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A Cajube
I've just finished the shawl I was working on as part of a French Crochetalong, except I didn't make a shawl (God I cannot make myself follow a pattern!), I crocheted in the round and made a kind of capelet.
I call it my cajube :
- CA stands for CAPELET,
- JU stands for JUPE (the french for skirt),
- and B stands for BUSTIER (which is the French for tube top)
When doing so I thought to myself hey! this would be another cool way to use a doily pattern!
What is a cajube?
Well it's just a tube with a kind of closing in the front (draw string or buttons or whatever you fancy) that you can wear either as
- a capelet, or "poncho" (the dreaded one),
- a skirt,
- a strapless top, or even strapless mini-dress,
How to do it?
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A Cool Hat To Do With A Doily Pattern
This is for my daughter.
I couldn't find any of her summer hats and it's starting to be hot out there.... So I made this hat modifying the pattern of a doily.
It's quite easy:
- you start the doily as explained in the pattern,
- then, when you reach the width you need to engulf the head, you just repeat one or two rows according to the shape you want to obtain (1 row to make a tube, 1 row - let's say row 5 - twice, then the following one - row 6 - for a bowl),
- and then you just finish the doily as the pattern says to obtain the brim.
I tried blocking-stiffening with sugared water, it didn't work (obviously). I'm going to wash it and try again with plain starch, it should work then.
I'll use one of those methods:
- StarGazer's
- Crochet Memories'
- Almanach de la servante chrétienne (an ancient guide about cloth care for XIXth century house maids )
Phildar!
Phildar has released it's new Crochet catalogue, and are there nice and sassy models in it? I bet there are!
I am also very pleased with the "ethnic" flavour they gave the magazine and some of the patterns, this black model is gorgeous, and there are too few of them modeling crochet, while many of us black women appreciate that particular craft...
I'm bidding on one copy on e-bay (well I could just cross the road and buy one, but I like e-bay better!) I can't wait to have it!
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