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 ;).
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
