Order of The Week.
Hello everyone ✨
I got an order to make a crochet shrug for an absolute sweetheart of a client. I love clients that make crafting easy and hassle free. The client wanted the order to be a bit different from the regular crochet shrugs and trust the brand to take it upon ourselves to satisfy our clients. The specifics were: a crochet mesh shrug in brown colour with slits on both sleeves and little contrasting flowers to hold the slits together.
Once payment was made, I immediately got to work. This may come as a shock to many but after my failed attempt at making a mesh shrug while I was still learning how to crochet, I never tried making a shrug again. So naturally, I had some reservations but did I flip the doubt upside down? You bet I did.
Without further ado, let me take you through the process of making this very beautiful crochet mesh shrug for an amazing client :)
Materials Needed
🤍: Yarn
🤍: 3.5mm hook
🤍: Tape measure
🤍: Stitch markers
🤍: Darning needle
🤍: Cutter
Procedure.
Over the last few months, I've tried to revolutionize the crochet world by ensuring I send out only lightweight crochet items, unless the client says otherwise, and this shrug was no different.
I started by making a chain long enough to fit the measurement I had taken of my client. Then, I worked the first row of the mesh pattern.
To make the mesh pattern, I made a chain of five and into the sixth space from my hook, I inserted a double crochet stitch. I made a chain of two, skipped two and into the third space, I inserted another double crochet stitch. I repeated the; chain two, skip two and place a double crochet stitch into the third space till I got to the end of the row.
To begin the next row, I made a chain of five, turned the project over and repeated the same pattern like in the previous row.
I repeated the pattern till I got the client's desired length for the front panel. Only then did I begin to work the back panel.
To work the back panel, I marked three inches on each side of the front panel. Then, I worked till I got to the stitch marker. At the point of the stitch marker, I made a chain corresponding to the number of spaces on the front panel. I made a double crochet stitch to join the chains to the other end of the sure and then proceeded to complete that row.
For row two of the back panel, I continued with the initial pattern like normal and then worked a corresponding number of rows to the front panel.
Once both front and back panels were done, I started on the sleeves. To make the sleeves, I marked out where the slit would be, inserted my yarn and repeated the same pattern as normal. However, I ensured to not join the ends in order to create the slit.
I repeated this till I got to the length of the elbow and from here, I started making increases. My client specifically asked for bell sleeves, hence the increase. I made four rows of increases, alternating between an increase row and a non-increase row. After the last row of increase, I maintained the stitch count until two rows from the end of the sleeves. For the last two rows, I joined both ends. I repeated this for the other sleeve.
The next thing I did was to make the flowers. I didn't take pictures of this process as I was working late into the night. However, I made a total of eight flowers that all have six petals.
Next, I meticulously attached the flowers to slit, sewed in the loose yarns and this brought the project to an end.
I absolutely love how well this shrug turned out and after making it in these colors for my client, I thought to myself “you can recreate this for yourself as well”.
What do you think of the colours of the shrug? Do you like the new development? Also, would you want one of these in your closet?
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