New Patterns now for Purchase
I now have the Daughter of Dragons Shrug and the Plus Sizes pattern for the Dragon Scale Shrug up and ready for purchase.
Daughter of Dragons Shrug can be found HERE, on Ravelry, and on Craftsy
Dragon Scale Shrug Plus Sizes can be found HERE, on Ravelry, and on Craftsy
Both for $5.00 each
In other news, I am back to working on the shawl eBook. This is my first, so I’m not sure when I will be finished with it yet. Also, my exciting news! Not gonna say yet, but I should be making my announcement at the end of this month/beginning of October, So stay tuned!
Thread Crocheted Dragon Scale Shrugs – The Very First & The Very Last Made
Finally, just over a month and a half of finishing it, the custom Dragon Scale Shrug has been mailed to Florida and given to my Step-Grandmother. My Mother informed me that she loves it and it fits her very well.
My Mother sent me a photo and I’ve been given permission to post it:
The white one that my Mother is wearing, is the very first one I ever made. It’s the one that I based my pattern from, and the reason why I learned how to do the Crocodile Stitch. I began it March 22, 2014 and finished it April 10, 2014. My parents came for a visit that summer and I gave it to my mom. When they returned to Florida, my grandma saw it and asked if I could make one for her also. It took me longer to make that one, starting it September and not finishing it until after the Holidays at the beginning of January. But then, I was big time multitasking in the projects at that time, too.
Both shrugs were made with Aunt Lydia’s Crochet Cotton in White and Natural, using the giant 2730yd balls of thread.
Hooded Dragon Scale Shrug, and a Couple of Other Updates
It’s finished! I still would like a different name for it instead of Hooded Dragon Scale Shrug though. My daughter called it Dragon Hunter, but we shall see.
I’m quite happy with the way it turned out. For awhile after I finished it, I felt that it was missing something, like some kind of edging along the bottom of the front panels, but after wearing it on Christmas, I now think it’s just fine the way it is.
The majority of the make up is in the Crocodile stitch, but I also used the Fairy Shell stitch, the same stitch I used for my Faerie Blossom wristwarmers, from the book “Crochet Stitches Visual™ Encyclopedia“, for the front panels and the hood.
For the closure I used a pin that I had that I thought looked cute on it. My daughter had an idea for a jewel closure, by taking a gemstone or a plastic/glass faceted jewel and attaching it to a pin backing. I really like that idea, because I can make a few pins of different colored jewels for a changing splash of color when I wear it. Before That, I was having trouble deciding what I wanted to do for a closure. I thought about buttons or snaps, but I like the pin idea better.
About writing this up in a written pattern format, I’ve been waffling on the idea. I realized after it was finishing that It’s not something that I could easily translate into other sizes. I, myself, am a very small framed individual and this is custom made to fit me. If my daughter wanted to wear it, I doubt she’d be able to get her hands through the sleeves, because I made it so the forearms between the cuff and the first increase before my elbow is a snug fit and I even have to squeeze my hands through that part, and I have very small hands.
If I do write this, it would definitely be a pattern for the experienced stitcher. I would only give the starting stitches for the cuffs on the sleeves and the beginning of the hood, but everything else, all measurements, from the width/length of the back and front, the length of the sleeves, even when to start the increases and how many increases to make for the sleeves, would be left to the individual crocheter. This would definitely be a project made to fit the individual it’s being made for. Of course, I would have the stitch patterns and finishing all written out and a stitch gauge to get started. It also definitely would not be a free pattern.
Another project that I worked on was a custom order for a friend of mine. It was a Yule Gift and I really couldn’t post anything about it until after she received it and gave it to the recipient. It was mailed, gifted, and well received by the recipient. What she ordered was a barrette with crocheted snowflakes. So I made a small collection of small snowflakes, stiffened them in a white glue/water solution with fine iridescent glitter, played with the combination until I was happy, then used a clear gel tacky glue to attach them to the barrette.
