Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Green Crochet Bolero

Green Crochet Bolero Front

Yarn: Phildar Phil Crochet (100% cotton), #0017 Anise - 3 balls (201yd [185m] / 50g)
Pattern: Japanese Pattern Book かぎ針あみ春夏ニットこもの
Hooks: Boye D/3 - 3.25 mm
Size: chest circumference 32.5"
Duration: 2007/05/01 - 2007/05/07

線材: Phildar Phil Crochet (100% 棉), 色號#0017 - 3 球 (201yd [185m] / 50g)
圖樣: かぎ針あみ春夏ニットこもの (春夏鉤針小物魅力巧手織)
針號: 3.25 mm
尺寸: 胸圍83cm
製作日期: 2007/05/01 - 2007/05/07

Green Crochet Bolero Closeup

This crochet bolero is really quite simple. It would probably take about 3 days (3-4 hours per day) for an experienced crocheter, I think. Crochet for me is still a bit challenging. I think I tend to put too much pressure on my left thumb when I crochet, thus my left hand gets tired very easily. My right hand, although holding the hook, has no problems. I don't seem to get tired with knitting needles though. When I crochet, I have to take short breaks every few rows. It just slows the whole process down. That's one of the reasons why I don't crochet as much. But recently I have been tempted by all the beautiful crochet work in the blog world, I have added a few crochet boleros and shrugs to my wishlist. This bolero is from a Japanese pattern book I bought at San Jose's Kinokuniya. The content of the book is mostly small decorative items such as bags, doily, coasters, slippers, necklaces, ...etc., which usually are not my cup of tea. But when I saw this bolero, I just had to get the book. Let's hope my interests for the other designs in this book will grow with time.

這件小外套鉤起來很簡單. 鉤針高手們大概3天就可以完成了吧? 鉤針對我來說還是比較累, 不知道為什麼, 鉤針拿久了手會酸, 而且是勾線的左手酸, 不是拿鉤針的右手. 拿棒針就不會耶! 所以碰到鉤針的作品, 速度就慢了下來, 鉤幾段就要休息一下, 這也是我比較少碰鉤針的原因之一. 不過最近受到網路上鉤針高手們美美的作品影響, 也計劃了來鉤幾件夏日小外套. 這件是"かぎ針あみ春夏ニットこもの"裡的作品之一, 書是最近在聖荷西的紀伊國屋敗回來的其中之一. 其實這本書內容大多是小物, 我一向對小物興趣缺缺, 買這本書算是為了這件小外套吧.

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The construction was simple, I did not have any problems. The cumbersome 3-chain picots along the edgings of the entire garment slowed me down though, just the 4-row edging took me 3 days. But it is still faster than to knit a lace bolero, I think!

這件樣式簡單, 製作過程沒有遇到什麼問題. 只有緣編花樣裡的三鎖針小豆豆比較討厭, 光是袖口和整件衣服的緣編就花了三天. 不過比起棒針作品來, 鉤針還是比較快唷!

Green Crochet Bolero Back

5/23/2007 Photo of me wearing the bolero. 補上麻豆照囉!

Green Crochet Bolero Modelled

8/2/2007 Photo of yarn used for this bolero. 所用的毛線.

Phildar Phil Crochet

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

咦~~妳有買書喔!我第一次看到這個作品是在 Eliza (http://tw.myblog.yahoo.com/jw!oj.FAeCeBQ7LYgjyGRcYfA--/article?mid=339&prev=375&next=337) 的 blog.她把織圖分享給大家,但我沒做.因為我也向瑪格要了那件長、短袖的織圖,還有2件群編會的小外套織圖,所以手上有太多小外套在進行.以前,我也會因為喜歡書上的某一個作品而敗書,現在比較克制,再加上網路上有太多免費的資源,所以都把買書的錢省下來買線. 妳的鈎針作品也很美. p.s.其實我比較喜歡打勾針耶...因為速度快花樣美且要拆時較方便.

Anonymous said...

i love everything you make! it's all so cute and pretty! I love this bolero! :)

Tcknit said...

哇!妳的動作真是越來越快了!又一件成品!壓力好大喔!這件也很漂亮捏,等著看妳的下一個成品囉!

Anonymous said...

很好看喔,這件我好像在網路上也看過有人織過,你的針法很平均,整件衣服看起來很平整,好看呢.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous 就是我 ~Annie ;),奇怪今天blogger 怪怪的....

PlumStitches said...

So sweet! Reminds me of something you'd find at Anthropologie. Makes me want to take up crocheting.

Anonymous said...

妳選的這顏色好看ㄟ
不過還蠻想看妳穿的模樣說 ^+++^

Anonymous said...

Wow! I love this bolero. Great color and great pattern. It's beautiful!

Anonymous said...

The bolero is beautiful~ wonderful crochet stitchery! That looks like a great book - the SF Kinokinuya has started carrying more! crochet books I noticed. ps - love your blog, it's so fun to read. Terry

Celia said...

