Lily gold yarn work in progress part 1

Working on a Lily yarn gold top with a combination of crochet and knitting. Shown above is the crochet pattern.

Outcome of the pattern after about 5 inches long. I need to crochet in total 13 inches before switching to a knitting design. Decided to knit the top half cos' the gap/holes are too wide to wear without an inner wear.

For the crochet part 3 Clover needles are used, starting with no 0: 1.75mm then no 2: 1.50mm and no: 4 1.25mm at the end to achieve a widening effect without adding more stitches.

A flower pattern to be attached to the bottom when completed.

So far done only 2 flowers out of maybe 7 or more. As you can see from the picture another Victoria Cotton Yarn is use to make the piping so the flower will "stand up" acting as a backbone.

The difficult part will be hiding all the yarn into the flower itself at the back. There are 16 Victoria yarn and 2 Lily yarn to hide in that little flower...omg dreadful indeed!!

Picture shows part of the 2 inches of knitting out of 6 inches in a pair of 2.5mm needle!

Oh gosh looks likes I have a long way to go especially slow at the knitting part as the needles are real tiny but the outcome will be definately nicer compare to double yarn in a thicker needle.

Completed projects

3 tops : 2 crochet and 1 knitting. The green on top used Lily yarn 80% rayon and 20% metallic. In between is Katia Surf Print 100% acrylic and bottom Filatura Di Crosa Belfilo 54% Cotton, 27% Viscose and 19% Polyester.


Close up top section of Filatura Di Crosa.

Pattern for the above.

Close up view bottom section of Filatura Di Crosa. Used 3 Clover crochet needles no 4, no 5 and no 6 in order to get an "A" line effect.

Pattern for the above.

Lily yarn top part close up.

Crochet pattern for Lily yarn top section.

Lily yarn bottom half. Also used 3 crochet needles of different sizes to get an "A" line effect.

Pattern for the above Lily yarn.

Katia Surf Print is just knit and purl stitches with 2 pairs of knitting needles 3.75mm plus 3.25mm towards the top part. As for the sleeves circular needles are used. To finished off, a few rows of crochet are done for the bottom edging.

More crochet books

500 crochet stitch designs on top. Bottom two are Interweave Crochet magazines.


Japanese crochet lace and another Japanese spring summer books.



Japanese let's knit series crochet book and bottom a Taiwanese crochet book.

Crochet and knitting books

300 crochet patterns and motifs plus edgings books.


Clear and simple knitting symbols.


What is inside the simple knitting book.

Another page of instructions.

Also from the knitting book above. A good and clear color picture book for a beginning knitter as a reference guide.

Needles

Needles for knitting and crochet by Clover Japan. Bottom are circular knitting needles