Rodriguez jacket

While browsing the net I found a picture of a very sweet summer crochetted jacket and just fell in love with it. A bit later I think I saw somewhere that it was created by Narcisco? Rodriguez (not at all sure) and was sold at nordstrom.com.

I had neither pattern nor graphic, just a picture. The dolly pattern was not so difficult to crack, but the irregular net that joins the motives was kind of tricky. I did not draw any graphic (lazy girl) and tried it on me all the time. Here is the result and the original picture:

Golden dress

Last year, just before my anniversary (let's not mention exact figures :) ) I wanted something quite special. I had a beautiful golden viscose garn with a metallic thread. And I found a gorgeous pattern.

But it turned out to be quite a challenge to manage it, first while knitting, when it turned around itself thousands times making it very difficult to proceed (2 rubbers around the garn ball solved the problem), and then while shaping it. I usually steam it with an iron, it always worked fine. But this time, probably because of the metallic part, it ... shrunk. Badly. I had to undo almost everything and the thread became very rough. That's why it is a bit tight in some places.

Otherwise the pattern was very easy to work with. I changed it, as I did not want such an open back as on the picture, and also I crochetted it without cutting the thread, just changing different sizes of crochet hookes, approximately every 3-5 cm of the dress. The lining is sewing by hand, as I did not have a sewing machine then.

So here is the result:

french top

Happy New Year to everyone! Wish you guys many things like love, health, wealth, joy and happiness! Also a new break-thru in your creativity and great projects this year!

Wow! Before Xmas I was so busy that could not find a moment to continue my blog. Not good. Try to correct it today.

Xmas and NY are traditionally high season for parites and every girl wants a new outfit. Mine for two years ago was this:

Original was from Phildar, a French knitting magazine: