{"id":1720,"date":"2021-04-05T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T15:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/?p=1720"},"modified":"2021-04-05T15:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T15:25:18","slug":"crochet-dress-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kariscraft.space\/index.php\/2021\/04\/05\/crochet-dress-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Crochet dress part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Following on from the first post about this dress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I didn’t take many more progress pictures. I kept trying the dress on to increase to the right size and length having measured how much the last few rows of the colourwork would be. I distinctly remembered thinking that my stitch count needed to be divisible by 4 for the colourwork (I was sure my stitch count at the start was 104), so having decreased 4 per row, and increased 4 per row I was certain the count would be correct for the pattern… I was wrong, and it should be divisible by 5! But it was easy enough to ‘fudge’ the extra stitch in the first couple of rows! For some reason I did the same on the sleeves – and forgot it should be 5 and started the colourwork on multiple of 4 for the first sleeve (did it correct for the second, no-one will notice!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did some <\/strong>shaping on the sleeves. In hindsight it should have been started sooner and been more gradual, but it looks fine on! I decreased a couple of stitches on alternate rows towards the end of the sleeve. I made the sleeves long (anticipating sitting outside pubs hopefully in the not too distant future), and added colourwork on these too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having never made a crochet jumper before I had never finished off with a ‘rib’. This was quite effective, just alternating a front post treble (UK terms) \/ slip stitch around the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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