Appropriating stitches from baby patterns

Posted on September 4, 2009 by fats

Using the stitches from a baby garments pattern:

Pattern for a baby's shirt.

Make a sleeveless blouse for women.

This purpose of this problem is to learn to look at crochet pattern charts or diagrams, and pick out interesting stitches that could be useful in other contexts. You can begin with the given pattern above and try to see how the stitch is constructed, and how increases and decreases made. Increasing and decreasing are very important techniques in shaping a fabric.

One of the most difficult assembly work I've done so far.

From the given pattern, you may look for other patterns – including motifs – to make up the different sections of your garment.

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More about the square motif

Posted on September 3, 2009 by fats

Using the pattern diagram below:

Square motif for constructing a long sleeved blouse.

Make a sleeveless dress or blouse in combination with other stitches.

This problem explores practical work with the square motif, and the development of designs based on the square motif. A number of sub-problem areas are described:

Making half motifs from full motifs

You can begin with the pattern diagrams or charts if it is available, otherwise, you can crochet the full motif and draw the corresponding chart.

With the given problem, half motifs may be visualized as such:

Diagonal half motif:

Making a half from a full square motif.

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Using square motifs for garments

Posted on September 1, 2009 by fats

Using patterns for two different square motifs:

FIRST SQUARE MOTIF

Ch 6, join with slip st to form a ring.
Rnd 1 Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), work 15 dc into ring, slip st to top of beg-ch.
Rnd 2 Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), dc in each of next 3 dc, *ch 7, dc in each of next 4 dc; rep
from * twice more, ch 7, slip st to top of beg-ch.
Rnd 3 Ch 3, keeping one loop of each dc on hook, work 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, yo and
draw through all 4 loops on hook ? 3-dc cluster made, ch 5, skip 3 ch, (dc, ch 5, dc) in
next ch, ch 5, *4-dc cluster over next 4 dc, ch 5, skip 3 ch, (dc, ch 5, dc) into next ch, ch
5; rep from * twice more, slip st in top of first cluster. Fasten off.

HALF MOTIF PATTERN

Ch 4, slip st to first ch to form a ring.
Row 1 Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), work 7 dc into ring, turn.
Row 2 (Ch 7, dc in each of next 4 dc) twice, ch 4, dc in same dc as last dc, turn.
Row 3 Ch 8, dc into dc, ch 5, 4-dc cluster over next 4 dc, ch 5, skip 3 ch, (dc, ch 5, dc) into next ch, ch 5, 4-dc cluster over next 4 dc, ch 5, skip 3 ch, dc into next ch, ch 8, slip st
into same ch as last dc. Fasten off.

SECOND SQUARE MOTIF

Row 1. Ch 9, sl st to frm ring. Ch 3 (counts as 1 dc), 3 dc in ring, [ch 3, 7 dc in ring] 3 times, ch 3, 3 dc in ring, join to top of beg ch-3.
Row 2.Ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, [ch 7, 7 dc in next ch-3 sp, ch 7, sc in 4th dc of next 7-dc group] rep to end with ch 3, tr in first sc (now in middle of the last ch-7 sp).
Row 3. Beg 3-dc-cl in same sp, [ch 2, 3-dc-cl in next ch sp, ch 7, sc in 4th dc of next 7-dc group, ch 7, 3-dc-cl in next ch sp] rep to end, join to top of beg cl.
Row 4. Sl st into ch-2 sp, beg cl, ch 3, [7 dc in next sp, dc in next sc, 7 dc in next sp, ch 3, 3-dc-cl in next ch-2 sp, ch 3] rep to end, join to top of beg cl.
Row 5. Ch 3, [dc, ch 3, 2 dc] in same st as beg ch-3, [ch 5, sk next 2 dc, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in next 5 dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc, dc in next dc, ch 5, {2 dc, ch 3, 2 dc} in next cl] rep to end, join to top of beg ch-3.
Row 6. Ch 1, sc in same st as beg ch-1, sc in next dc, [(2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in next ch-3 sp, sc in each of next 2 dc, 5 sc in next sp, sc in next dc, 2 sc in next sp, sc in each of next 5 dc, 2 sc in next sp, sc in next dc, 5 sc in next sp, sc in each of next 2 dc] rep around, join in beg sc, fasten off.

Make a sleeveless blouse for women.

This problem seeks to find ways of using the ubiquitous granny square or the crocheted square motif in the making of garments. Basically, this objective is to make fabric by putting together squares and half-squares.