#finishing school

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

frances dee |1934|

[marypickfords]

Finishing School (Wanda Tuchock & George Nichols Jr., 1934)

[empyrean11]

About a quarter of the way through India Holton’s The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels. And it’s just utterly delightful!!

Vibes very much like Finishing School series by Gail Carriger. Very proper ladies entirely matter-of-fact about being vicious spies/pirates, etc.

Cecilia is young, like the Finishing School girls. But I just love that most of the other pirates are old ladies. And the poor doddering old men!!! 🤣

[oldfilmsflicker]

new-to-me #745 - Finishing School

[ohfiddlefrancesdee]

Publicity Photo for “Finishing School”

1934 - With Frances Dee and Bruce Cabot

[coffeelovinggayidiot]

I'm happy to say that I'm FINALLY done with my twelve years of school. I can now proudly declair that I HATED every second of it :)

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cast off!

happily i never lost the pineapple buttons for this lil guy.

i really love everything about this yarn. it's Plymouth Yarn Company Worsted Merino Superwash. colorway 61. i'm really into yellows and purples (alone and in combination) right now.

finishing went pretty well. i was able to pick up both button bands on the first try by using the patented j.r. triforce method (hot tea, full stomach, bright light). dealing with button placement & putting them in was way less fiddly than i thought it might be. the slip stitch row around the neck edging i thought was sort of unnecessary until i started it and WOW it reeeeeally adds a nice touch, really really good. kitchenering the armholes took a minute because i couldn't remember if i do it right or left-handed. i did the first one right-handed and i had to keep checking the diagram in stitch n bitch (which i pulled out of the archives for this purpose, listen, this book was overexposed for a REASON, it's so good!) so it was slow going. for the other i tried left-handed and sure enough muscle memory took over immediately i was like... oh... duh... so in the end the only thing i wasn't thrilled about was the job i did closing the holes around the underarm after grafting. (like the holes near the base of a thumb when you make mittens.) it's possible, though not probable, that i go back and redo those...

like fran's sweater, the yarn was purchased ages ago at Lambshoppe in Denver, which is one of my all-time favorite yarn stores. we used to live nearby. it is also near a fantastic detroit-style pizza place (Blue Pan). i miss that neighborhood a lot! i really liked living in Denver.

anyway... this is destined for LA. happy to check it off the list and move on.

[dollmonger]

I'm wrapping up my final day of schooling tomorrow, stepping into ETERNITY. Feeling pretty excited about that. Anddddd….HEEY, I'm starting a new job come August to rake in some cold, hard cash.

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

finishing school |1934|

[marypickfords]

Finishing School (Wanda Tuchock & George Nichols Jr., 1934)

[womansfilm]

Finishing School (1934)

[evansoverhere]

Exams are a week away, and I am so not ready.

[a-person-who-likes-musicals]

The pistons are emo, and this is amazing.

[nikihawkes]

Book Review: Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger

Book Review: Etiquette and Espionage by Gail Carriger

Title: Etiquette and Espionage Author: Gail Carriger Series: Finishing School #1 Genre: YA Urban Fantasy Rating: 3/5 stars The Overview: Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners–and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is…

[purple-cat-demon]

This was sent to me and it deadass made me stop mid-thought to click on it… 🤣

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