't wait to see in person.
And Sister, just rip out that size tag when you get the pants, no one will know Please do report when you get 'em, seems Magda and I are waiting for your input.
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Artcat, please let me know where on the proboard you will post details, please. My mom knits and I may be able to have her be a second source for sleeves if people are interested but she needs specific directions, so I need to know what you mean by "loosely followed" the directions 
By the way, in th elink, I don't see directions for sleeves. xie-xie
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look under uniforms as I get time I will post better directions :)
here are some pictures taken under more natural daylight :)
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Those look great, Artcat. I can't wait for directions to see if my mom can knit them!
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I have vague directions up there its really a very simple pattern ( I am by no means a pro or even intermediate knitter)
I used size 13 needles and knit a flat rectangle
cast on 24 or so (does not have to go all the way around your arm because the drawings indicate it buckles, you can make a full sleeve if desired, eyeball it but keep track of how many you cast on because you will have to duplicate it on a second sleeve.
knit 1 row
purl 1 row
knit 1 row
purl 1 row
and continue this pattern till it is your desired length, it will look like this but white 
my sleeve measures from just past my wrists up to my upper arm just above my bicep because the material is thick and i did not fancy the thick material in my armpit plus the apron thing should cover it, your choice,
when you reach the desired length, bind off and start the second sleeve.
once you have both sleeves, dye them dark grey/ black using RIT dye (from this point you can follow the directions via that link)
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