Being that I am still relatively new to the art of crochet,
I still have a lot to learn. As I was looking around on the Interweave website,
I came across a workshop by Robyn Chachula on learning to design crochet baby sweaters.
The workshop can be downloaded as a digital video right away
and I have decided to give it a try. I have watched the workshop once and
thought it was interesting and had a lot of information with great tips and
ideas. The second time I did the workshop I was ready with pen and paper and
started making notes.
My little girl gets very excited about me making her hats
and gloves so I have decided to try and make her a dress which I would design.
Even though the workshop is written for designing sweaters, I found it really easy
to design a little dress. Robyn goes into great detail in her workshop about
how to make measurements, how to calculate the number of stitches and how to
shape garments.
First I had to draw I shape of what I wanted the dress to
look like. Breaking it down to sections and calculating the stitches took a
little time but eventually I had a sheet of paper with lots of numbers on it.
Once I started crocheting I started making notes and was
very excited as the fabric started to grow and take shape in my hands.
I am very happy with the result and am already thinking
about the next design.
The yarn I have used is a sport weighed organic cotton yarn
by KnitPicks, which I found out as I was trying to put a link here, that it has
been discontinued. I really love this yarn and hope they bring it back some day.
Love the colors and still have a big bin full of it at home so I can keep
making things.
