AROUND THE CROCHET NET – Craft Gossip

What crocheters will create is often simply remarkable. I was looking online for some examples of structural crochet. I’ve blogged about this before – the 3D stuff. Some of it is beautiful. Some items are cool. Many are useful. Most of them are just incredibly inventive. I’ve been going here and there, searching out more information on some crochet items that I’ve run across. Please join me for this tour.

First start is this blog. Did you know that George Washington Carver crocheted? These graceful figures remind me of the fashion models one sees on the runways of the haute couture:

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http://housewife.splinder.com/post/19428059/crocheting+&+Geo+Washington+Ca

I’d love to have a necklace made like one of these:

http://dailyartmuse.com/2007/01/17/niobium-crochet/

And, since hanging things – glass balls, stars, lanterns – and dangly things – charms, beads, loose ends – are some of my favorite things, I’d couldn’t resist this. Might be a really good way to use up some of those balls of eyelash yarn. Wish I had an extra $350.00!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=7353516

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If you’re looking for a sweater knitting pattern that uses up some of your stash and allows you to make just the sweater you want, the Marlina Rib by Shay Johson might be just the thing.

It’s worked with two strands of fingering weight yarn held together to make a DK weight gauge, so you can use the same two yarns throughout or change one or both regularly for an even more colorful look.

The pattern has options to make it either a crewneck or a henley style with buttons, tapered or relaxed sleeves, and a straight hemline or a split hem with buttons (which sounds so cute if you do the henley with split hem and match the buttons on both parts).

It’s also knit from the top down so you can make the body and the sleeves as long as you want. There are 10 sizes available in the pattern, with a chest circumference ranging from 32 to 68 inches, or 81.5 to 172.5 cm. It’s meant to be worn with 4-6 inches/10-15 cm of positive ease at the chest.

The pattern page on Ravelry includes tons of measurements and yardage estimates so you can make sure you’ll get a good fit for your body before you even buy the pattern. Shay also shows a few variations of the sweater so you can see how different options look before you decide how you want to put them together.

The stitch pattern is 1×2 ribbing, which is really easy to do and gives a look almost like fisherman’s rib that’s relaxed and easy to wear.

This sweater looks like a great option for people who are somewhat new to sweater knitting or those who love to have lots of customization options (because it’s like getting multiple sweater patterns in one!).

Check out all the details and grab a copy of the pattern for yourself at Ravelry.

[Photo: Shay Johnson]

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