{made} — Pearl Necklace.
Crocheted up an adorable little necklace for a birthday present, might be making more of these! I used this pattern, but made the brooch eight pedals instead of six, and put a loop on the back to thread a necklace chain through using a single crochet foundation stitch. The chain also uses a single crochet foundation row with ch 8 in the middle to help hold the petal in the center. I put a metal clasp to close.
{made} — smoldering snow necklace.
This is my first go at this pattern to test it out, therefore used stuff I had around the house, stash yarn and some decretive polished rocks. Definitely improved my techniques with each stone I placed in it… was tricky at first to know how many increases to do and when to start the decreases, but I’ll for sure be making more.
The yarn is a rusty brick red and the rocks are snowy white. Total length is 31 inches.
{made} — lace necklace
My first true lace project. Definitely found following the chart was easier than the written instructions which surprised me because I usually get lost in a chart, but these instructions were just too intense.
I couldn’t find a 1.5mm crochet hook so used the closest size I could find which was a 1.25mm which means mine is about an inch smaller than the pattern suggested, but I like it smaller. It still dips pretty low and it looks best when it’s not laying over a shirt.
Used a copper color crochet thread and silver metal beads for the accents.
It was a challenging pattern, worked only on the right side. That meant binding off after each row, and way too many ends to weave in afterwards! Weaving in ends is not my favorite part of a project, but this turned out so fun it was well worth all the frustration.
The pattern can be found in the May/June 2010 issue of Crochet Today!