The same friend just made another special order for a custom button closure cuff bracelet 🙂
My grandmothers shrug. I have not forgotten that, and I have been keeping my mother updated on the progress. All I have left to do on that is seam the pieces together, crochet the collar and edging, and make the ties. Then ship it down to Florida.
The Wristwarmers Adventure and Other Stuff
‘Tis the Holiday Season! It’s Snowing on WordPress!
I’ve been so busy crocheting what feels like tons of wristwarmers for everyone! It all started out as a request from my husbands cousin for a pair of wristwarmers after she had bought a pair at a craft bizarre when we were in Chicago.
But before I get into the story, I have to announce a new Free Pattern! Yes, it is another pair of Wristwarmers, called Diamond Tweed Wristwarmers, and you can download them for free HERE on WordPress, on RAVELRY, or on CRAFTSY! I also have a story behind these also, but I’ll get to that later 🙂
Dragon Scale Shrug Pattern now for Purchase!
You can purchase the PDF for download either HERE or on Ravelry for $5.00
This for the 15″, 16″, & 17″ shoulder to shoulder measurement sizes (small, medium, & large) only. The pattern for the Plus sizes, 18″, 19″, & 20″, are still in testing.
Dragon Scale Head Kerchief – Free Pattern
My first WordPress Exclusive Pattern!
This simple Crocodile Stitch Head Kerchief was something I promised myself that I would make for my daughter if I had yarn left from making her shrug. Well, I did and here it is. I thought I would share how I made this in pattern format and I though it could go hand-in-hand with my photo tutorial, Crocodile Stitch – Increases, if you are new to this technique.
This is actually easy to make, but it’s not really for brand new beginner crocheters, maybe advanced beginner, if you are familiar to working around the post of a stitch. For intermediate/advanced crocheters, this should be no problem at all to make.
Now also available in Knitsy Magazine Issue #25!
Size:
Adult One Size Fits Most – Measures 18″ from center of scale end to end of row 26 or about 42” including the ties
Materials:
4.50mm hook
Patons Lace in Sachet or any 2/fine weight yarn
Stitches used are in US terminology
Terms used with abbreviations:
ch – chain
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
slst -slip stitch
st(s) – stitch(es)
Crocodile Stitch – Increases – Photo Tutorial, if needed
Gauge:
(Click Thumbs for full size)
Special Stitch:
Make Scale:
Working around designated double crochet stitches, make 5dc around the post of the first dc, ch1, make 5dc around the next dc. Scale made.
Note: This pattern has not been tested. Please let me know if there is anything that is unclear. Thanks 🙂
Pattern:
Kerchief:
Row 1: ch3, dc in 3rd ch from hook.
Row 2: ch2, make scale around ch and dc.
Row 3: ch2, dc in same st, ch2, dc in center of scale, ch2, 2dc in end top corner dc on scale.
Row 4: ch2, make scale around 2dc just made, ch1, skip dc and ch2 spaces, make scale around next 2dc.
Row 5: ch2, dc in same st, ch2, dc in center of scale, ch2, 2dc in next dc and around ch1, ch2, dc in center of scale, ch2, 2dc in end top corner dc on scale.
Row 6: ch2, make scale around 2dc just made, ch1, skip dc and ch2 spaces, make scale around next 2dc, ch1, skip dc and ch2 spaces, make scale around next 2dc.
Row 7: ch2, dc in same st, ch2, dc in center of scale, ch2, 2dc in next dc and around ch1, ch2, dc in center of scale, ch2, 2dc in next dc and around ch1, ch2, dc in center of scale, 2dc in end top corner dc on scale
For all even rows, 8 through 26: ch2, make scale around 2dc just made, ch1, skip dc and ch2 spaces, [make scale around next 2dc, ch1, skip dc and ch2 spaces, make scale around next 2dc] repeat to end of row.
For all odd rows, 9 though 25: ch2, dc in same st, ch2, [dc in center of scale, ch2, 2dc in next dc and around ch1, ch2], dc in center of scale, 2dc in end top corner dc on scale.
26 rows = 13 scale rows. At the end of row 26, there should be 13 scales made.
If you need this a bit larger, just add another row or 2, continuing as established before beginning row 27.
