Sweet Nothings Crochet: A LOVELY R & R Tee SHIRT

Sweet Nothings crochet free crochet pattern blog, photo of the camisole attached onto the tee shirt ;

Sweet Nothings crochet free crochet pattern blog, modelled photo of the camisole attached onto the tee shirt ;

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.

Pattern inspiration https://www.pinterest.com/pin/470063279831501876/

Materials used : Today I’ve used our Indian Red Rose metallic cotton yarn, with a 3 mm crochet hook

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 :

Starting slip knot : Here’s how you start with a slip knot. https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw

Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : This is a neat new way to start your work without a slip knot. https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs

What is a slip stitch : Here is a neat video tutorial at https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw

What is a chain stitch ? Here is an easy video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY

Foundation Single Crochet : fsc : To refresh your skill on the fsc, please view this video https://youtu.be/mcT85fwh4mA

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

First stitch for Single Crochet : This is how I like to start my row of sc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/6pVYRfsf4_M

Double Crochet : dc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk);

[yo, draw through 2 lps] twice. One dc made.

Check out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo

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.

Check out the video at https://youtu.be/wskv3iTjRx0

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 1^st 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 1^st 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 1^st 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 1^st 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 1^st sc ;
ch 2, dc in the same 1^st 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