Ladybird Maxi dress (Blythe)

CUTE!

Here is the completed Ladybird book 1975 maxi dress. I even made a little bag with the left over yarn that's sort of 70's looking.

Pink and Red is such a cool combination, not very 70's I need to do a brown and yellow/orange one. I think that I'll make a few variations as I made the strips up as I went along.

Where I have made the string with a crochet chain the pattern suggested Ribbon but being Easter I haven't been shopping and no ribbon in my stash. But I think the red acrylic chain worked just as well.
The bag was a red rectangle and a pink round, that I then attached together with a chain stitch and added a little crochet strap I was trying to make the horses shoe type of bag.

Adding the heart bead as an extra little detail.
(You have to look close to see the bead)

All in all 2 hour work with stitching all the ends in, that's no time at all.

Lady bird learnabout crochet, Maxi dress 1975

I have been having some knitted garden inspiration, sat in the sunshine Easter weekend.
This is a book that I remember having as child well I had some of the Lady birds, but actually not Crochet or knitting
(E-bay purchase)
Late bloomer as they say 30 something, before I picked up the sticks hooks etc!
But any how with having my new Blythe I figured, nostalgia I make her a 70's maxi dress, I mean she is a 1972 re -make so why not.

As you know I cant read patterns, well I read! its just all mumbo jumbo, I couldn't make head or tale.
A little disappointed as I really tried being a kids pattern and all.
But in the end, I did it my way. I just used the diagrams and made the rest up!
Here I have completed the skirt part.
Next step bodice! wow feel like an 8 year old with my lady bird book trying to construct a pattern.
Start with the basics, as they say!.

Blythe Knitted Graffiti (Yarn bombing)

Miniture Love
Headline read........Blythe commiting knitting Guerrilla acts!

There is just no stopping her, she has been out and about putting up lil Graffiti knits.

Not illegally(I can brake the rules, but can I allow my Mabel).

Its just my patio the same scene that featured the big love, I just love a juxtaposition and I think this is a good one.

Who knows this could be a whole new aspect of Blythe photography. I need to send this post to Gina Garen, see what she thinks;-)

Jelly

Jelly is complete
I think she has turned out a little similar to the dress I made that's called Angela.
Angela can be found on my web site and my ravelry projects.
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/knittingforart/angel
I guess the more you make, the more your style of design comes through in your work.
Signature quirks

The Red Heart Yarn is my favourite that being the thickest yarn parts the skirt. This is so strong I think that the stitch that it is made with could stand alone unaided and not need the mannequin.

The yellow and blue is ull (wool) my fluent Swedish coming out their!
Oj oj oj
It actually feels like chenille, this I doubled to also give it thickness so it would fit better against the Red Heart, but it wouldn't stand alone.

It's very clown like and fun, I'm not sure what occasion it could be worn for other than a female Jester .......................

Giant pink bunny!

http://www.gelitin.net/mambo/index.php?set_albumName=album14&option=com_gallery_proj144&Itemid=91&include=view_album.php

This is a giant pink rabbit that I saw posted on the http://outcastartists.blogspot.com

The 1st link (huge one) is the artist own and the why and where facts.

I think that I will defiantly be taking trip to Italy to see this magnificent knitted feet. When I think bunny, I think pink cute and cuddly that is what springs to my mind, not enormous and a little bit freaky!
But that's what's making me all the more curious!

Snapped Elastic

I made this dress at the end of summer last year. It was on show at Knit lab and due the fact that it sat in the window(the sun/warmth)

That elastics in the straps weakened and started to snap, they needed to be the strongest part as believe me this is a weighty dress.

I didn't make them strong enough the 1st go, so a little trial and error was needed. Because of course your everyday dress, is not constructed from rubber bands.

So finally I have gotten around to fixing the straps I strengthened the original with tripling the bands that I had originally used.
I think that I would also like to re work the skirt and some how give it a puff ball finish as that is my favourite type of skirt finish;-)
WIP

Love Grafitti on my patio

Love is finished, but not over;-)

I love love love it!

A little piece of my work that has defianlty been crocheted with love.



I sit and have my morning coffee on this patio, so I figured a good place to photograph it, would be the place that I crocheted a big part of it.