C2C in round

 

When you reach end of row then make slip stitch in single crochet 

Then turn your work

And do slip stitches inthree double crochet and then do a C2C cluster in the chain space.

The slipstitches are done.

The first cluster is made.the other clusters are made in respective spaces and round is completed.

A cap in C2C pattern

 This cap is made in round just like sleeves.

1st round_13 chain was made and C2C cluster                      was made alternate chain .6 cluster                        was made.a few inches tail was left                        before making chain to sew the hole.                    On top of cap                   

2nd round_increase was made after alternate                                cluster(as the increase made in                             adding flare to princess coat  in                              previous post.)

3rd round_in this way wehave 12 clusters in this                      round

4th round_make increase after every two cluster

5th tound_we have 18 clusters

6th round_no increase simply clusters are made

7th round_same as previous round.

8th round_increase was made after six clusters.

9th round_we have 21 clusters.

           After this cap was crocheted simply till the required length of cap was reached.this is the measurement of cap for 3yr old .for different size increases can be made accordingly.

   Inthe end top hole was sealed with help of the tail left at the beginning.

A belt for the princess coat

 I have added two buttons and atwo C2C stitch belt for the coat.

Cable half sweater

 Needle used

            For border 3mm or 11no

              For body _3.5mm or 9no

No of stitches for 2*2 border_100

                                Front body_138

                                Back body _120

No of stitches decreased for arm hole_7,5 ,3,2,1 every alternate row 

                                             For neck _1every altermate row till 40 stitches remain on each side then it is knit straight

Then front and back stitches ate bound off using three needle bind off.for some bind off two from the cable side and one from back side is taken to compensate for the shrinkage in cable side.

Armhole border stiches _134

V neck stitches 68 on each side plus 34 for .back.ietotal 170.

Adding flare to princess coat

 

To increase the stitch instead of doing a C2C block in next chain space we proceed as follows

We do a single crochet in this stitch then two chains and a double crochet in the next stitch.

And the usual C2C block in the next chain space.and crochet the whole row as usual.

In the next row,we do C2C block inthe _sc,2ch, double crochet space and then continue with regular C2C blocks inthe chain spaces.in this way a C2C block was increased.in two rows.

Inthis way flare is added in the princess coat.

A small mandala practice

I drew this mandala with black gel pen.i think it is ok as this is the first try.
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Crochet princess frock complete

 The frock is complete.ihave added two buttons to fasten the frock.also want to add a belt.lets see if I have time. 

The princess crochet frock update

 Adding buttons and crocheting collar for princess crochet frock.

Crocheting the sleeves of C2C Prince frock in round

this is the opening for sleeves.here the C2C clusters are picked up to crochet the sleeves in round.

Here the C2C clusters are crocheted in this space

C2C clusters are picked on every space and in this way 15 clusters are picked up.

After reaching the end we do a slip stitch in the space where first cluster was made.

Then we turn our work and do slip stitches in the three treble.till we reach our chain3 space.

And do a C2C cluster in chain3 space

And we start doing our round normally till we reach end of row and do a slip stitch where first' cluster is made.

To decrease stitches for the tapering of sleeves,in the last cluster we make only one treble instead of three.and then turn our work and do slip stitches inin the first and second cuter till we reach the 3 chain space of second cluster and make a cluster there.

Then we completed our round  by doing C2C clusters in each chain 3 space  and at the end we did a slip stitch where the first cluster was made.in this way girt cluster was left out and a stitch was decreased.in this way stitches were decreased toshape the sleeves.
 

Half sweater in cable pattern

 My daughter has started to knit a half sweater for my father.this is the cable pattern of front side .the backside is knitted plane and I have already finished it.leis see how much time it takes.

Kutchwork kurti

 The yoke portion of the kurti is completed.let see if a few motifs and border can be done on the sleeves as it is seen and to work on sleeves it has to be unstitched.

Kutchwork on kurti

 My daughter is doing kutchwork on stitched kurti.

Thread used  _rangoli variegated

No of strands used_6

There is a simple border on yoke and small motif on whole yoke.will post the picture when fully embroidered.

Princess crochet frock1

 You have seen the development of this frock in my previous posts.lt is a princess crochet frock for 2-3 yr girl

It is crocheted in c2c stitch but not diagonally.

All the three parts ie two front and one back are crocheted separately down to the waist.then they are combined in one and flare is added from there.

For the three parts I have crocheted 11,13 C2C stitches and 17 for back.upto the waist they are crocheted straight and then combined together.

The three parts are joined together at the shoulder according to shoulder width and the remaining is left on which collar will be crocheted.as shown in first figure.

The three parts are then combined together and waist down part is crocheted .flare is added by increasing the stitches.i have increased 6 stitches in one row and there is increase after every six rows till the required lemgth is reached

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Leaving the arm hole width.remaining part is sewn.and the sleeve is knit onthis in round.

In a different way as this stitch is designed to be knit back and forth.after reaching the starting,the work is turned back and crocheted

For the sleeves ther is 15 C2C stitches.it is also shaped and decreased after some rows to get the shape.

Casting on for two color brioche

 Take yarn of twocolors

Tie the two yarns together

Place the needle between two yarns and catch the knot with two fingers

And cast in a stitch using long tail cast on

Twist the two yarns

And cast on astitch with second color.then agai twistthe yarns and cast on stitch with first color.continue doing so tillthe required number of stitches..

This is how it looks.the knot  which is kept on the needle is not counted as stitch and not knitted.

This is the video for cast on.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=X0ylfu3J_Gc

Glitter paint on kurta

 I did a henna type desigñ on the top right side of kurta with glitter paint.it was a free hand design but the flow of paint was quite thick.i wanted to check this paint as I had it in my stash. Let's see how it responds to frequent washing.

 I have joined the various parts from shoulder and started knitting the sleeve.it is knit back and forth and joined at the starting to get a seemless sleeve .

Brioche tunic completed

In

 I have sewn the shoulders and one side as it was knitted in one piece upto armhole and then it was divided accordingly.lhave used some leftover wool from previous projects.as I wanted to practice the brioche stitch in two colours in one go.

Crochet princess frock update

The bodice part is complete and the flare for frock has started

Crochet princess frock

Started a new project after after a long long time.lockdown period is very difficult.l ordered some wool online but the color was a little different from that posted online.but this color was also lovely.rest in next Post

Brioche stitch tunic in multicolor in one pass brioche

 This is the front side.the front and back are knit in one piece upto the armhole and then it is divided in two parts.

This is the back.