Summer has come (though it's only dry and wet season here in the Philippines) I always get excited about it coming. Yet I doubt everyone else still because climate change had made summer too hot these days causing heat index to surge into the danger level.
Anyway, enough of that, let me share with you the Sunflower Summer Top I recently made and I love how it turned out! It suits summer and this made me wish that I live near the white sane beaches where lots of tourists visits so I could sell them my handiwork.
I love how my crochet top turned out!
But would I dare wear this outside?
Have you ladies worn as sexy as this outside especially on the beach? I haven't and I would not dare too also especially now that I had gained so much weight and diet is really hard to do.
Here's how I made my crochet sunflower top.
It's been a while since I last made a bikini top and I honestly doubted myself if I am still able to make a pair of bra pads of identical sizes so I made two at time and did it alternately and I kept on checking whether they have the same sizes or not. It may sound funny but It's an awesome way to keep my project look good.
Here are some shots I took as I took breaks while crocheting.
I am very inspired to do this project and I don't know why but my hand was fast to do the stitches and found myself locking up one of the last stitch and cutting the yarn off.
I only used a single yarn cake, soft indophil yarn and pulled out the inner edge and the outer edge of yarns to do both of
the bra pads at the same time.
For the lower part I decided not to go plain and made granny sunflowers.
I can't remember where I got the pattern but here's how I did it:
I took a black yarn for the center of the flower and made 8 double crochets on a magic circle, fastened off and cut the yarn.
For the petals, I made three chains after attaching the yellow yarn to the black circle, looped one and did not finish the next double crochet, looped again and pulled through all four yarns on the hook, chained two and did a puff stitch on the next chain one space.
Then to make the flower into a granny square, I finished it off with the same yarn by adding alternating three double crochets, and three double crochet, chain two, three double crochets on each chain two spaces.
This is the first granny flower I made and got satisfied with my work and made some more.
You see, I have learned some technique about attaching granny squares at one time and I doubt if I could explain it clearly here. So I better not because it might only give you all confusion.
I love how the belt looked, summery and attractive
Now that the belt is ready, I planned how to attach the bra cups to them and being on the center is one of the main purpose.
To clean off my work and give a fine finish, I rounded my work with a single crochet with the one loop I did not cut in the earlier stage of the project. When I reached the top portion of the bra cup, I chained 100 and came back to the bottom with a slip stitch and went on to the next, attaching and securing the two on the center. I also added a string on the second bra cup and finished on the edge. The next thing I did was attach the belt and bra cup by doing a single crochet, then pulling the working loop through the adjacent stitch for attachment.
I have done this plenty of times already and it gives a fine finish as always. I am very satisfied with my work and I am happy of how my project turned out!
I was very excited to put it on though I know I could not wear it outside. But this does a great sample for those who would like me to make them one.
I planned on making a skirt of the same granny flower pattern to pair it with and I hope I could do it sooner that anticipated.
After trying them on, I kept it with my other yarns. I suppose I should make the skirt first before posting them fro sale or made to order.
So , what do you think, do you like the piece I made? What colors might go well with this kind of project?