CAL: Black lacy triangles

Posted on March 30, 2010 by fats

Today, I finished writing the pattern for a new crocheted necklace, Black Lacy Triangles. You may download the pattern here. The pattern now includes crochet symbolcraft.

If you downloaded the earlier version of the pattern, please take note of this errata (below), or you can download the corrected version thru the link above.

Errata: At Rnd 3, do not fasten off. Continue to rnd 4:
Rnd 4: (Picot round) Ch 1, *sl st in first ch sp, ch 3 repeat from * to last ch sp, ending with sl st. Fasten off.

Inspired by antique edgings, this lacy necklace is quite easy to make.

This black lacy triangles necklace is inspired by one of the antique edgings in the book “Edgings in Crochet, Book no. 4″ by Adeline Cordet which you can find at the Antique Pattern Library. For this project, you will need some sewing thread, needle (with very small eye), some gold cup beads and gold flat sequins. You will also need a bead (for enclosure) about 1cm in diameter.

I used a steel crochet hook size 6 (1mm) and black Hamanaka Lacy Crochet thread (cotton).

Edgings and trimmings in crochet make great sources of ideas for crocheted jewelry.

If you would like to do a CAL on this project, please let me know. I am interested in making another necklace this time using Philippine-made cotton thread in light color.

Crocheted lace necklace

Posted on March 24, 2010 by fats

I started work on it yesterday and finished today a new crocheted lace necklace.

Crocheted lace necklace: cotton thread and various glass beads, pearls and sequins.

This is based on the crocheted lace “Shell and Bobble.”

Here is a closer look at the clasp of the necklace, with a wooden bead and a crocheted buttonhole.

The crocheted clasp of the necklace with a wooden bead.

The sequins, pearls and beads are sewn in by hand after the crochet lace is completed. The detail of the bead work is shown below.

Detail showing bead work on the crochet lace.

This crocheted lace necklace is very easy to make but you need to be very patient with beading. I made some lace necklaces earlier using rayon.

The crocheted lace necklace - a gift for my sister!

Below is an earlier version of the crocheted lace necklace. This was made using glitter cotton thread.

The crocheted lace necklace in glitter cotton thread.

The crocheted long rectangle

Posted on January 11, 2010 by fats

These are two of three Tropical Scarves designed by Mimi and may be found on her website (thanks, Mimi!). I finished crocheting these scarves a few weeks ago and have thought of the possibility of designing dresses based on scarf patterns and designs. The scarf, basically a long rectangle, presents a good and simple springboard for new designs and ideas. Ensembles also provide an opportunity to explore and expand a particular pattern or design.

Summer Shells Scarf in crochet cotton thread.

Beach Pebbles scarf in crochet cotton thread.

Crochetology problem: Start with a simple scarf pattern, such as Mimi’s Tropical Scarves, and experiment with color. Then extend the pattern by visualizing the shape into other objects such as a belt, a stole, a shawl, a collar, hems of a skirt or dress, a table runner or a wall-bound artwork.

The usefulness of the crocheted long rectangle is that the shape lends well to testing its texture, the direction that it stretches, how it looks in color combinations and how it might work out with other materials.

A Cardigan which I made a few months ago is an example of work that was developed from a scarf pattern. The sleeves and upper section of the cardigan draws from a scarf design, in combination with a number of other patterns and stitches from a crochet stitch dictionary.

You can also extend any design by applying the pattern across an ensemble of objects, for example, a scarf, a bag, and a blouse.

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Skirt in Filet Crochet and borrowing from antique yoke designs

Posted on January 3, 2010 by fats

Antique crochet patterns can serve as sources of new ideas and inspiration for new crochet work. A particular book of interest is “The Priscilla Yoke Book, 1916” which may be found in the Antique Pattern Library.

An excellent book on the "yoke".

Using a corset-cover yoke design from page 13 of the book, in combination with filet crochet, I made this white skirt using white rayon thread.

Skirt crocheted with white rayon thread.

The hem of the skirt is based on the crocheted medallions from the yoke book. I added little blue glass beads along the hemline to add weight to the skirt, since rayon is such a soft and delicate material.

The Yoke design which I used for the skirt's hemline.

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Multi-color-texture Wrap-around Skirt

Posted on January 1, 2010 by fats

A garden of color and texture.

Crochetology problem:

Using some basic textured stitches:

Ribbed stitch
Make a row of single crochet. Turn. Make another row of single crochet but this time pass the hook through the back part (or back loop) only of the stitches of the preceding row. Use different colors for each row to emphasize the effect of the stitches.

Raised treble
Start with a row of simple treble stitches. The row with the raised treble stitches consists of three simple treble stitches, then one double treble connected with a loop trough the stitch of the previous row. Continue with three simple treble stitches then one double treble, and so on. Use different colors for each row so that the raised treble stitch is more visible.

Shell pattern
The pattern is made up of three rounds of stacked shells that area laced together with chain stitches in the third round of the sequence. Each shell is made by working (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same stitch or space.
Row 1. (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next stitch, ch 2, skip next 2 stitches; repeat from * to end. Turn.
Rows 2 and 3. (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 space of first shell, *ch 2, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 space of next shell; repeat from * to end. Turn.
Row 4. (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 space of first shell, *ch 3, sc in ch-2 space between 2 shells two rounds below, ch 3, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 space of next shell; repeat from * to end. Turn.
Row 5-7. Repeat Rows 2-4.