touches of irish crochet

 

My oldest,and middle daughters and myself are collaborating on this piece.  They crocheted most of the pieces.  I did the grapes and the cord around the edge.  This is part of Amy's last costume and part of my middle daughters master project on Annie Sullivan for school.  The opening on the neck was too low so this is how we are solving that.

little women play

dale of norway mitts

My oldest daughter is working on her first fair isle project.  She is using acrylic and worsted weight yarn.  The pattern of course asks for wool and sock weight.  Because of these difference she is knitting super tight to stay on gauge.  She has made one mitt thus far and it fits her perfectly.  I have lots of acrylic yarn that people have given me over the years.
So she knows she can use that for test pieces.  Once she gets better of course she can use the correct supplies but she did this with out asking for the correct supplies.  She also did not ask for help and attempted it on her own.  When she would get stuck i would explain a few things to help her.   Which she was grateful for.  I am proud of what she has done thus far on this project.  This pattern is from the Lilehammer Olympics.  Sorry for the long break my computer crashed and taxes of course got in the way back to publishing.

Amy underconstruction

 

This is I think the last dress Amy wears in the play ( I still have a few others to make for her).  This one is still under construction.  This is the bodice piece it will have a skirt that uses this embroidered fabric and it will also have a flounce on the skirt in coral orange same fabric I used on Meg's last dress that I showed.   It will also have a sort of gathered ruched bustle but not a true bustle.  This dress has caused me issues in making it the patten did not come out as the manufacturer designed it to ie to big in the waist.

Thus you see the tape measure around the waist me figuring out what it would look like either belted or gathered to take in the extra fabric that I DO NOT LIKE AT ALL.  I have added 3 inches to the bodice area in height at the bosom to make it more modest and I may add a ruffle or a pleated area there still as it is still not to wear i want it for a modest dress.

I am in the process of adding puff sleeves the pattern had no sleeves.  By the time I am done constructing this dress it will look nothing like the original pattern which sort of makes me happy as I did not like lots of it and am modifying all those parts to my liking.  The bead trim you see I did not hand bead could of but did not.  Found it thrift shopping for 50 cents a few weeks back and instantly thought of this dress.  There will be a bright colored flounce right below the waist so I think it will stand out nicely.