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Shawl Collar Sleeveless Crochet Jumper

8 February 2016 by Naomi 1 Comment

You might remember, waaayyy back in October, I was working on a little granny square jumper for Matthew. Well by the end of October I was close to finishing but ran out of cream yarn….. so I put it in a project bag waiting to order the yarn I needed…. and promptly forgot all about it.

retro gs project

Last week I pulled it out and realised I still haven’t got any cream but if he doesn’t wear it now he will out grow it!

So I had a quick look, decided I could forgo the addition of sleeves and skipping the last two rows I’d intended for the bottom edge wouldn’t be the end of the world. I sewed in the ends and popped it onto my little man and I am pretty pleased with it! Yay – wearable baby boy crochet!

Shawl Collar Crochet Baby Jumper

This whole project was really a vehicle for me to try out my shawl collar idea and I am so pleased with how that turned out. I just wish I had taken notes when I worked it out!

Shawl Collar Crochet Baby Jumper

It was really intended for the autumn but winter/spring will be fine! I love the warm cosy colours and it still seems a bit 70s to me which I actually like.

A few technical notes for those who like to know!
It is all Stylecraft Special DK – soft, economical and hard wearing/washing! I have used shades Cream, Claret, Copper, Lime, Petrol & Gold.
The body is made of little 2 round granny squares with a third round of dc in each stitch, all joined by double crochet. The bottom edge is alternate fptr/bptr ribbing. The collar is my own design…. that I didn’t note down…. sigh. I do remember roughly and will reverse engineer the pattern at some point.

Hmmm, it might need a little cream edging around the arm holes though. What do you think?

Naomi-16

 

 

 

Posted in: Lovely Little Crochet Tagged: baby, crochet, granny squares, January, jumper, Matthew, stylecraft, winter, yarn

On the hook…

2 October 2015 by Naomi Leave a Comment

When I find a few free minutes in the day I am making up these colourful little granny squares.

retro gs project

I am so in love with the colours. They are warm, autumnal, cosy and everything I love about this season. An ideal palette for my little man to snuggle up in!

They also have a great retro vibe which I think is fab – and I think I read somewhere that the 70s are having a revival so perhaps he’ll even be on trend? (Lets just pretend I have a clue about whats in fashion. Granny Squares Rock. OK?!) 

retro gs edged

The plan is that I am going to turn these little beauties into a jumper for Matthew. I can see it so clearly in my minds eye, I really hope I can get it to turn out that way!

I’m having fun in the process of working it out though!

But those ends. Oh. My. If I ever get to the end of the ends I’ll be back 😉

retro gs ends

Naomi x2

Posted in: Lovely Little Crochet Tagged: autumn, crochet, granny squares, special dk, stylecraft, yarn

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