Row 27: ch2, (wrong side facing) slst in the center of the first scale, ch1, sc in the same space. [ch2, sc in the center of the next scale], repeat to end, finish off.
Tie:
Row 1: ch40 loosely. With right side facing of the kerchief, join with a sc in the 1st sc of row 27 of the kerchief, [3sc in the next ch2 space, sc in next sc], across to end. ch41 loosely.
Row 2: turn, sc in 2nd ch from hook and in all sts across to end of the beginning ch40.
Row 3: turn, slst in every sc to end. Finish off.
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Much Crocheting, and Some Pattern Editing, Today
Working on my Grandmothers shrug, even though it’s only slightly modified in the sleeve to make it a 3/4 length instead of full length long sleeves, I still need to refer back to my written pattern for the Dragon Scale Shrug. I am now at the shoulder cap of the sleeve and I’m not happy with what I have written, so hence the editing. It’s a minor edit, but it was bugging me. I’ve got the 1st 2 rows (1 scale row) done of the shoulder cap, 16 rows to go. I’ve already had to frog the shoulder cap twice, but I think I got it right now.
I’m getting very anxious to get this written pattern completely finished and up for purchase! Soon, I hope! I think the smaller sizes will be out before the plus sizes though. I’m more confident on the pattern for the smaller sizes.
Raven’s Dragon Skin Pouch
Completely finished!
I do have to say that I totally suck at lining a bag! Sewing is definitely not my strong point at all! I have sewn things over the years, hand-sewn, machine-sewn (my sewing machine broke down a few years ago), made things from fabric with sewing. I even had a sewing class waaayyyyy back in junior high! I can do it, but no matter how careful I am, it always looks messy. I try to make neat and even stitches, but it just does not happen. *sigh*
Annnnnyyyyyy who. Raven’s pouch! I am pretty happy with the way it turned out, despite the sloppy lining. He’s happy with it and that is all that matters. It’s going to be the home for a deck of MTG cards, dice, and tokens.
I do have to point out (again) that he chose the yarn, fabric, and button for this. He was quite pleased that it ended up turning out to have all 5 colors from Magic the Gathering incorporated into the bag. The yarn is green with blue metallic, the drawstrings are blue satin ribbon, the button is red, and the fabric is black with white and red in it 🙂
The written pattern is also ready for purchase: Lapis Dragon Skin Pouch
Dragon Skin Pouch, Almost Finished!
On Monday, my husband and I went to JoAnn’s and I had him pick out the fabric he wanted to line his pouch and a button. Tonight I’m going to work on lining it. He had also picked out the yarn that I used; Lion Brand’s Vanna’s Glamour in Lapis. He though the metallic would look cool in the Dragon Scales. Unfortunately, this particular yarn does not photograph well.
After that is done and more photos are taken, the pattern will be available for purchase 😀
This is the pouch so far, it’s sitting on the fabric my husband chose for the lining:
This will be the new home for one of his Magic the Gathering Commander decks, with some dice and tokens.
Busy Weekend!
First of all, New Theme! I updated my WP look. I liked my old theme a lot, but I’ve had it for quite awhile now and I really needed a fresh new look. I really like the look of this theme, a lot. One day I may change the background image if I find something else I like, but for now, there is just something I like with the default background that came with this theme.
Second, Tutorials! I have 4 tutorials up that I did this weekend, all having to do with the Crocodile Stitch, all in one place! You’ll find the Basic Stitch, Making Increases to make that “triangle” shawl-look or a head kerchief, “In the Round”, and with a Solid Foundation. All with lots of photos. They all can be found on my new Tutorial page! Next I will be making “pattern specific” tutorials, mainly for my Amigurumi Adipose. Over the years, there have been many, many questions about the hands and feet, and even though I have rewritten and updated the pattern recently, I think a couple of photo tutorials might help also. I am also asking if there is anything anyone would like to see me make a tutorial for. If there is anything, comment or email me and I’ll see if it’s something I’m able to do. One thing I cannot do is make video tutorials. I do not have the set up, equipment, nor the video editing programs, to make them. Also, if there are any good tutorials elsewhere that I can link to on my Tutorial page, leave me a link in the comments here, or on the page, and I’ll add it to the list.
