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Hey, guys! I can’t believe it’s been an entire month since I posted here. I’ve been posting only about my crochet projects and I was really slow with this one. Even when I finished, I was too lazy to just put together a post about it. I’m glad I finally get round to it.
Sweater vests are versatile articles of clothing that can be styled in numerous ways, and they’ve become quite trendy now. Well, I’ve been loving the look recently and so I decided to crochet one. Actually, I wanted a loose one. Guess what? It didn’t turn out as loose as I wanted it to. In fact, it’s not exactly tight because I had to make a number of adjustments.
Honestly, this project stressed me out. I frogged so many times that I lost count. Anyways, I’m glad it’s all over and that the vest doesn’t look like something that went through a lot — ’cause it did.
Well, I decided to use the Moss stitch. I liked how it looked and felt it would be perfect for the vest so I tried it for the first time.
The plan was to do the piece in two panels: the front and the back. Starting with the front panel, I began with a ribbing long enough to go from one waist to the other. Then, I started to crochet upwards. Here, I encountered my first problem; the project began to curve. After so many tries and so many frogging, I decided to crochet the body and the ribbing separately and then join them.
When it was time to start shaping the armholes, I had to add two columns of stitches to each side in order to make the piece wider.
Next, I continued crocheting upwards. I left some inches on each side and did a few lines of reduction. Then, it was time to shape the v-neck. I located the middle of the row, and started reduction there. The reduction was only in the middle; the edge was straight. I did that for the right side and left side. When I’d reached my desired length, I began the back panel.
It was the same process for the back panel, except that after the few rows of reduction at the edges (the arm hole), I didn’t need to do reductions in the middle because I wasn’t going for a v-neck. I simply crocheted straight from the right-hand side to the left-hand side until it was left two rows to complete it. I ended it by crocheting the remaining two rows about 1.5 inches from the edge. This was to prevent the neck at the back from being raised after the ribbing.
Done with the front and back panels, I joined them together at the shoulder then proceeded to stitch the ribbing I’d started with to the bottom of the front panel. I had only one ribbing, so I had to crochet a second for the back panel and stitch them together.
The last step was to stitch both sides of the two panels together and then crochet a ribbing for the neck and another for the arm holes. I didn’t do them unattached to the crochet piece like I did at the bottom, but rather , attached to the piece. This way, I didn’t need to stitch then in place when I finished them. Finally, my sweater vest was completed.
I used up five whole balls of 40g yarn and half of another for the project. I was super relieved when I finished because I’d gotten tired of the vest. Also, it looked good despite all the alterations I made. Well, I’m still learning, so I won’t always make the mistakes I made with this project. Next time will be better.
Guys, I decided to style the sweater vest with a black turtleneck bodysuit underneath and a green skirt. What do you think about it?
Till next time, guys. Ciao!
All images are mine unless stated otherwise.
I love ir 😍
Thank you!
It looks absolutely beautiful!
😊Thank you.
Awesome, these crochet sweater vest looks so gorgeous on you, your knitting are top-notch and super neat.
It's good to see you get over your lazy and get through with the project and as well share it with us.
Keep up the good work.
😊Thanks for the compliment.
Welcome back!
I understand how caught up one can get and forget to post on Hive, I’m sure almost everyone can relate.
Meanwhile I love the end product, it’s pretty. 😍
I don’t know how you guys do this crotchet works, how long did it take to finish this?
🥰Thank you!
About 3 weeks. But that’s because I unravelled it a lot and on some days I didn’t crochet much.
That's cool, do you monetize it or just for hobby purposes?
Right now, it’s a hobby. I recently got selected for a crochet mentorship programme. It just started, but when I’m done, I’ll start taking orders.
Ayy big moves! Congrats and goodluck dearie
😊Thank you!
Wow this is so beautiful and well crocheted thanks for sharing @philomenob
Oh, thank you!
Wow, see you looking good on it. I always imagine how you guys have the time to do this. I see my younger sister making crochet and I tell her, you have time.
Really makes sense!
This is very beautiful. Keep it up ma'am
Thank you!
A crochet project may seem like it would take ages to complete, but once you start, bit by bit, before you know it, you’ll be done.
😊Thank you!
Wow, it looks really great, it seems really hard but you did it anyways, that's pretty awesome, according to you, you made mistakes, but it's not visible to people like me maybe because I cat crotchet, it's all beautiful....
Thanks for your lovely comment. Yeah, the adjustments I made are not that visible, so the vest still looks really good. Thanks for reading.
Yh it looks really good... You welcome..
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Yay! 🤗
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Wow...
This is extremely beautiful dear..
Keep it up..
Thank you!
It's really beautiful...I like how you styled it with very different colours but it still turned out great🥺
I can't crochet to save my life😭😭
😂It’s not difficult though.
Thank you! I actually plan on styling it with a white turtleneck also.
Yea, I'm sure it isn't for you lol
You are welcome! I'm sure it'll turn out great too🙃
Yeah.
oooh I love how you combined the top, I have to admit usually I am not a big fan of sleeveless sweaters but how you wear it it looks amazing!!
🥺Awn, thank you so much! I’ve been loving sweater vest outfits recently. And I love the look of pairing it with a turtleneck or a collar shirt.
yess the combination with a turtleneck is definitely awesome!! (never thought of that before lol)
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