Going Away Gift

We had been on the Steppers team for two year together and she was leaving.  I wanted her to give her a special gift.

I wanted to create something nice for Arie because she was to go home to New Orleans.  I decided that I was going to create a black and white blanket with a shoe design with various shapes for the center of the blanket.  The going away party was a few weeks ago but I was also working on my dresses for the CGOA's design contest.  In the end,  I had about 2 weeks to get it done and had changed my mind on the blanket.
The reason:
I wanted to create a blanket that represent how we met and worked together.   If I had a month to do the blanket, I would have given her a beautiful dance floor with a couple dancing the night away. But with limited time,  I had to scale it down. I loved TY Wilson's cross stitch designs with the dance couples.   I settled on one of the dancing couples that was close to a stepping couple.


Here is the final result.

                                              Me and Arie at her going away party.

The heritage ball

I attended the Heritage Ball in Atlanta, Georgia in February 2016.  They had two special dancing nights.  One night the color was red and the other night the colors were  black and red.


I had been planning my outfits for weeks.   I had decided that the black dress was going to be easy.  I had a black dress that I had worn before but it had not been seen by this group.  I had to make some adjustments and make it a little longer than it was before.

The red dresses was completed knew.  I brought the yarn from Vogue Knitting Live in new York from various vendors.  The requirements were that the yarn had to be a size 2 or 3.   I finished the neckline and backline with Lorna fur yarn.  It is really a nice smooth fur yarn.    The back of the dress was to be the front but the neckline was too low.  I had to lace up a portion of the opening because it was too big. 

I was still adding length to the dress on the day I was leaving on the plane.  The plane ride provided me time to finish the dress. 

March is Crochet Month

March was  a month that I slowed down a bit with my crocheting.  I wanted to showcase sweaters and dresses that I had created before and could still wear.








Here is my Easter Sweater:   I created this sweater for an outdoor knitting and crocheting event in Central Park in 2006 or 2007.  The day was sponsored with the Craft Yarn Council and the Park's Department. It was a  pre-Easter celebration on that day.

 

 

 

I was attending a Semi Formal Ball in Boston and needed a dress.  The event was Magnificent March- Kings and Queens Ball. I was going to wear black, but  I remembered a dress that I had only wore once about 7 years ago.  The dress was created for the banquet at the Crochet Convention in Manchester, New Hampshire.

I am published in Crochet Savvy

I was interviewed for an article in Crochet Savvy .  This is an online magazine that interview for the runway issue.




This is the Url:  I appear on page 37.

http://issuu.com/crochetsavvy/docs/csmagfall2015/37?e=4813619/31545608

Valentine's Day

I wore different crocheted outfits over the  Valentine's Day weekend. 


I crocheted a pair of heart inspired cuffs to wear with my wear shirt.  I went dancing the Saturday before Valentine's and thought a sweater would be too hot to wear so I created the cuffs.

Here are the hearts that I used in the cuffs.

 

 

 On Friday Night, I went to  a couple workshop for Stepping.  I was assisting and I wore this red crocheted vest over off white shirt and leggings.

On Valentine's Day , I wore my crocheted sweater to the Stephanie Mills and Will Downing concert at the Beacon Theater in New York City

During the day, I went to Toy Fair and wore this Red Sweater

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