I have written the pattern for my husbands Dragon Skin Pouch, but it still needs photos taken. I still need to get him over to JoAnns to pick out fabric for the lining and a button he likes, too. Once that it done, the pattern will be posted for purchase. I did start making another pouch for myself in Lion Brand’s Vanna’s Glamour Sapphire. It’s my new “purse project” for when I’m on the go and have those unexpected wait times.
In middle of all of this, I am working on my Grandmother’s shrug, working with my testers to get the Dragon Scale Shrug up for purchase, and looking for new testers for my Daughter of Dragons Shrug. Right now, I have some of the info in THIS POST, but I plan on making a new post specifically with all of the info needed very soon, if not right after I finish writing this post. So keep a look out for that if you are interest, or you could message me on Facebook, or email me with any questions about the testing.
Tutorials!
The Tutorial page is now up and running! The main page has links to a few tuts to start off with right now, but I hope to add to the list in the future. I have added some links to a couple tutorials found on the web that I found useful, and I ask if anyone has any other good tuts, for Crochet or Knit, leave me a link in the comments, here on this post, or on the Tutorial page, and I will add them to the list.
I spent all morning today working on the tut for the Basic Crocodile Stitch and that is up and running as well. I still plan on adding a tut for the Crocodile Stitch in the Round, in the upside down triangle (increases), and one with solid foundation rows.
I hope everyone will find this new page useful 🙂
So, I’ve been thinking…
I was thinking about working on a few tutorials on some crochet stitches, mainly starting with the Crocodile Stitch, which I prefer to call Dragon Scale, I like that name better.
I had found there are a couple of variations on that particular stitch and it seems that each of the many tutorials I’ve come across, everyone has a different “way” to do it, has their own interpretation of it, so I thought I’d throw my version in since I have quite a few patterns at the moment using that stitch.
It seems that some people work without “turning” the work and the double crochet stitches for the scales are worked “right side up”, and a couple of others, including myself, “turn the work”, “fold” it, and work the double crochet stitches for the scale “wrong side up”. And then, I have found that there are at least 2 different “common” flat versions, and I did a different variation of it for my Pouch, but in the round. I also couldn’t find anything about doing Crocodile stitch in the round, except for a video tutorial meant for a backpack, which I didn’t watch, so I just “made it up” as I went along, and it seems to work.
With the tutorials, I want to try to take as many photos of the steps that I can. It will be interesting to see if I can do this, because I won’t have any help, so it will be just me with my iPod Touch camera, a bit of yarn, and a hook.
I’ve been busy!
Post #100! WOO HOO! 😀
I have finally finished my daughters shrug and it has been delivered to her! She loves it! I can not wait to get photos of her wearing it 🙂
The pattern for it, Daughter of Dragons Shrug, is also finished being written and I have the 1st half ready to go out to be tested. More info for testing can be found on THIS POST.
I have also written a pattern for wristwarmers that are based on the Daughter of Dragons Shrug. I think they are cute and fun, too. Something to dress up a plain pullover or something. I have it posted and ready for purchase! Check out my Honeycomb Dragon Wristwarmers!
Not only have I completed those in the last couple of weeks, I have also finished my husbands Dragon Skin Pouch, I even have a pattern written up for it. The pouch still needs a fabric lining yet, and I still need to get photos of it, so no pics to share for this project yet.
I’ve also done a bit of “nitpicking” editing on my Dragon Shrug patterns over the last few days. Still waiting on more input from my testers, especially for the Plus sizes.
Now that I have those projects out of the way, I can concentrate on working on my Grandmother shrug. Still no photos for that yet, either.
Finishing and Beginning
I have finished the dice bag order for my friend. The original order was for 2 small bags and 2 large, but he added on for another large,and will be picking them up on Saturday. I sent him this photo and he seems happy with them.
