Hello everyone, I’m so excited. I know you can feel it in my post. It’s been about one month 11 days since I started working on my dress. It’s been one long ride. The goal was to make use of my yellow leftover yarns. I always wanted to make a dress but then when I realized I could bring all of them together and make something cool, I went straightforward for it.
Most of the time was spent on the color coordination of the yarn. I wanted to get a perfect result so I made sure to invest so much time into choosing the right shade of yellow from the leftover yarns. I want to say a big thank you to @valchiz for helping me with the colour combination.
Materials I used:
• Leftover yarns of different yellow shades
• 1.60mm crochet hook
• measuring tape
I started sorting out the yarns on the 19th of April. I chose all the colours that I thought was cool to work with and then I started making the upper part of the top. I crocheted the upper part of the top starting with the measurement of my shoulder to shoulder which is 12 and Continued to my bust which is 32. I continued this and when I was about to reach the waist, I reduced the measurement to find a way to look normal around my waist which is 26.
I finished this part on 7th May.
On the 8th of May, I continued making the flare which was the most time consuming part. To make the flare, I made two double crochets in each stitch.
I moved on to the back part on the 30th of May which was also a struggle on it own. Since I wanted to make it a backless dress, I had to create the straps that the ruffle hands of the dress will be attached. So I made the straps and attached it to the back of the dress.
For the ruffle hands, I made single crochet in every stitch around the armhole and the started making two double crochets in each stitch but separated by a chain. I kept on building this till I reached the desired length for the hand. I continued making the lower back part which was flare too. I made two double crochet in each stitch after making a chain stitch as the base since it was going to be backless.
I kept on building this each day till the 5th of June when I realized I made a mistake.
So I had to unravel so much and I almost cried but I didn’t though( that’s how much patience I have for crocheting). Right after undoing it, I continued working on the lower back until 9th of May when I finished it and now used a slip stitch to join the front and back together.
The result
I later realized the back was too bare so I tried lacing it but then it wasn’t as I wanted it so I’ll ask my mom to help me out or I’ll just wear it to the appropriate place: the beach.
As I Said, this took me 1 month 11 days to finish and I’m so glad I didn’t stop. I know it might look like baby’s dress but that’s because of the camera angle.
I really really like the result. I feel like this is my best work ever since I became a crocheter about 14 years ago. Thank you so much for your time and I hope you like it.
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My God!!!
Thank you so much Sabrinah🥹
You're welcome ❤️🥰
Woweeeeeee, dearest @abenad!
This is magnificent, the colours are perfection, and looks absolutely divine on!! What a great achievement indeed - well done!!
🤗
Thank you so much
It means a lot to me🥹🥹🥹❤️
@abenad dear, looks like I will be coming to Ghana soon. This dress is for me..
You did great. It would have took me more than that and I would have given up. The fact that you did this with leftover yarns, just makes it more beautiful.
Looks good on you. Love it.
Lol. You mean my dress? Please don't let whales separate us. Remove eye from my cloth.
This my twin🤣🤣🤣🤣
Aunty @bipolar95 , don't make this matter complicated 🤣
I dun sha tell you dear. Commot eye from my cloth unless you want @abenad to sleep outside
Thank you so much dear.
Yes, please come to Ghana🥰
Please be specific.
Come to Ghana to pick up the dress
🤣🤣🤣
God knows I don't have this patience sha... So IT sent you to me 🥰.
My dress is beautiful 😍
Your dress?🤣🤣🤣🤣
Let me not even fight, yes your dress is beautiful 🤣🤣
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Good girl 🤣
Woooowwww, see my baby looking all fine 😍. I think I've told you before yellow looks very good on you. But if I didn't, I'm saying it now😉. You're very talented dear, this dress is very beautiful and it couldn't have found a better model to showcase its beauty.
Thank you so much, yes you have said it before that yellow looks good on me.
It’s means a lot to me Yahuzah🥰
Abenad this is just lovely!!!
Thank you Doreen
Is plenty, love the combination and wasn't sure it will come out this nice at first, beauty meet beauty. Well done mentor
Thank you so much sir
Thank you
This is so pretty dear
Thank you
Wow, wow, wow this is so beautiful and nice, I even imagine on how you took 1 month and 11days to finish this and for the stress, what a machine hand work, it really look beautiful on you even without the lacing the back, well done dear
Thank you so much
Amiga, it really is a wonderful job, it looks phenomenal and that color looks great on you.
The neckline looks beautiful.
Amiga, realmente es un trabajo maravilloso, te quedo fenomenal y ese color se te ve estupendo.
El escote se ve bello.
Thank you so much
Just one question, how did you manage to crochet this absolutely stunning dress, like what?? 🤯😍
I need this type of patience in my life. I don't think I have the patience for crocheting that's why I quit crocheting 😔
But kudos to you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
You quit crocheting????
Oh no, there are smaller projects that can build your patience
yes 😂. I can do smaller projects tho.
Right? So we can be doing that
Wow! The color reminds me of Belle in Beauty and the Beast. It's like your version of her dress.
1 month and 11 days? You are a speed crocheter! That would have taken me around 2 months to finish. Haha
Haha, 2 months will still be fast though
Thank you so much
This is beautiful, the color yellow looking so attractive on you. <3
Thank you so much
Welcome
👏 Keep Up the good work on Hive ♦️ 👏
❤️ @equipodelta suggested sagarkothari88 to upvote your post ❤️
Thank you for the support
@abenad, you are most welcome!
Wow, this is beautiful!! 😍
And it suits you so well!
Thank you
Oh, Abenad!
You blew my mind! This is so amazing, so beautiful.
Thank you ma’am
The baddie of our era. Where are you going to wear this to? That’s the question I want to ask you.😂😂
Anyways, this is very beautiful. You need to admit me into your school.🥲
🤣🤣🤣🤣
My mom asked the same question 🤣
She doesn’t know you’re a baddie now.😂😂
🤣
Dear Jesus 🫢🫢🫢🫢
Behold your daughter
I lack words to express myself my darling 😍😍
Your fingers are blessed
Just see how gorgeous you are looking with this dress
Beautiful overload 🤗
Thank you so much
What a beautiful job! And you look beautiful wearing it. The different yellows worked well!
Yeah they did
Thank you so much
Such a cute little dress! Excellent work and good choice of colors! 😊
Thank you so much ☺️
WHOOOOT OMG, 1. it suits you ! 2. omg !! thats so hard to make and you did it ! and it looks stuning !!! 10/10 i also love the bag <3
Thank you so much