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strawberryteabunny · 6 hours

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Lab de merveilles

#lolita fashion #so pretty!! I love those colors

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strawberryteabunny · 6 hours

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Inside you there are two mice. One wishes to live in the country and eat fresh strawberries from your garden using a leaf as an umbrella. The other wants to socialize with friends at elegant parties dressed in its finery

#genuinely these two mice are fighting in me constantly #I want to live in the countryside away from people amongst the plants #and I want to live in the city where my friends are and I go to museums and concerts

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strawberryteabunny · 13 hours

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ashley rous @ sandy liang ss24 (ph: dillon matthew)

#fashion

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strawberryteabunny · 14 hours

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メタモルフォーゼ　アンティークブーケ　ケープ付きJSK

#lolita fashion #😭

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strawberryteabunny · 14 hours

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Recent coords wearing Moi meme Moitie summer jsk and Jane Marple op

#lolita fashion

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strawberryteabunny · 16 hours

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Moi dix Mois live Documentary - Shibuya AX

I always love watching this bonus on the DVD <3 all the fans look so awesome *o* if you like old school lolita, you might enjoy watching this :)

I hope we’ll see fan outfits on Moi dix Mois’ next DVD too *o*

and Mana has his awesome huge hair here *o* <3

#lolita fashion

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strawberryteabunny · 16 hours

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#lolita fashion

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strawberryteabunny · 16 hours

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･ﾟﾟ･｡ Wishing every bunni a Sweet April ･ﾟﾟ･｡

#bunny

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strawberryteabunny · 16 hours

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♡ Miwako Sakurada - Epi. 1 ♡

#lolita fashion #I think there’s some meta or baby dresses out there that are a close match for what she wears actually #if I get a grey check or gingham dress I definitely want to do a miwako cosplay coord

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strawberryteabunny · 21 hours

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All repairs have been made. All ends have been trimmed. The shawl has been dragged through a ring.

This is a mostly accurate reproduction of an 1880s-1910s Shetland lace ring shawl.

I used Jamieson and Smith Shetland Supreme 1ply in natural white. This yarn was developed with Shetland Museum and Archives as part of the Shetland Fine Lace Project, and is a 100% Shetland wool reproduction of the original handspuns used.

For additional historical accuracy, I also had borderline severe anemia for this entire project without knowing what was wrong with me.

Dimensions are 5 foot 8 inches square.

Detail shots:

Bonus slow-mo gif of it in motion. You can kind of get a feel for how it tries to velcro to itself at the very end (the edging points are flipped up and stuck) which is the main reason I didn't try other methods of capturing the drape capabilities. You'll have to take my word for it that it's super drapey.

Ring shawls got their name from the fact that one of the ways to prove the authenticity and quality was to pull it through a wedding ring--provided, of course, that the diameter of the ring was half an inch or less.

I do not have wedding rings.

I have goth rings.

I dragged it through a size 5 (approx 1/2 inch diameter) coffin ring. I do not recommend this.

Tumblr seems to be objecting to me trying to post the video of this. I'll either get it in a reblog of my own post, or link the two posts together once I can upload it separately. There is some BBC archive footage on YouTube of a reporter interviewing two lace knitters who demonstrate this at the end of the video. The reporter stated the shawl being used for this demonstration is 27 square feet.

Mine is a little over 32 square feet.

This was made particularly challenging by the fact I could NOT block it at max tension--the cotton thread that strings it up to the blocking frame sawed through part of the edging, and I had to stop at the dimensions I had. As a result, the density of this fabric is thicker than it would have been otherwise.

But I did it and I retain the bragging rights forever.

@battleblaze I'm going to beat you to the punch this time and tag @knottybliss myself. Thank you for the object lesson in "don't post pics when still in the pits of stress over blocking going horrifically wrong" lmao

@the-fibre-stuff Thanks! I made the frame, too! I think the skew in that very hasty photo is largely the angle--there's just not enough space without moving very heavy furniture to get a good head-on angle. But my crochet cotton DID saw through an edging point while I was trying to make sure that it was all perfectly even (and it's hard to get my frame to stay square) so I think there is a skew, but hey, if I'm the only one that knows, I'm chill. Glad to hear that it passes the galloping horse test, in any case.

@ghostrepeater I'll never tell. You can't make me.

@invisiblefoxfire I still think you said it best: This thing is determined to simply not exist at all, but my will is superior.

And finally (maybe) @lacewise as predicted, now that the finishing details have been completed, better pictures taken, I AM proud. Exhausted. But proud. It remains to be seen how often I allow this thing to leave the house.

Everyone else that complemented my very hasty, zero contrast, probably super eye-strainy "please send help and/or booze" quick pic--thank you. I legit never post anything, I truly am a habitual lurker. I've only ever gotten that many notes on boop day. I'd tag some more mutuals, but honestly, you're seeing it in more than one place.

#wow!!!!#this is insanely beautiful and impressive work #the video especially shows how fine the fabric is… I would also be a bit afraid to wear this #I can feel my lace rot getting worse just reading this post

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strawberryteabunny · 22 hours

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