Something Different

It's been on my mind lately to make a sweater that has Mexican peasant blouse embroidery on it.  Not wanting to spend months embroidering, the idea for crocheting the motifs instead of embroidering them seemed like a good one, faster and easier.  While shopping for crochet threads, I noticed that there are many more colors available.  Since Irish crochet is so popular in Eastern Europe, there are many available patterns for crocheted flowers and leaves and there are even YouTube videos to show how they are created.

After trying a few different patterns, I now have a small binder full of patterns and a box full of finished motifs:

Here's a preliminary placement idea:

Today I drafted out a pattern for a yoke-front pullover 3/4-sleeve tunic sweater with crocheted edgings.  This is all part of the plan to have pretty sweaters to wear around the house in cold weather instead of not-very-flattering sweatshirts.

Despite being sidetracked by all this crocheting, the pale plum sweater had been blocked and is read to be sewn together.