Hello Everyone and welcome. Today is a beautiful day to share my most recent pattern. In my previous post, I talked about my desire to start creating/free handing my patterns. Well, this is the first one I worked on after making that decision.
One of the things I wanted to do was start with a simple pattern first before I started working on anything complicated. I did a bit of research to get some inspiration on what I wanted to do. After browsing through many patterns, I thought to myself “You know what, DC is as easy as it gets, let’s stick with that”. But of course, I wasn’t just going to do double crochet stitches all through, it had to have a little bit of spice, hehe.
So, I settled for a DC/mesh mix kind of pattern. When I started, I didn’t exactly know what I was going to do or how and of course, there was a lot of unraveling until I found my flow. I hadn’t worked on a crochet shirt before, which is a bit shocking to me considering how many times I have made a sweatshirt. I guess it just didn’t occur to me. To be fair, my sweatshirt knowledge went a long way in making this project relatively easy.
So I started with the back panel, I figured it would be easier since I only had to make a big rectangle with the same pattern, the color choice was easy, I wanted to work with a colour I hadn’t used in a while and cream seemed good but also I had it in mind to make this a set for 2( a man and a woman), that was when I got the bright Idea to make it for myself and my husband. So I needed a color to be the primary color for the woman and also suit the man. Light blue seemed perfect
I started with a working chain of 25 inches, the plan was for it to be 48 inches round, so 25 for the back and 11.5 for each side of the front piece. I had a little trouble figuring out how to fix that blue without it bleeding into the cream. To fix that, I just decided not to carry the yarn around and use separate yarn for them. Switching colors around the mesh side was a bit tricky but I found a way.
After I completed all three panels, I joined them and started working on the sleeve which took a while because I wasn’t sure exactly how I wanted the sleeves to be or how to mix the colours so it didn’t look awkward. Eventually, I decided to just do only cream and see how it goes. That turned out well and I ended it with a row of single crochets in blue. I did the same for the color and there you have it, my first freehanded pattern.
Here is the final result, I hope you like it.
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Thats lovely! ...and nice to see a bit of menswear around here😁
Nice to see men's wear indeed, it has always been about the ladies 😃
Hehehe, I guess it's time to show that men can also wear crochet
Indeed!!😁
Thank you! I am glad you like it.
And she chose cream, one my favorites of colors. What a perfect combination of my two desired colors. Now you are making me feel like dumping all my fabric outfits for crochet ones.
Crotchet work are usually lovely to behold with all the different stitches you people use.
As a result of choosing cream, I now have a bunch of cream left. So I will be creating something else in cream. The creativity that comes with crochet is what I love about it. Thank you so much for your comment!
You welcome dear.
I Sha know that you owe me a crotchet piece in the future.
hehehe, let me pay my debt now. Would you like a bucket hat?
Hehe...I would like anything so long as it's from you. But na joke I de joke ooo, let me not bother you
Lol, oya na. I will be in your DM
Alright ma'am
I’m just surprised how you were able to maintain the blue in a straight line.is there any trick
And please let me know if you use local or foreign yarns
Thank you for your comment. I just had to make sure to change the colors before getting to the cream part. Yes, I use local yarn.
Thank you
I'm glad you were encouraged to make your own patterns, as you are a wonderful crocheter.
It's great to see crochet clothing options for men, crochet is becoming fashionable and that's great for those of us who like crochet garments.
Thank you so much! Yes, crochet clothing is becoming a thing and I love to see it.
This is really neat. I recently made something like this so I know the work you put in. I love how well it fits and also the colors you used.
Thank you!