November Crochet Fashion

These are some of the things that I wore in November

I celebrated my birthday in November on Friday and Saturday.  I wore the black and white sweater on Friday, my actual birthday.  It was made with Tess Designer Yarns using the microfiber ribbon, superwash merino, and wool/silk. I also used a fur type yarn for the bottom.

I wore this dress the next day for a stepping event.  I used my scrap yarns leftover from Caron's Spa and Country  yarns that have since been discontinued.  I loved this yarn.  I also entered this dress this summer in the design contest for Crochet Guild of America. It did not win but it was fun to make.

I wore this top for Thanksgiving.  I want brown shades to wear for the day.

Rowan is back

I attended the Vogue Knitting Live show and discovered that my favorite yarn is back,  Rowan Denim.  I love this yarn.  I have made several items using this yarn.  I like the way it fades after you wash the item.   I was able to purchase a few more balls from Knitty City.

In addition, Vogue Knitting Magazine Spring edition, showed a knit top using Rowan Denim.  I found a comparable crochet stitch to match the knit stitch that appeared in the magazine.

 

 

This is the Vogue Knitting Sweater with the pattern

The photos came from:http://knitting-w.blogspot.com/2015/02/2015-springsummer-2015-vogue-knitting.html

 

 

Purple dress

I was excited about attending a Steppers Weekend in Arlington, Va., but I was not happy that it was the same weekend as the Rhineback Sheep and Wool Festival.  This would be the 2nd time in a row that I would missed the festival.

I told myself that if I still had yarn from the previous five  visits from Rhineback that I needed  to use this wool and alpaca yarns before buying more. Thus, I made the decision to go to Arlington.

  I created a dress that would represent one of the colors of the Stepping group that I belonged to in New York City.  I used various yarns from Deborah Norville, Caron, Stylecraft (yarn stash), and Patons  in purple.

 

 

 

Annual Luncheon

Here are pictures from the New York City Crochet Guild  Annual Luncheon

The Theme was: Crochet Confections and Sweet  Petites

Fashion Show

Sweet Treats Centerpieces

 

 

The Blanket prize for the winner who had the most sweet treats answers right.

 

 

 

 

 

 My Cotton Candy Dress that I wore to the luncheon.

 

 

 

 

 



Summer filled crochet for June, July and August

The Summer and Fall have been filled with me crocheting for different events.  I crocheted blankets for a charity drive. 

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During the 4th of July, I was in Chicago and wore a couple of crochet items while exploring the city and dancing.

I attend the Barbie Convention in July and was able to wear a few of my crochet pieces throughout the convention

                                         City Nights

 

 

I participated in the Fashion Show.  I wore  Palette Barbie by Stephen Burrows.  I created over 400

circles to look like Palettes.

 

This is my Diorama that depicted the Wiz, Broadway play.  My sister and I won 2nd place.

 

This is my version of a female scarecrow from the Wiz.  She won honorable mention at the convention.

I attended a boat ride and created a dress from several pieces that I had previously crocheted for other projects.  I was  able to combine both of them.  Looking out over the water in New York City

 

I attended the New York Stepper's Weekend Sunday Brunch on August 2, 2015

This dress was created as a skirt and then I added the bodice to create a dress so that I could wear my denim as one piece without adding a separate top.

I wore this crochet top with beads to a friend's birthday party  with  a 70"s theme.

 

 

 

I attended the Derby Party at the Golf Course.  Here is my crocheted Hat for the event.

 

 

I attended an event   showing of several independent films by up and coming film producers.

Spring Cleaning

Spring Cleaning

I am trying to complete  all unfinished projects and  trying to combine the squares that I have made over the years that continue to sit in a bag.  I decided this year that I would do something with all those different squares.  I am going to make blankets and donate them to charity.  The room is getting full with unfinished crochet projects, scarves and squares.   I am trying to compact and reduce.

Here  are some of the squares.

Black and Red Ball

I attended a  Black and Red Ball hosted by a Steppers  Group.

I had been planning this dress for over a month.  I knew it was going to be red but I also wanted to add black as well. I have a couple of all red dresses and was making this one a little different. I went to my red stash of yarn and chose the  yarns I wanted to use.  I knew that the bottom of the dress was going to use the discontinued Jaegar Fur yarn.  I had ten balls of the yarn and was waiting for a good occasion to use the yarn.  This was the perfect time.  The majority of the yarns I used were 2 ply and 3 ply yarns.  I wanted to stay away from bulky yarn.  Some of the yarns had only a small amount and I used it until it ran out.

I was going to use all 10 balls of Jaegar, but  I realized 10 would be to many and used 6 balls of yarn.  When I finished I thought it was too much fur but I liked it and I left it

I received plenty of compliments for the dress.  They loved the fur at the bottom and was touching it.  Good thing it was not on top. I am so glad that I stayed with the fur on the dress.

These are some other attendees from the evening in their red and black.  The dress worked out perfectly for the event.