Dresses for the Evening in February

February was the month for me to prepare for the Stepping in Atlanta.  They were having two nights of evening dancing.  The first night was an Red and Black Affair and the second night was Formal Wear.

I was preparing for my dress prior to Vogue Knitting Live in New York.  I knew the marketplace would have the colors that I wanted.  I was surprised that Trendsetter had this yarn in the box called Transitions.  It was amazing.  It gradually went from red to black. (The front of the dress is made in this yarn.  I started in a circle for many rows and then work on sides of the circle.  This was the perfect yarn for the dress.  The other yarns for the back was Tess Designer Ribbon Yarn in Black, Koiku in a red glitter and  Brazen Stitchery Duet Sock Shorty Stripe  Red/ Black  Variegated Yarn.  These four yarns created my dress.

 The front of the dress is made with Transitions

The back uses the other three yarns.  Koigu is in the middle surrounded by Brazen and the bottom is Tess Designer Ribbon yarn.

 For the second night, I wore an oldie but goodie dress.  I had not worn the dress in five years and it would still look good to wear.  I used various black and white yarns to create this dress.

February 2017

In 2017,





I have many plans this year for my crochet and I am going to at least get them started and finished before the end of the year.



1.  I am going to complete my crochet book that will feature some of my designs..
2.  I am going to teach a class on my "No side barred crochet"
3. I am going to particpate in the red hat drive for babies.
4.  I am going to complete outfits throughout the year for my stepping events.
5.  I am going to have fun doing it.

I kept the list short so that I could achieve my 2017 goals.

End of 2016

My end of 2016 post was supposed to be on December 31, 2016 so it is a little late.


My Christmas Vest that I wear every year.  I also create a granny square vest and scarf and a purple sweater for gifts.

November Crocheting

November is my birthday month and I was celebrating a special birthday.

For my actual birthday I decided to wear a green dress.  I had been collecting this green yarn for the past few years to create a sweater.  I had never made the sweater so  I decided that I would use the green yarn for the dress. It would be special since I had never made a green dress before.

The birthday partywas the following weekend in December  and I  needed a second dress for the party.  The colors were red, blue and gold.  I chose red to wear.  I went into my red yarn stash and found that I had silk type yarn and a merino wool yarn that worked perfectly with the additional red glitterspun (Lion Brand) and  (yes, I still had some) and added a ruffle yarn at the bottom.

My sister and I

I created two blankets that I gave away as raffle prizes.

The first Blanket was made with Lion Brand Homespun yarn in various colors.  Most of the squares had been done in the past and I just connected them to make this blanket because I love this yarn so much.

The second blanket was made using Tapestry Crochet.  I took a scene from a cross stitch book because I love tapestry crochet.

The birthday party was Saturday and on Sunday I had a baby shower to attend.
I created this blanket with a teddy bear head using granny squares as the base. This was the first time, that I created this type of blanket.

October Crochet

October has been a busy month for me to crochet.



I completed a project for a dress to be worn at  Dancing Event in Washington , D.C. in October..   I created the skirt part of the dress by crocheting various blue yarns in stripe form to create different shades around the skirt.     The front is Issaye Misake yarn which is a blue yarn with speckles of gold flowing through it.

 


My Annual Guild Luncheon- Theme: Crochet Flowers

I created a dress to be worn to the lunch in purple.  I had loads of purple left over from previous projects this summer and I thought I would used it up.  In addition, I created a blanket for the luncheon to give away as a prize for the trivia game that related to the theme.

Fashion Show at the Luncheon.

Since the theme was crochet Flowers, I went in the stash and pulled out a dress that won 3rd place in the Crochet Guild of America Contest to wear.

The second dress that I wore to the fashion show was Golden Galaxy.  I won third place for this dress in the 2016 design contest.

Happy End of Summer- My crochet summer

The Summer of 2016 is coming to a close.  Happy Labor day

I attended different events throughout the summer old and new crochet outfits.

The last trip that I made was to St. Maarten in August.  I wanted to have a crochet bathing suit for this trip and was not able to finish before I left home.  The top was in two parts but had been basically completed.  I was crocheting the bikini bottom on the plane and when I arrived in St. Maarten.  I used the crochet pattern from Interweave Crochet Summer Issue to create the bottoms.

I completed the bathing suit and was able to wear it to the bonfire to Friar's Bay beach.

Wearing the  red coverup on an summer evening







The blue denim travels to another country.  I wore this on my last night in St. Maarten.





I found crochet pieces in St. Maarten.


Other events during the summer:

Dancing on a Tuesday Summer Night in July

Dancing in Chicago during the 4th of July Weekend at the White Party

Dancing at the Aloft Hotel on a Friday Summer Evening after work in July

 I attended the Barbie Convention 2016 in Jacksonville Florida during the last week in July 

 The theme was Pop Art.

I won 2nd Place for my crochet design in the category "dress a doll in black and white with a hint of color.

I participated in the fashion show.  I  was Pop Art Christie

One of the evening dinner events celebrated Roy Lichenstein.  I decided to created my own superhero costume with mask.

At the convention, we picked tables that we would like to sit at for the entire convention.  The hostess gives out table gifts and the tablemates do too.  I decided to create crochet dresses as my table gift.

Here are a few of them.

The last night was the banquet.  The theme was Urban Graffiti.  I decided to make a tribute dress  to Jean Michel Basquiat.



The Stepping Weekend hosted by the Tri-State Steppers in Philadelphia during the first week of August.
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The theme for the main event was purple.
I created this purple dress by using the bikini top from the Summer Issue of Interweave Crochet.

This concludes my Summer Crocheting.