Can you guess what this becomes?
It’s really cool and very clever…
I was on the look out via
Pinterest and blogland for wearable crochet, but something that wasn’t too out there. I might go for out there another time, but not just yet…
A bit of looking on Pinterest and
I found something by The Green Dragonfly that I liked the look of, and following back the links
I found a free pattern and photo slideshow at kootoyoo
(I do like to have visual aids to
crochet patterns…) to make it.
Watching the slideshow, I noticed
that this was just begging to be hooked up!
I loved the simplicity of it, and the fact that it seemed a pretty quick
make too – I’m currently in the middle of a large project with a deadline so
can’t afford much time out from it, although I really fancied a change for a
bit. I was even more excited to discover that I didn’t need to do any measuring
or counting to create this garment, as I have never actually done that before,
and am not sure where my tape measure is currently hiding…
I didn’t have the huge chunky
yarn called for in this pattern, but I did have a big 400g ball of Stylecraft
Special Aran with wool in ‘Horizon’, and a 6mm hook. I figured this would work
just as well, I would simply have more rounds of smaller stitches – and it did
indeed work out just fine. In fact, there is no reason that I can see that this
couldn’t be worked in DK as well, and I also fancy having a go of it in a nice
soft cotton for a summer version. The possibilities seem endless!
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| Stylecraft Special Aran with wool in ‘Horizon’ |
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| I picked out most of the yellow bits as I went along... |
I had no idea what they meant by ‘curly
hexagon’ in the instructions, but it was kind of fascinating to see this weird
floppy shape appear. It’s basically a granny square, but with 2 extra corners
and sides in it. As the corners are still the corners of a square, the thing
won’t lie flat at all – and this is the key to getting the ‘L’ shape you want.
I made the 2 sides out of
opposite ends of the big ball – this worked out great with the 400g ball as there
was plenty for both sides, and it meant that I could leave the yarn in place
ready for sewing up, without creating any extra ends to sew in. If you want to
do this too, just make sure you use the outer end first, then use the end from
the middle second to avoid tangling. Once you have finished the ‘L’ shape, just pull the last loop
bigger until you have enough yarn to tie it in a slip knot that prevents it
from pulling through and unravelling your hard work, but you can undo it easily
when you come to use the yarn again for sewing up.
Once I had my 2 ‘L’ shapes, it came to sewing them
together. I chose to use the front as the right side and to slip stitch
together on the front side, using the front loops only, to give a nice raised
seam feature.
I also decided to run an extra row of UK Doubles around the edges
of the constructed shrug – so the bottoms of the sleeves and the whole of the
neck line/front edges/bottom edge. This sparked a little idea, and I also did a
second row of doubles around the bottom of the sleeves in a complimentary shade;
Stylecraft Life DK in ‘Mixtures Blue Haze’. I wasn’t sure how this would work
as it was a different yarn weight, but I used the same 6mm hook and it worked
out fine. It also sparked a whole new train of thought on how to decorate
future versions…
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| With the Stylecraft Life DK in ‘Mixtures Blue Haze’ |
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| Detail on the sleeves |
But for now, this is it. My first
completed wearable crochet (apart from scarves and wraps – so my first actual garment then…) Ta daaaaaah!!
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