After creating my first crochet sweater I started browsing other techniques and came across the top down method. Basically you make the collar first then crochet downwards making increases at 4 points. When it gets long enough you chain on each side under the armpit and divide the work into a front, back and two sleeves. Everyone says this is very beginner friendly since you can try it on as you go.
So far it has been very fun to work up, I suppose because it already looks like a garment, another bonus is that it is mostly seamless and you don't need to sew all the pieces together at the end.
I am not following any specific pattern but I did look at a bunch of different patterns and tutorial videos and kind of synthesized the info, from here on out I am winging it.
Here is how it looks so far:
I am using reclaimed yarn (unravelled a bunch of old hats I had). If you have a keen eye you may have noticed a small pink stain. I didn't see it on the yarn until after I had already made a few rows. I will attempt to scrub it out but idk if it will work 😂
Next colors will be a series of stripes in white, grey and black...
Here is a closeup of the stitches. After the ribbed collar I alternated rows of DCBLO and SCBLO to give the yoke a little texture, moving on to a slightly thinner yarn I am switching to DC:
If you are curious about the art underneath here it is, created by a Montreal artist named BUBZEE:
I might frog this next WIP but I haven't pulled the trigger yet
I had this dream of making a super chunky sweater with this bulky sized yarn. I got halfway through and needed to restock, I thought I bought the same brand/type of yarn but after getting home and comparing they are two slightly different tones of off white and also seem to have a different fibre comp. It might be hard to tell in this lighting but the new one has more yellow in. It's 100% acrylic, the old one seems to be a wool acrylic mix...
It's painful to undo so many hours of work so I will think on it a bit more. If I do rip it out I might make myself a hat or something with the yarn.
Close-up of the stitches, I love the texture 😭
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Sounds easy and fun though I have no idea about crotchet
It's tricky to start but once you learn is very easy 👍
I see! Will give it a trial soon hopefully
This is amazingingly awesome
Thanks so much ✨
I love the colour combination and it's looking great on you. I can't wait to see it finished!😍
I'm sad I need to take breaks for my wrists, maybe will take a week or two more 🤞
It happens to me with painting, a lot of the time, and my mother knitted just like you, but she's given it up for now. Take good care of yourself, the pain is terrible in that area.
Yea i take frequent breaks and do finger and wrist stretches it really seems to help
Find out if applying cold or warm compresses can help; the area may be inflamed.🤗
No injury now thankfully I've been proactive enough, 💪
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Looks fun. I tried crocheting a while ago and could not get the hang of it.
Doing the first row of chains and working into it is pretty tough, after that it's pretty easy though. Maybe if you can get someone to do the first row for you could help a lot!
Ya, I think if i had someone other than a YouTube video trying to teach me, I would have done a lot better.
I originally learned from a book kind of before YouTube was big, made a lot of wonky squares before I got the hang of it 😂 having an IRL person is definitely the best
Maybe one of these days I will have my mom teach me