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Of brick and sand

Once upon a time, a friend of mine bestowed upon me an old sweater made of beige chenille yarn.
Though I really wanted to make space for it in my wardrobe, and despite a very open mind, I couldn't but acknowledge it was plain ugly.
Therefore I slowly ripped it off, trying as much as possible not to break the yarn in the process (which was a failure... but I nonetheless decided) to wind it into a fat ball.
Days, months, years flew by, light and sweet, I became a mother, the ugly sweater was forgotten...
One day, the best half of me bought a gorgeous velvet skirt for the tiny fairy we call our daughter... Upon seing the fabric it rang a bell... this colour, this texture... and there it was! Inspiration stroke like thunder (rest assured, it didn't hurt) and right away I found the ugly ball, matched it with a hook and started crocheting.

STATS :

  • Pattern : Briques et sables, read "bricks and sands", cardigan and bérêt set by Pyogazel, started on September 19th, finished on September 21st 2007 (about 30 hours of work).
  • Stitches : chain stitch, double crochet, single crochet, something I call brick stitch (I don't know its name, you can see it here crocheted by Faye), shell stitch.
  • Crochet hook : n°3 then 3,5 for the last rows of the border.
  • Yarn : about 500g of brown sand coloured chenille yarn. Wrap per inch : 13.
    Not that easy to crochet, all the more as undoing the sweater left the yarn with millions of knots and chenilleless strands of thread... but the result is light and warm, so it was worth it.
  • Design : a re-use of the Short 'n sweet construction.
    As for the inspiration, the brick stitch is an allegory of "la ville rose" (Toulouse is called this way because houses are usely built of red bricks there, which look kind of pink... "rose"), and the shell stitch refers to the ocean.
    I wanted the jacket to tell about Gascogne, ther cantabric sea, and Toulouse.
    It's fitted and the bell-shape for the cuffs and border is achieved solely by shifting hook size. Borders overlap, so the jacket is easily closed with a pin.
  • Difficulty : none, really.

The designer and the model are both delighted!

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dans me did it!, écrit le 2007-10-19 à 08:23:35 par Pyo Email totalise 1099 views...

Got hairpin lace?

experience à la fourche

a cute frame, some scap hairpin lace, a tiny dot of glue...

et voilà!

Now I can show off my earings in a practical and tidy way!

The cushion is made of 2 straps of hairpin lace measuring 20 cm (8 inches) each, joined together with a simple cable method and folded in 4.

It was my first attempt at hairpin lace, I didn't know what to do with it and was about to frog it...
I'm glad I didn't!

dans me did it!, écrit le 16/09/07 à 10:05:01 am par Pyo Email totalise 783 views...

Josephine

Josephine This is the name of my pink crocheted chocker, the pattern of which is now available (I found my notes at last!!).

Click here to download it as a pdf file.

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  • Pattern : Josephine, a crocheted lacy chocker by pyogazel.
  • Stitches :chain stitch, single crochet, slip stitch, half double crochet, double crochet, treble crochet.
  • Crochet hook : US size D (3mm)
  • Yarn : almost 1/4 ball of Cotton, brand Pernelle, quality “tropique”, color light pink, 140 yds for 1 oz 3/4, to be used with a 4,5mm hook.
  • Level : Quite easy and quick project, not for beginners though, as you have to master trebles and clusters.
  • dans me did it!, news, écrit le 08/08/07 à 03:38:37 pm par Pyo Email totalise 1793 views... 3 comments »

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