Crochet poncho

Hello.

Today I'd like to show you my first poncho, which I made accidentally.

I started crocheting a sort of tunic but I didn't really like the back of it and didn't want to rip too much, so I decided to crochet something else, using the large square parts I already made.

For this project I used about 400 g of Himalaya acrylic yarn

(one ball of light blue, 1 ball of light grey and 2 balls of grey, beige, ecru melange).

This is definitelly a spring, summer poncho, but I would like to make a thicker, not so lacy version with a hood, cause ponchos are cool and they go well with everything. :)

Super warm crochet beanie (made of chain)

Hello.

Today something for those of you, who have a small amout of thin, soft yarn ( about 100g) and no idea what to make of it.

Winter is here, so my choice was obvious. Let's make another warm and soft beanie, but...

Instead of single, thin thread of yarn I decided to turn my yarn into chain and use it as material for crafting my beanie.

I had 2 balls (50g each) of this extremely soft, cute pink acrylic yarn, which would be great for making cute pink accessories for kids (which I don't have, so I just made another winter hat).

To make my chain I used 3,5 mm size crochet hook 5,5 mm for making the beanie.

For this project you can use any hat pattern, the simpler, the better.

I highly recommend  combination of relief double crochet stitches. 

Pom pom is optional, you can add your own decorations.

And that's all for today.

Feel free to post comments, share opinions, ideas and ask questions. 

Happy crafting everyone an see you in the next post! :)

Gothic tank top (my first attempt at filet crochet)

Carnival is here, time to party, time to dance, time to wear fancy clothes.

Today I would like to show you a corset like tank top I made last summer.

My first idea was to create an oversize T- shirt and guess what...

I ran out of yarn.

So I finished front of my project and I thought I will just buy 2 more balls of yarn in one of my favourite online stores.

But guess what, this particular colour of Alize Diva silk effect was out of stock. White yarns, especially delicate, thin cotton and microfiber yarns are very popular during summer season, cause they are ideal for making light dresses, tunics, tops and all sort of lacy creations, including wedding accessories, so I wasn't very surprised, that I couldn't get a single ball of that darn pure white yarn anywhere.

Finally a friend of mine sent me a ball, so I could make something of it.

I never before tried filet crochet technique, but it's not difficult. It's like making pixel art of yarn and the patterns are very similar to those used for Cross stitch embroidery projects. 

With regard to design, well, I had several ideas. I definitely wanted to use a skull motif. I made a few drawings of standard Jolly Roger and some things inspired by dias de los muertos (which I definitely want to use in some future projects).

The final result is a combitation of simplified skull design, hearts and spider web like upper part. The size of  my tank top can be easily adjusted with the lace on the back.

I enjoyed crafting this piece and I learnt a couple of things, but I still want to make my oversize thingy and this time I will start from buying a proper amount of yarn.