I also squeezed in an additional project, I made a necklace for my best childhood friends upcoming 45th birthday. It’s made from my Isabeau pattern. I hope she likes it 🙂
I’ve also been working on Keely’s Daughter of Dragons Shrug. I’m about halfway done with the second sleeve, then comes the seaming, the neckline, and the wrist-lace to match the 1st sleeve. The lace that will be on Keely’s will not be in the pattern for the shrug, she chose it from a pattern online that she liked. The lace I will be including in the pattern will be a simple honeycomb openwork design that I thought worked well with the scales of the shrug. (info for testing this pattern in THIS POST)
Keely’s chosen wrist-lace
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Wrist-lace for the written pattern
I am still working on my grandmothers shrug too, but I haven’t any photos of that yet. Her’s will be a modified version of my original Dragon’s Scale Shrug. She wears a 16″ back, but wants looser “large” sleeves that are 3/4 length, in tan size 10 thread.
I also have a barrette order to make yet. Another friend of mine ordered it as a Yule gift for another friend of hers. I pre-purchased a wide black barrette for which I will be crocheting small thread snowflakes and gluing them to the barrette.
Still working on Raven’s Dragon (Scale) Skin Dice bag. It’s my “Purse Project”, I keep a wrist pouch with the project in it in the backpack style bag that I use as a purse that I take everywhere with me. I’m making it in Lion Brand’s Vanna’s Glamour in the Lapis (dark greenish teal with sapphire blue metallic) colorway. It’s very sparkly and shiny, so it doesn’t photograph well. I’m thinking about writing this pattern too when it’s finished. This one is going to be rather large, I’m almost done with 1 ball (202yds) of the yarn and I just bought a second to be able to finish it. I think he might want to be able to fit a deck box (Magic: The Gathering) in it along with his dice.
Yesterday, I was able to spend some of my yarn allowance and got 5 balls of Patons Lace Sequins in the Smoky Quartz colorway.
I want to make a shrug out of that for myself. I did up one pattern round in the Dragon Scale and, because of the sequins, I used the recommended hook size on the label and adjusted the stitch count for a size larger hook. The shrug is written for a size 3.25 hook for gauge, and the recommended hook is a 3.50, so it was easy to figure out. I think it’s going to be a cross between my original shrug and Keely’s shrug in design. I guess I’ll figure that out when I get to it. Now to put this aside for later when I have Keely’s shrug done and more on my grandmothers shrug done. I have a bad habit of needing a minimum of 2 project going at the same time.
Now on to a night of Crochet and MacGyver on Netflix 🙂
Daughter of Dragons Shrug Pattern
AKA: Keely’s Dragon Shrug.
*Please see THIS POST concerning testing for this pattern. Thank you.
Today, I’ve been doing some editing on what I have written so far for this pattern when I came up with the name. I kind of thought this was fitting as my own daughter helped me design this version from my original version, the Dragon Scale Shrug, which is a looser “older” looking shrug. This one is made to be snug, custom fitted to the wearer and can be embellished with lace at the wrist, chains, or anything that the young or “young at heart” can think of. This one I’m writing for only 3 sizes; 15″ (small), 16″ (medium), and 17″ (large) shoulder to shoulder back width. I’m sure an experienced hooker can figure out larger (or smaller) sizes using the gauge of the pattern as everything in this pattern practically needs the wearers measurements. I’m really close to finishing making the shrug, I’m working on the right sleeve in-between all of the other project I have going at the moment, some of them paying projects.
I will be needing testers for this pattern, so if you think you might have the time and are interested, please contact me either at my Facebook page, by Midknight or email me at midknightstarr@gmail.com
Details of the project is that knowledge of making the crocodile stitch is very helpful, but there are tons of tutorials online. I do have the stitch pattern written out before the actual shrug pattern to make a swatch and I will have reference photos, but it’s not a tutorial. I used Patons Lace but any size 2/Fine yarn that works in gauge will be fine. I have even used size 10 crochet cotton. The Patons Lace comes in 498yd balls so I think approx between somewhere around 2,oo0 and 3,500 yards depending on size should work. Then a 3.25 mm hook or size for gauge. I will probably send half of the pattern at a time, then at the end of the testing, I will give the tester the full ready for sale pattern.
