A remake of the Pas­tel dress, with a yarn that reminds me of the seashore — the dif­fer­ent shades of blue in the dis­tance, the greens of algae and sea­weed washed up on the rocks.

Sim­i­lar to the remake of the Gink­go top, this sweater uses the same lace pat­tern as the top of the Pas­tel dress (which was a vari­a­tion of the Gink­go lace pat­tern), minus the arm­hole shap­ing and with a sim­pler boat neck shaping.

 

The yarn I used was Mary Max­im Prism in Still Waters. I love this yarn. It’s afford­able, super wash­able, the colours are amaz­ing, has a nice drape. I wish there is a Mary Max­im clos­er to where I live… *sigh*

It has a very sim­ple shape and stitch pat­tern, so I imag­ine it would look nice with a var­ie­gat­ed yarn like Noro, or a spark­ly yarn for fanci­er occasions :)

I used:

Light worsted weight yarn, approx. 700 yards

5 mm and 4.5 mm hooks

Tapes­try nee­dle for sewing

Sweater mea­sures: 34″ around, 19.5″ in length

Length is eas­i­ly adjustable by work­ing more or few­er rows. Width can be adjust­ed by adding or sub­tract­ing stitch­es in the foun­da­tion ch by mul­ti­ples of 6.

6 stitch­es = 1 3/8”

Pat­tern:

Stitch pat­tern:
Fan = [dc, 2 ch, dc, 2 ch, dc] in same space

Front: 

With 5 mm hook, ch 85.

Row 1: dc in 6th ch from hook, skip next 2 ch, dc in next ch, [skip next 2 ch, fan in next ch, skip next 2 ch, dc in next ch] to end, [dc, ch 2, dc] in last ch, turn.

Row 2: ch 3, skip first dc, fan in dc between fans, [dc in 2nd dc of next fan, fan in next dc between fans] to end, dc in 3rd ch of turn­ing ch, turn.

Row 3: ch 5, dc in 1st dc, dc in 2nd dc of next fan, [fan in next dc between fans, dc in 2nd dc of next fan] to end, [dc, ch 2, dc] in turn­ing ch, turn.

Repeat rows 2 & 3 until there are 34 rows alto­geth­er, end­ing with row 2.

Neck shap­ing:

Row 35: work in pat­tern to the 4th fan of the row, dc in 2nd dc of the 4th fan, dc in next dc between fans, turn.

Row 36: ch 5, dc in next dc, dc in the 2nd dc of next fan, work in pat­tern till end, turn.

Row 37–38: work in pat­tern. Fas­ten off.

Attach yarn to the oth­er cor­ner of row 34, repeat rows 35–38.

Back:

Repeat pat­tern for front until neck shap­ing. Work 2 more rows so that there are 36 rows alto­geth­er, end­ing with row 2.

Neck shap­ing:

Row 37–38: repeat rows 35 and 36 of front. Fas­ten off.

Attach yarn to the oth­er cor­ner of row 36, repeat rows 37–38.

Assem­bly:

With right sides togeth­er and wrong sides fac­ing, sew shoul­der seams together.

With right sides togeth­er and wrong sides fac­ing, sew side seams togeth­er, start­ing at the top of the 11th row from the top of the sweater.

Turn sweater right side out.

Edg­ing: with 4.5 mm hook

Neck­line: attach yarn to a dc (not part of a fan) on the back of neck. ch 1, sc in same dc, [sc in 1st dc of fan, sc in next ch 2 sp, skip 2nd dc of fan, sc in next ch 2 sp, sc in 3rd dc of fan, sc in next dc] around, sl st in begin­ning sc of found, fas­ten off.

Arm­holes: attach yarn to any space on the arm­hole. We will be cro­chet­ing into the side of the rows, or what I call “row-ends”. ch 3, work 2 dc in each row-end around, sl st in top of begin­ning ch 3, fas­ten off. Repeat for the oth­er armhole.

Bot­tom edge: attach yarn to any ch 2 space, ch 3, work 1 dc in every ch 2 space, every base of a fan, and every base of a dc, sl st in top of begin­ning ch 3, fas­ten off.