海拉:
啊~ 之前沒有逛到有網友分享這個織圖啦! 有的話大概就不會敗書回家了...
這裡要買日文編織書其實有點靠運氣, 附近就只一家店, 要剛好他有進書又還沒賣掉才有可能淪入我手, 像毛系, 世界編物, 我愛編織這幾本, 在這裡幾乎是看不到的. 訂書要等1-2個月... 所以呀, 有時看到還可以的書就會衝動地買下來, 有些書買回家後真的有點後悔呢.

Jen da Purse Ho:
Thank you!! :D

Tcknit:
謝謝! 妳的小外套也快勾好了吧?

Annie:
謝謝! 瑪格那件是淑女款, 這件比較休閒風, 對我這每天都穿牛仔褲的人, 這件穿的機會比較多.
在想另外選線重新開始勾瑪格那件, 等我原來那組線不知要等多久..

PlumStitches:
I love Anthropologie! And it does look like something you'd find there, doesn't it?! I didn't even realize until you mentioned it. Thank you.

愛美麗:
謝謝喔! 最近幾天比較忙, 只能抓了衣架拍照先登出來, 下次有空叫我老公幫我拍了再補上來吧! :)

Judy:
Thank you!! :D

Terry:
Thank you! I wish I will have time to visit SF Kinokuniya one of these days. I wonder if they carry more selections than the SJ store?

Jackie said...

Wat a lovely bolero.

Nice colour too.

Anonymous said...

那綠色鉤針小外套
好美唷....
很棒的作品喔

Anonymous said...

我好喜歡這件樣式!搭配牛仔褲最棒了!
花樣也很合我的眼~
妳的手工很優喔~

Celia said...

JL:
Thank you!

Anonymous, Linda:
謝謝! 這件真的很實穿, 我已經穿出門好幾次了呢!

Anonymous said...

Celia~
想請問妳~腋下5段妳有鉤緣編嗎?
織圖有點看不懂??

Celia said...

腋下那裡的織圖我也是看不懂, 所以就自己亂矇... :D 腋下5段裡我左右兩段有鉤緣編, 中間三段空下來.

Anonymous said...

Hi:
想請問你喔,你用的這款phild的線是哪一款呢?
http://tw.user.bid.yahoo.com/tw/show/auctions?userID=knitterhouse&catID=&catIDselect=&clf=&u=:knitterhouse&s1=end&o1=a&at=true
因為我覺得這款線質感很棒~~
謝謝囉~~

Celia said...

Zoe:
我看了你給的網頁, 沒有看到這組線耶...
今天補貼了這組線的照片, 希望對你有幫助.

Anonymous said...

Hi:

謝謝您特地po了毛線的照片上來,
問了幾家有賣phildar 商品的商店,
結果是台灣好像沒進這一款線,
好可惜喔~不過還是謝謝您囉~~

Anonymous said...

呀...我家離紀伊國屋不遠呢!!我最近也想開始鉤東西了,想請問一下妳的線是那買的呢?我去過michaels和Joann,看了半天都不知要如何選線.

Celia said...

Cloveleo:

這組線我是在San Francisco的Imagiknit買的,Michaels的線我覺得Patons Grace (100%棉)還不錯,可以試試看。其他我常去的店如下:
Knitting Arts
Uncommon Threads
Purlescence
Yarndogs
Creative Hands
這些店裡的線會貴一點,可是材質真的都很好,值得參考一下。 網路上如Webs, www.elann.com, www.littleknits.com都可買到便宜又好的線。
有問題歡迎再留言喔!

Anonymous said...

Celia,
謝謝妳的回答,哇,這些店都離我家有些距離.有時間的話我會去sunnyvale那家看看.我最大的問題是對毛線不熟悉,不知要在網上找什麼樣的線.沒有實際看到摸到,覺得好奇怪.另外是不是100%的棉線都是硬硬的呢?若要摸起來觸感好一點的是要加silk嗎?

Celia said...

Cloveleo:

100%棉不一定都硬硬的喔,像我最近剛買的一組有機棉,柔軟程度不輸美麗諾羊毛呢。如果標示是100% mercerized cotton,因為經過處理,線較有光澤較硬挺。要觸感好的,可找成分裡有bamboo, silk, rayon/viscose,或microfiber都不錯,不過真的是要實際摸過才能確定。我可以了解你的顧慮,在對線材不熟悉的情況下網上買線像是在下賭注一樣,我是平常毛線店逛太多,一些較普遍的品牌我還蠻熟悉的,尤其是哈了許久的美線... 這樣遇到網上同樣的線有sale時,就可以放心下單。

建議你先找好project, 這樣找線也比較有方向,依照所需線的粗細,喜歡的材質去找。如果你已經有想做的project, 我可以幫你看看用什麼線較合適,直接寫e-mail到cafeknitter (at) yahoo.com會比較方便。

Anonymous said...

真是十分感謝.我六月會比較有空,到時一定會請教妳的.

B. Zainul said...

Hi
I just found your blog. I love japanese crochet books and I love your projects. I checked the pattern websites but could not find the patterns. Is there a way that I can see or find the patterns?