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Crochet lace dress (flower hexagon) / Koronkowa sukienka z elementów



Once the first dress has been finished, I started working on the next. The following pattern I have chosen. This pattern comes from a book titled "The crochet block Bible" written by L. Roberts and H. Lodinsky (Search Press, 2015, p. 134-135), where you can find many more interesting designs. The electronic version of diagram I found on the blog that belongs to the Candida International and also at the Ravelry. The size of dress I am planning to make is 14/16 UK (42/44 EUR, 12/14 US). The size of the sample is 10 cm (4 inches). I am using a 100% mercerised cotton thread (Scheepjes Maxi, col. 750 - donkerrood, 100 g = 560 m) and 2 mm size hook (although recommended size is 1.25-1.5 mm, US 6-10).

A 100 g ball translated into 32 ready elements. So far, I have used 300 g and I have got 96 elements. To be very honest with you, this is not the end of my work but since I was very curious how the dress will look, I have already started joining the elements. Initially, I thought it would be nice to join elements using a chains of 3 which would result in additional mesh between flowers, but in practice it did not go so well. Thus, after a short online search I decided to follow a recipe for the invisible seam, described in detail in here.

Later I will take some pictures to show the final result. I must admit that at the back side the invisible seam creates ridges, but the front side is neat and flat, which satisfies me. After stitching more than 30 elements together I discovered a video tutorial (in Polish) where exactly the same element was joined at the final round (video tutorial).

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Po zakończeniu pracy nad pierwszą sukienką, rozpoczęłam pracę nad drugą. Wybrałam powyższy wzór motywu. Wzór pochodzi z książki zatytułowanej "The crochet block Bible" ("Biblia szydełkowych elementów") autorstwa L. Roberts i H. Lodinsky (wydawnictwo Search Press, 2015, str. 134-135), w której znajdziecie o wiele więcej bardzo ciekawych wzorów. Schemat motywu pochodzi z prywatnego bloga należącego do Candida International Candida International, jak również wzór ten można znaleźć na stronie Ravelry (kliknij tutaj). Planowany rozmiar sukienki to 14/16 wg angielskiej rozmiarówki (42/44 EUR, 12/14 US). Przekątna próbki wynosi 10 cm (4 cale). Korzystam z 100% merceryzowanej bawełny (Scheepjes Maxi, kol. 750 - donkerrood, 100 g = 560 m), oraz szydełka o grubości 2 mm (chociaż zalecany rozmiar szydełka to 1,25-1,50 mm).

Z jednego 100 g motka można wykonać 32 elementy. Jak dotąd zużyłam 300 g kordonka i otrzymałam 96 gotowych elementów. Jeśli mam być z Wami szczera, to nie jest koniec mojej pracy, ale byłam bardzo ciekawa, jak tkanina zacznie się układać, więc zaczęłam łączyć ze sobą elementy. Początkowo myślałam, że połączę elementy za pomocą łańcuszka złożonego z 3-ch oczek, dzięki któremu siatka pomiędzy kwiatkami by się nieco poszerzyła, ale w praktyce nie poszło tak dobrze.

Stąd, po krótkim szukaniu w internecie, zdecydowałam się zastosować tzw. niewidzialny szew, krok po kroku (kliknij tutaj). Później postaram się zrobić kilka zdjęć, aby pokazać Wam gotową już sukienkę. Muszę jednak przyznać, że na spodniej stronie szew powoduje powstanie dość grubego szwu na łączeniach, ale za to na przedniej stronie tkania układa się równo i płasko, co mnie całkowicie zadowala. Jak na złość, po zszyciu ponad 30 elementów znalazłam dzisiaj przewodnik w języku polskim, gdzie identyczny motyw został połączony w ostatnim rzędzie robótki; link do filmiku jest tutaj

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