Weave in all ends.

And it’s done! :D

Here’s an in-between shot in which I was caught adjust­ing the neck­lace, which I thought turned out kind of cool and styl­ish :D

 

Hope you enjoy the remake! Have a hap­py Sat­ur­day! :D

 

This shrug uses the same lace pat­tern as the gink­go top (and almost the same stitch count!), but with much heav­ier yarn and larg­er hooks. Basi­cal­ly, a blown up ver­sion of the gink­go lace pat­tern. And no neck shap­ing! Isn’t that nice? :D Such is the beau­ty of shrugs.

I thought it would make a nice piece for late sum­mer nights eas­ing into fall.

The shrug mea­sures 38.5″ from cuff to cuff, and 20″ from neck­line to bot­tom edge. It’s a very quick make, took me 2 evenings to fin­ish while watch­ing TV :)

 

What I used:

Worsted weight yarn, approx. 700 yards

6mm and 5.5mm hooks

Tapes­try nee­dle for sewing.

Pat­tern:

Note for size mod­i­fi­ca­tions: to increase the length from cuff to cuff, i.e. longer sleeves, add mul­ti­ples of 6 ch to foun­da­tion chain. 6 stitch­es = 1.75″

With larg­er hook, ch 136.

Begin with row 2 of the gink­go lace pat­tern (but slight­ly mod­i­fied, because we’re skip­ping the first row of dc’s in the orig­i­nal pat­tern) as follows:

Row 2: 2 dc in 4th ch from hook, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch, [skip 2 ch, 5 dc in next ch, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch] across, skip 2 ch, 3 dc in last ch. Turn.

The rest is just the same as the gink­go lace pat­tern. To make things eas­i­er I’ve past­ed it below.

Note: shell = 5 dc in a stitch, or 3 dc in a stitch

Row 3: (WS) ch 5, skip shell in the begin­ning of row, dc in next dc, [ch 2, dc in 3rd dc of shell, ch 2, skip rest of shell, dc in next dc] across, ch 2, dc in top of turn­ing ch. Turn.

Row 4: (RS) ch 3, 5 dc in next dc, [dc in dc, 5 dc in next dc across], dc in 3rd ch of turn­ing ch. Turn.

Row 5: ch 5, dc in 3rd dc of shell, [skip rest of shell, ch 2, dc in next dc, ch 2, dc in 3rd dc of shell] across, ch 2, dc in top of turn­ing ch. Turn.

Row 6: ch 3, 2 dc in same st, dc in next dc, [5 dc in next dc, dc in next dc] across, 3 dc in 3rd st of turn­ing ch.

Repeat rows 3–6 until piece mea­sures approx. 18″ from begin­ning, or desired length. End­ing with row 4 or 6. Fas­ten off.

Fin­ish­ing:

Fold piece in half length­wise with wrong side fac­ing out. Sew seam togeth­er, start­ing from the cuff edge, along the long side of the piece, sew 5.5″ towards the cen­tre of the piece (about 3 and a half shells). Repeat on the oth­er side. Turn piece right side out.

Edg­ing:

Neckline/front/back: With larg­er hook and right side fac­ing, attach yarn to any stitch along the last row cro­cheted, ch 3, dc in each dc except the 3rd dc of each shell. When cro­chet­ing along the bot­tom side of the shrug (i.e. along the foun­da­tion ch), work 2 dc in each 2 ch space, and 1 dc in the base of each shell, but skip the ch at the base of a dc. Cro­chet around until end of round, sl st in top of begin­ning ch, ch 3. Do not turn, dc in each dc around, sl st in top of begin­ning ch, fas­ten off.

Cuffs: With small­er hook and right side fac­ing, attach yarn to any space on cuff edge. The stitch­es will be cro­cheted into the side ends of the rows, or “row-ends”. ch 3, 2 dc tog in each row-end around, sl st in top of begin­ning ch, ch 3. Do not turn, dc in each dc around, fas­ten off. Repeat on the oth­er cuff.

Weave in ends.

Hap­py cro­chet­ing! :D