Wednesday 19 August 2015

My Rustic lace square Cardigan is finished!

Hello again,

Thanks for all your lovely reactions to my last blog post, glad you enjoyed the various projects I showed you!

As I hinted last time, there is another project that has kept me very busy indeed. Thankfully I finished it almost two weeks ago and now I will take the time to write about it.

Can you guess what it is? (the hint is in the header!)


 
 
My new Rusticlacesquare Cardigan is finished!!!


My finished project is made of 70x rusticlacesquares, each about 10cm square.

One small rusticlacesquare

These had to be crocheted together , you can see some details here.


Attaching the crochet squares to one another


Here you can see my work laid out on the floor. My feet are there for scale. It was quite a job to lay out the squares so they would look interesting, i.e. different colour schemes next to one another.

I used lot of Katia Jaipur fine cotton yarn an a 2mm hook. I hunted down as many different colourways as possible, I think there were at least 10 different shades!!!

I really love this yarn, it's so nice to work with.

Is it a blanket? No, it's a cardigan!!
 
Choosing some nice buttons to add

Here is the cardigan before the buttons were added. The finished garment is still very lightweight, due to the fine yarn.


Almost done!
And here are some modelling shots.... (courtesy of my son when he visited)








I think all in all, I worked on it for about 10 weeks. Before I started, I knew I wanted to make a garment. On instagram I saw plenty of blankets made from these squares. However, since my squares were only 10cm (compared to the 20-25cm) of some of my fellow crocheters, a blanket would have taken forever to make.

For a long time I had dreamed of a jacket or cardigan made from crochet squares.
Finally I made my own!!

I definitely put all my heart into this project and I feel it is the most challenging and accomplished thing that I crocheted so far. It really dominated my summer!

I'm thrilled that I tried lace crochet, and that I enjoyed I so much.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this post, you can find all previous posts about the rusticlacesquare by clicking on the tags in the sidebar.

(Also I seemed to have re-published my first post from June 2015 accidentally, so take no notice. Of course you are welcome to read it again, if you want to).


I look forward to reading you comments.... so please leave them after the beep! ;)

Oh, and this morning I finished something else, so there will be another post very soon!!!

Bye for now!!!





 




25 comments:

  1. Now that is impressive, I LOVE it, the colours are beautiful. Such a lovely intricate pattern.

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  2. Such fabulous colours and the individual squares are beautiful too aren't they! xx

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  3. Just beautiful. It looks like a real labor of love and it came out very nicely.

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    1. Hello Jennifer, that's exactly what it was. I think it took about a week to crochet it all together. Each square took about an hour to make.... but it felt totally worthwhile. :) xx

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  4. Wow, Ingrid, what a delicate beauty is this piece! And the colors just sing - looks marvelous on you :-)

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    1. Thank you, Diane. Such a nice comment, it means a lot to me! :) xx

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  5. Congratulations on achieving your goal, Ingrid. Those colours are fabulous and the buttons are perfectly matched. I didn't realise how fine your work was until I saw your close-up photos of joining the squares (your fingernails were a great reference for scale). The nice thing about your cardigan is that is so cool and light to wear during increasingly hot summers.
    Beautiful, Ingrid!

    P.S. Sorry about the deleted posts - I kept finding spelling errors! Didn't intend to spam.

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    1. Hello Jodie, thank you so much. Yes, I wanted a fine cardigan that I could just put on over a plain coloured T-shirt or dress, thus bringing out the contrasting colours of the squares. It goes with anything! :)
      (Don't worry, I managed to erase your deleted posts)
      Take care! xx

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    2. Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience.

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    1. Thank you, Anna and welcome to this blog! :) xx

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  7. Oh what a stunning picture of the light shining through your lace crochetwork! En inderdaad, ik had ook pas bij de foto met jouw vingers erbij door hoe fijntjes het werk is. Naald 2, petje af! Ik hoop dat je heel veel plezier van je vestje zult hebben. Mijn vestje op naald 2 is nog niet af, ik heb het aan de kant gegooid terwijl het bijna klaar is... ik moet nog een oplossing zien te vinden voor een probleempje namelijk...
    Was er trouwens geen join-as-you-go-lace manier van aan elkaar maken van deze vierkantjes?
    Nou ja, de kleurtjes zijn top!
    Groetjes

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    1. Hey Lizette, bedankt. Er was maar een diagram om de vierkantjes te haken. Het was beter zoveel als mogelijk eerst te maken om te zien welke kleuren best bij elkaar passen .
      Maar ik genoot echt van dit projekt . :) xx

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  8. This is so pretty, Ingrid! I love the colors and the pretty pattern of the square. I love that first picture of the light shining through it.

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  9. Hi Pammy Sue, thanks very much. Glad you like it! Have a nice Sunday! 😊 xx

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  10. That first photo is amazing, like a stained glass window. And how nice the cardigan looks on you.
    Amalia
    xo

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    1. Yes, you're right. I guess the squares would make a nice lace curtain! Thanks, Amalia .

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  11. Hi Ingrid, what a beautiful cardigan this is! I love it! The colours, the style, everything is perfect. I would wear it immediately. What a great job you did! Viola

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    1. Thank you, Viola for your nice comments!! xx

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  12. It's very beautiful!! Well done on making a garment with such fine yarn.

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    1. Hi Gillian, I really enjoyed the process. Actually I felt a bit bereft when I didn't need to make any more squares... xx

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  13. Super mooi geworden! Prachtig met dit garen, en het vest staat jou ook geweldig! Marianne xx

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  14. Super mooi geworden! Prachtig met dit garen, en het vest staat jou ook geweldig! Marianne xx

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