Can you believe it........ i can't! welcome back my lovelies :)
For a while now i've been pondering on the thought of working a garment, an actual wearable piece of crochet.
O.k i'd made a poncho before and i was very proud of that indeed but it was always niggling at the back of my mind of one day making a cardigan.
Family members would comment on my yarn saying how it would look nice as a cardi and I would always respond with ooh no i can't make clothing sorry.
Well the weekend i decided that i would have a good try with maybe a sleeveless version first hehe
I scoured through the many patterns available on Ravelry and selected the most gorgeous lacy waistcoat!
Garnstudio~Drops waistcoat
I loved it! now all i had to do was decipher the pattern haha
Not that easy when you've never followed a garment pattern before. i read it over and over and i thought i would never be able to work it out,
I went back to the projects pages that other people had completed on ravelry and practically read all the informative notes people had wrote.
I picked up the pattern once more and this time decided to just go for it !
Coloured pencil at hand i grabbed the tape measure did the necessary bust measurement and deciphered from the many numbers where i should be hi lighting, did the swatch gauge thing enough times that i dropped from a 3.5mm recommended hook down to a 2.5mm.
Surely i had all the ammunition i needed haha
hook in hand, numbers hi-lighted i set off , i won't deny these instruction's to a complete beginner to clothing were a little confuddling!
but before long i was winning here see :
i'll be the first to admit that reading over & over became very much a necessity there was a part in the instruction's where i thought i was going out my mind trying to muster grrrr any way i did and it did work quite quickly considering hehe
this is where it said to random increases along your work never said where just add 32 sts evenly haha so this is what i come up i used yarn as st markers :) increased when i got to a piece and removed it moving onto the next :)
The pattern rows were very simple and easy to remember, i just had to remember to stop at a certain length and move up to treble crochet sts
Excuse the pj's haha but it was just a side angle pic hehe it turned out too big for me by a good 6 " so i took it into work for my sister in law to try and it was too small for her but fit my friend perfectly so she's having it :) which means i have to still do a garment for me hahahahahahahaha
Until next time my lovelies, take good care of yourselves xxxxx
just for fun a pic from the race for life hehe you just got to guess which one is me hehe
big clue
bum bag hahaha enjoy xxxx
For a while now i've been pondering on the thought of working a garment, an actual wearable piece of crochet.
O.k i'd made a poncho before and i was very proud of that indeed but it was always niggling at the back of my mind of one day making a cardigan.
Family members would comment on my yarn saying how it would look nice as a cardi and I would always respond with ooh no i can't make clothing sorry.
Well the weekend i decided that i would have a good try with maybe a sleeveless version first hehe
I scoured through the many patterns available on Ravelry and selected the most gorgeous lacy waistcoat!
Garnstudio~Drops waistcoat
I loved it! now all i had to do was decipher the pattern haha
Not that easy when you've never followed a garment pattern before. i read it over and over and i thought i would never be able to work it out,
I went back to the projects pages that other people had completed on ravelry and practically read all the informative notes people had wrote.
I picked up the pattern once more and this time decided to just go for it !
Coloured pencil at hand i grabbed the tape measure did the necessary bust measurement and deciphered from the many numbers where i should be hi lighting, did the swatch gauge thing enough times that i dropped from a 3.5mm recommended hook down to a 2.5mm.
Surely i had all the ammunition i needed haha
hook in hand, numbers hi-lighted i set off , i won't deny these instruction's to a complete beginner to clothing were a little confuddling!
but before long i was winning here see :
i'll be the first to admit that reading over & over became very much a necessity there was a part in the instruction's where i thought i was going out my mind trying to muster grrrr any way i did and it did work quite quickly considering hehe
this is where it said to random increases along your work never said where just add 32 sts evenly haha so this is what i come up i used yarn as st markers :) increased when i got to a piece and removed it moving onto the next :)
The pattern rows were very simple and easy to remember, i just had to remember to stop at a certain length and move up to treble crochet sts
Excuse the pj's haha but it was just a side angle pic hehe it turned out too big for me by a good 6 " so i took it into work for my sister in law to try and it was too small for her but fit my friend perfectly so she's having it :) which means i have to still do a garment for me hahahahahahahaha
Until next time my lovelies, take good care of yourselves xxxxx
just for fun a pic from the race for life hehe you just got to guess which one is me hehe
bum bag hahaha enjoy xxxx
It's lovely to see blogging again. Ihave been wondering how you have been since your last post way back in December. Like you every time I try to crochet a garment for myself I can never get it quite right; butI have been told practice makes perfect, I haven't worked out how much practice though!! Penny B.
ReplyDeletehehe glad i'm not alone thank you xxx
DeleteHi Manda, I also was glad to see you blogging again. Not sure if you have been visiting my blog... but I'm glad to see you are doing well!
ReplyDelete((hugs)), Teresa :-)
Aww Teresa good to hear from you xx i hav'nt gotten into the swing of visiting again yet sorry hun but i will ;) xxx
DeleteApart from something to wrap round my neck - I've never crocheted something to wear either. I like that pattern though.
ReplyDeleteGlad you found my little blog - to answer your comments - it was coffee and walnut cake(I didn't have any there were some very naughty chocolate cups so I indulged in one of those). I've revealed which dog I brought home (the poodle) and why. There are 5 pockets in my pinny (so useful). I love my red shoes too.
Hope you are having a lovely weekend, it was fine here but has just gone and spoiled itself and it is now raining stair-rods! pah.
Carol xx