A LOVELY R & R Tee SHIRT
R & R is one of my favourite past times. As
a family we re-use , recycle a lot. My
daughter, inspired by some pins on her Pinterest board decided to do some
combinations on her dad’s t-shirts.. and I added a little crochet , so here’s
what did.
This particular t-shirt is one of her own new plain
ones, which had too high a neckline and was ‘too boring’.. so she roughly cut
the neckline down to a deep “V” and then I added the yoke.
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Now as we were talking about what she would do
to it, she was thinking of a square neck, so I made this square yoke, and
either creativity, or a extra nick of the scissor and the neckline went.. well,
a little different.
The yoke was made and I thought we’d just
improvise (a.k.a be creative)
I loved this pattern I’d seen on Pinterest,
which I can think of making into several other products.. but for now, here’s
the yoke.
As I work on this pattern, I’ve written down my
notes that I share with you.
For Indians : You could use Anchor or Red rose knitting cotton as well
International yarns : I have used a regular knitting cotton that technically uses a 2 – 2.5 mm crochet hook (recommended). I use a larger hook as I like the extra stretch it affords the end product. Among the international yarns I have used in this thickness, I’d suggest Aunt Lydia Cotton 10, Aunt Lydia Bamboo-Viscose 10, DMC Petra, Sullivans knitting cotton (Australia), Milford Soft, Hilaza Rustica Eclat , Alize cotton yarn and Alize bamboo yarn.
Abbreviations used : (Using U.S terminology)
sc : Single crochet dc
: Double crochet
ch : chain ch-sp
: chain space
sp : space rep
: Repeat
fsc : Foundation Single Crochet
Stitches used :
Single Crochet : Sc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (2 lps on hk); yo, draw through both lps. One sc made. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/ghACqBpA-3k
Double Crochet : dc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk);
[yo, draw through 2 lps] twice. One dc made.
Chainless start for Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of dc.
Please note that I start all my rows with a ch 1, turning chain for ease.
Please check the top of this blog for easy video tutorials on all stitches used in today's pattern.
Please read through all my notes before you pick up your hook, so you know just where we're heading in our pattern.
In my patterns I work with the principle of stitch count and body measurement. This means that you need to work the stitch count in pattern, till you get the measurement (length and/or width) that you need for your project.
Start : with fsc in multiples of 12, depending on the length you
want for this strip. Turn.
Row 1 : dc in the 1st fsc ;
ch 2 , dc in the same
fsc ; sk next 3 fsc , sc in the next 5 fsc
;
*sk the next 3 fsc ; (dc in the next dc ; [ch 2, dc in the same dc] ;
rep
[to] once) ;
sk next 3 fsc, sc in the next 5 fsc* ;
rep *to* till last 4 fsc ;
sk next 3 fsc , dc in the last fsc ;
ch 2, dc in the same last fsc. Turn.
Row 2 : dc in the 1st
dc ;
3 dc in the ch-2 sp ; dc in the next dc ;
*sk next sc, sc in the next 3 sc
;
sk next sc, (dc in the next dc ;
[3 dc in the next ch-2 sp ; dc in the next
dc] ;
rep [to] once ;
sk next sc, sc in the next 3 sc ; sk next sc)* ;
rep *to* till last sc ;
dc in next dc ;
3
dc in next ch-2 sp ; dc in the last dc.
Turn.
Row 3 : sc in the 1st dc ;
sc in the next 2 dc ; sk
next 2 dc and sc ,
(dc in the next sc ; [ch 2, dc in the same sc] ;
rep
[to] once) ;
*sk next 2 dc, sc in the next 5 dc ;
sk next 2 dc , rep (to) once *
;
rep *to* till last sc ;
sk next 2 dc, sc
in the last 3 dc. Turn.
Row 4 : sc in the 1st 2 sc ;
dc in the next dc ;
[3 dc
in the next ch-2 sp ; dc in the next dc] ;
rep [to] once ;
*sk next sc, sc in the next 3 sc ;
sk next sc ,
rep [to] once* ;
rep *to* till last 3 sc ;
sk next sc, sc in the last 2 sc. Turn.
Row 5 : dc in the 1st sc ;
ch 2, dc in the same
1st sc ;
*(sk next 2 dc, sc in the next 5 dc) ;
sk next 2 dc and sc
, dc in the next sc ;
[ch 2, dc in the same sc] ;
rep [to] once* ;
rep
*to* till last dc ;
sk last 2 dc and sc , dc in the last sc ;
rep [to]
once. Turn.
Rows 2 - 5 form one pattern
repeat.
Rep these rows till you get the
height you want for your little strip.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
Attach this yoke to the t-shirt
and jazz it all up .. new from old.. and enjoy your wonderful Re-used and
Re-cycled creation.
We’ve attached our yoke to the
back of the t-shirt.. and I thought the back neckline could do with a little
..well a little something more.
(Boring mum’s that we are,
constantly telling our kids that the neckline is too low !? )
So after attaching that yoke, I
just ran an fsc chain between the two sides.
I made this strip longer than
needed. I then folded that centre bit in
and made a bow.
To make the bow, you find the centre of the strip, and mark two points on
either side of this centre that will decide the width of your bow.
You then fold these two side
points under, such that they both come together at the centre of that
strip. Stitch them down there and then if
needed pass the thread around that centre stitch to neatly tie that in. Bling it up with a pearl button if you have
one.
And now that we’re all done
with our lovely t-shirt, slip it on and enjoy the prasies that follow.
I also ran a round of sc and
picot all around the front of the t-shirt to give it just that small line of
shine (I’ve used a metallic cotton yarn,
remember)
Oh, I just used one of my thinner 0.9 mm needles to poke a small hole into the fabric, and made my sc's into the fabric straight off.. and I am happy that it worked.. wondered if I needed any special tool(s) here and sweat about it a bit.. So try it.. and if you have a better way of doing this, do add it to the comments below, so we can help someone else along. Thanks.
Fasten off and weave in
ends. Give yourself a big pat on the
back as this one has really been a great project – but totally worth it, I’m
sure you’ll agree.
And that’s done.. yet another
project brilliantly executed !
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I have a yoke and a mock camisole pattern too, and just in case you want a dekho … here
you go
Here are some of my bolero creations. Have fun with these free patterns too
and if here are some tops.. that a bolero would look swell over..
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