At this time I only have a rough draft going and no finished project photos yet.
The Dragon Scale Shrug Revisited
I did some editing on the pattern today and I decided to split the pattern; SML on one, 1X, 2X, 3X on another. I figured less numbers to wade through to figure out what size is what. I also made it a little more customizable also.
I think I might be getting closer to the release date for it 🙂
Also, still working on the dice bag order and the shrug for my grandmother. I might also have a jewelery order coming 😀
Keely’s Dragon Shrug
I’m still working on this, but not a fast right now. I’ve also been doing various little projects in between, although I’ve since frogged the head kerchief project I previously posted about and I’m making my husband a dragon scale dice bag out of that yarn instead. I’ve also been doing a little bit on a knitting WIP I started a couple of years ago too.
I still have the right sleeve to finish for this shrug, but I’ve seamed the left sleeve on to the back and I am quite pleased with how it seamed together.
My original Dragon Scale Shrug in still in the testing phase and I so far have testers working on sizes Small, 1X, 2X, and 3X. I still have sizes Medium and Large open for testing.
And… Another Crocodile Stitch Swatch
I think I found a good yarn for this stitch. I had it in a bag of UFOs, so I frogged the old project. It was gonna be a dice bag, but I didn’t see myself finishing it.
The yarn is Lion Brand’s Vanna’s Glamour (fine/2) in Lapis. It’s a dark teal green with blue metallic thread wound through it. Unfortunately it doesn’t photograph well, even though I had my OttLite on and I used the flash on my camera, it looks so much better in person. The dark color makes it difficult to see the scale definition in the photo. I really like the texture and feel of this yarn in the stitch pattern too. It has an almost squishy, sponge-like feel to it, and it is definitely not stiff, although it has a tendency to want to curl in at the top corner points. This is done in a variation of the Crocodile Stitch where the scales are longer. All said, I think this will make very nice head-wear 🙂
ETA: I was able to get a better photo at Tim Horton’s this afternoon. I think with all of the windows and the natural lighting there, without the camera flash, really made a difference. My house is rather dark, even in the middle of the day, so I need my OttLite and a flash for most photos I take here.
Another Crocodile Stitch Swatch.
I did it, I frogged and redid the thing. I like the look of the longer scales in this pattern
The funny thing is that this is the exact same yarn that I used for the swatches in the photos of the previous post, except this is what the color of the yarn actually looks like. Lighting really makes a difference with some colors. Now what to make of it. I think the worsted weight in this stitch might be too heavy for a head kerchief though. I’ll probably use a lighter weight, or crochet cotton, to make that.
I am Totally Hooked on this Stitch!
See what I did there?
Ok, yeah, lame joke LOL
Anyway, I was sitting at Tim Horton’s, while my youngest son met with his “home bound” teacher to work on starting his final exams. I had brought a ball of yarn and a hook to keep me occupied, and I finally figured out how to do the Crocodile Stitch in the “upside down triangle”! So many possibilities with this!
I think this one is gonna be a head kerchief/scarf thingy, although I am thinking of frogging and starting over to see if I can make the scales a bit longer. I kind of see this as getting much wider before I can get it to the length I want to fit my head properly. I have a tiny head LOL
I may write up a pattern or tutorial or something for this.
Keely’s Dragon Shrug Update
I redid the lace yesterday with the pattern my daughter found and I only had to give it a couple of minor modifications. I didn’t like the hdc puff stitches it called for, so I made dc clusters instead and liked the look much better, plus I had to add chain stitches. I had actually made it fully once, saw my mistakes and the things I felt needed to be different so it wasn’t tight on the hand. I took photos to send to my daughter for her input, then I frogged it down to the first round and started over. When I finished it the second time, I took photos again to send her and the response I got this morning was “looks awesome!”, so I think it’s a keeper. I’m still up in the air if I’m going to add it to the pattern though, I might do a poll on it. If I do, it would be a link to the chart with my notes on how the joining/sc round on the inside of the cuff was done before starting the pattern and where I added the chain stitches. I think I’ll keep the honeycomb mesh lace pattern as a definite though. The wrist lace will be on as ‘optional’ since it’s added after the sleeve is completed. It’ll also have the option of being done in crochet cotton or the same yarn as the rest of the project.
