
And indeed it was! I spent the weekends at my Mums and we had dedicated some time to going into the attic to retrieve some bits and pieces from when I was a baby. It was a very fruitful few hours and we found books, toys, pictures and a suitcase of my baby clothes.
I wasn't surprised that there was lots of knitted and crochet outfits and some gorgeous dungarees, but my Mum was surprised at how much of it she made herself. So needless to say many of the clothes made there way back home with me, and looking at how some of them had been made I fancied seeing if I could make something myself. I really don't get on with patterns so I tend to make it up as I go, but once i have figured out how to do it I'm away!!
My first attempt at making some clothes was about a week before the attic visit, I really wanted to see if I could make little clothes! As it turns out the answer is yes, and my little munchkin also approved!!



I made it using some lovely cotton fabric i picked up years ago, in a charity shop no doubt!! But I have always loved the delicate flower pattern and I made a blanket using some of it before this little one arrived.
Having made this before the attic visit, I was sure that I could crochet some pieces too, and that even If I made then a bit on the large side it wouldn't matter, not with the way this one keeps growing!!
So i started off with a simple double crochet for the neck lining, 34 in all as the yarn worked up quite thick, and on the second row I just introduced a treble every 4 stitches and increased each row after that.
I just introduced the shell stitch and worked from there, joining the fabric where i thought the arm holes would be.



And taaadaaa!! Cardi mark one!


Seeing how this worked up I went straight onto the next, but worked in a DK acrylic yarn and did 50 stitches for the neck and increased by two every ten stitches, and as before, worked in a shell stitch. I trimmed the edge with cream but I'm hoping the more I make the more confident I get with the colour choices.


They only took about an hour a piece once i got going, so you may not be surprised to know Im on my third, but this time its a dress!



In other news, before I went on a clothes making curve I had made up some really nice samples of mixed cotton yarn, it looks and feels lovely and im keeping then to one side untill a projects strikes me! I also still need to finish of this giant triangle scarf that I got into making over a week ago, i just cant decide how to finish it. Its so surprising, the colours I chose to use when making are just not colours I would wear, does anyone else do this? What I wear is always in the grey, brown, blue category!! Hhhmmmm.
So, have a lovely afternoon!!
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