Seamless Crochet for Me

When I bought Inside Crochet issue 51, I fell in love with the cover. I thought to myself that I should make the top for me. I was on the right track when I checked my yarn stash, I have a couple of balls enough for this project. Yes, I know I have my reservations with the colour purple, as stated in my previous blog but this isn't really purple but eggplant ;).

Pattern by Rosella Tinn called New Dawn

The pattern was designed by Rosella Tinn. She made a symbol pattern which was very easy for me to follow. It's just a repetition of six rows. The tricky bit in understanding her instructions was when it comes to joining the sleeves to the body. I couldn't make it out. I had to turn to Doris Chan's instructions in Crochet Me where she shares her method on creating seamless crochet. I assumed that this was what Rosella meant. 

I made a few adjustments like making the length of the sweater longer. I love that this pattern hides my curves. I like to keep my dressing modest. Rosella calls this a sweater but because of the lace and the cotton yarn I used, the sweater is very comfortable to wear even in warm weather. 

I used cotton yarn from www.cottonhousestore.com in the colour eggplant. I used needle size 5 from Tulip.

Fine Cotton 178 Eggplant from Cotton House Store

I believe seamless is the way to go for projects like this. The absence of join around the sleeves make the garment look like it was made in one piece. I made a pretty cardigan designed by Joanne Sarace which uses the same technique. Her pattern was easy to follow and the project..... treble all the way.

I used yarn from, again from Cotton House Store which was called Daisy Baby Wool in green. I used Tulip's needle number 7. In her pattern Joanne crochet strawberries around the neck and bottom of cardigan. I only had green wool to work with so I omitted the strawberries but created bumps instead.

Petite Fraise Cardigan designed by Joanne Scrace

I am so happy that I managed to crochet something for me to wear. Thank you to Rosella for creating something great for "humble me" to wear. I look forward to trying new patterns and learning new techniques in the future.

   

Crochet and Weddings

I have to say, organising a family wedding is tiring. Apart from my daily responsibilities as a working mom and a wife, I have added wedding duties to the list. This time around is my cousin's wedding which took place today. My MO from day one has always been to help my aunt. At least there is a small contribution from me which will help make this wedding a success.

Every weddings (I don't know why) seems to revolve around a theme. This wedding's main theme is the colour purple (not the movie). Everything is purple. From what the family members will be wearing to the flowers adorning the stage.

I love all colours but I have a thing about highlighting only one particular colour. Hence, a colour theme. My duty was to crochet some embellishments for the flower girls who will be escorting the bride and groom into the hall.

The organiser requested that I use only one colour, which is purple. If you look at the colour chart above, it is the middle square on the first row. It's quite dark and really uninteresting. Furthermore, I had to attach the embellishment on a hair clip. The end result was again uninteresting.The girls' had black hair and when I placed the clip on their heads, the clip disappeared. Thankfully, they saw the predicament and quickly changed to placing the embellishment on the girls' shoes.

Everyone went ooh and aah but personally, I don't like the colour. I love the pattern by the way. I found it at www.bonittapatterns.com where they give out free patterns and some lovely patterns for sale as well. I would have added some pink or yellow for the centre and green for leaf. I would have crochet beads or pearls as well. But I had to follow instructions.

Apart from that, I enjoyed making the embellishments and I learned to make crocodile stitch. I foresee that I'll be making more from this stitch in the future.