(I should’ve used the flash in the 2nd set of photos. The lace is supposed to be white.)
After I took the 2nd set of photos, I noticed that I had a mistake about 5 rounds down on the bottom of the top “eye”. I was missing 2 double crochet stitches! Luckily, the 2 stitches aren’t really integral to the stitch count, it’s more of a visual for the “picture” it made in the pattern. It makes the “eye” look a bit off to me with the 2 stitches missing, not balanced. I was so tired of frogging last night though that I left it for today to deal with. Some of my friends said to just leave it, that it’s not a big deal, adds “character”, but it’s bothering me too much so I’m going to fix it.
Keely’s Dragon Shrug Progress
I would say that I’m about a third of the way through this project and I’ve been writing the pattern down as I go.
I am unsure about the wrist lace though and I have been conferring with my daughter if I should do something different, less open. I’m also not sure about the color too, that I should use a different part of the ball, like go a bit higher up to get the the greens when is next in the colorway.
As I was writing the above, my daughter found a lace stitch pattern that I’m going to try to modify for the wrist lace and it will be done in white thread. I think I am still going to include this version of the lace that I have pictured in the pattern though. The pattern she chose is a pretty involved chart, so I’m not sure if it will be part of the pattern, but I might include a link to the chart if anyone wants to give it a go. I guess we’ll see once I start working on it.
I do like her idea of working the wrist lace in crochet cotton thread instead of the same yarn that makes up the rest of the shrug though.
I am almost in a mind to call this project “Daenyrs”, but not completely certain of it right now.
Dragon Scale Shrug – Blue/White Version
I haven’t been able to get photos of this shrug being worn yet,my daughter hasn’t been home long enough to model it for me, so I just got a couple photos of the back and front, minus the ties because I ran out of yarn to make the ties.
I learned after making this that it’s a little too big for me. I generally wear medium tops and sweaters because of my long arms and shoulders, with small sizes, the sleeves are always too short and the underarm too tight with the shoulder seam rising too uncomfortably high on my shoulders, but I seemed to make the medium a tad too loose for my liking in a shrug. I need the ties to keep it on. The sleeves themselves fit very well, I customized the length for me, but it’s the back shoulder to shoulder measurement that I didn’t check for myself on if I needed the small or the medium size for the snug fit I wanted, otherwise the medium size measurement for a regular sweater would have been just fine for me.
The quality of these photos aren’t the best and I hope to get better ones later.
I am still looking for testers for this pattern, please see THIS POST for details. Thanks 🙂
The New Dragon Shrug
Yesterday, I had to frog almost 50 rounds of the sleeve I was working on and it was completely my fault too. In the back of my mind, I had a bad feeling that the sleeve was turning out too loose for what my daughter wanted, but I kept on going anyway without having her try it on before she left for her grandparents house on Thursday. I had her try it after I had 80 rounds completed when she got home yesterday afternoon and she said something about the size of it before she even slid it onto her arm. Frogging yarn that has mohair in it is not fun at all and it seemed to me that it probably took double the time to frog it than it would have taken with yarn that didn’t have mohair in it. By the time I had it frogged down to the point I needed to go, and had all of the yarn re-wound into a ball, I was covered in little fuzzies of mohair.
Writing out this pattern though is turning it into a “customize your size” type pattern, so it’s definitely going to be for an experienced crocheter. I started it out with the basic beginning measurements for the width of the back (shoulder to shoulder) and the wrist circumference. For the back, the length will be determined by the width of the finished sleeve measuring from the center of the underarm to the top corner of the shoulder cap. For the sleeve, the measurement for the circumference of the sleeve for the upper arm above the elbow can be made as snug or loose as you like going by your own upper arm measurements.
by Midknight Designs 