Yeah! I finished my second crochet cardigan! Yes, that's right, my second one - which, as alert readers that you are may have noticed, means I've so far withheld pictures of my first one. Well, well, I guess my second cardigan has far outshone my first attempt, which has since been quite lonely in my closet. But I'll sure bring it out for some photos at some point. Now, back to cardigan No. 2 - my current pride and joy.
This thing took me about six intensive crochet weeks and faced me with some major fitting problems, but in the end the result is more than decent.
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| This twist cable stitch is very interesting and looks almost knitted. |
The pattern is available on ravelry or on this website for $ 6.50.
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| Emma Cardigan © Tangled |
It's really not a difficult cardigan to make but the sizing is, as I always find with crochet garments, somewhat imprecise. Instead of trusting that the measurements will turn out as promised in the pattern, I measured my cardigan throughout and tried to fit it as I went along. I had to rip out stitches over and over again, but I got there in the end.
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| The cardigan is not supposed to be poofy in the back but it looks sort of intentional. |
I'm so surprisingly happy with this cardigan, that I'm considering investing in some nice quality cotton or linen for a three-quarter length and more lightweight version. I mean, how many wool cardigans and sweaters does a person need? Certainly not the amount I own.
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| This is my delighted face! |
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Rozann · 618 weeks ago
Olivia · 618 weeks ago
As I stated at the start of my entry,,I have just started (again) the same course, only this time through a different educational provider (college of Dashion Design in Australia) and they use the (unusual to me) Greek originated and designed AB-SITAM ETELESTIA pattern making system. I've read a lot of reviews where people say that although they couldn't understand pattern making before they now can with this system. Unsure if these reviews are legitimate reviews or if its simply that dishonest form of marketing that's so prevelant on the net these days. But I have to believe it'll work for me or I'll just give up l- won't I?:( and quite truly, that is the very last thing I'd want to do. It'd plague me forever if I did so lol.... My PATTERNMAKING ghost!! Haha.... Anyways... (Sorry I have quite an issue with tangents;) .... The system I have been sent includes a big book, several very different looking rulers- no French curves, typical grading or set squares etc... I can't really explain them - but the 'main' one is a big square yellow ruler that has many curves and other shapes cut out if it and lots of labels next to each shape, such as; arm hole curve, crotch, neck, shoulder point... (That's not the totally correct terms but similar) there is also lots of numbers (measurements)..from what I have gathered so far- from watching several you tube videos and a very brief skim of the book- (which also comes with a cd rom which apparently takes you visually through it all.) it looks like you place the ruler on the paper, and then with a little swivelling into different angles/positions- you mark the appropriate bodily measurements with dots next to the corresponding numbers. It's so hard to explain but just say your neck measurement was 25 well you'd then put a dot at the number 25 inside the neck line ruler cut out. And so on.... Then I think you must rule between these dots and attach them together and once you lift the ruler away and you're done it appears that you have in front of you a bodice or whatever it is that u were drafting be it pants, skirt whatever... But apparently because you've used exact personal measurements the block and then the garment that will follow is allegedly absolutely as perfect fitting as you could ask for- tailor made...
But I wonder will learning this kind of system prohibit my working effectively and correctly (or AT ALL!) in the industry.... The patternmaking I started learning at my former 'on campus is very different I think (although I couldn't ever keep up nor hear what was actually going ON !!) but I do remember it being quite different.
I just wonder (after this excruciatingly long arduous ridiculous post) -I'm truly sorry:-/ what you actually think of this system? Or if you have never heard of it- rcroulrd ryou possibly have a brief look into it and just let me know if I'm possibly just setting myself up for career failure?? Am I learninge a technique that no one uses? Will I ever be able to pattern make like everyone else in my industry? Am I totally wasting all this precious time and should I just be focussing on say Helen armstrongs book on PATTERNMAKING and just learn that way? (As this is the way my new australian school teaches PATTERNMAKING (which I find strange given that its apparently a European system which is taught in European colleges? But a leading and very experienced teacher(50 years) wrote an article from my school (which is attached to one if the colleges websites) and she was saying how bad the Australian sizing standards are and how this custom fitting process/system is the only way forward?
Please give me some advice? I'm so confused... I don't KNIW whether this is just a cheap scammy way of doing PATTERNMAKING that stuffs up any hope of me getting a proper job:(
I'm SO sorry about my post:( I'm on incredibly strong pain killers for a punctured eardrum.
Thank you so so very much;)
Olivia
(Olivia DOT Preston 1 AT gmail DOT COM)