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Crocheted Lady Kokeshi Dolls
The real traditional Kokeshi dolls feature oversized heads, are armless and legless, and are carved in Japan. They were vintage tourist gifts, brought home from hot springs visits. Various areas developed particular styles and characteristics within the genre.
I saw some of the wood originals that resembled elegant ladies. This pattern is inspired by them.
The pattern includes instructions for two sizes of dolls, several hair/wig styles and several obi (wrap/sash) styles. The smaller doll is about 6.5 inches using the hook and yarn size prescribed.
A shallow triangle with beaded edges, crocheted in a fancy stitch from the bottom center point (easy to choose to make it any size). This scarf-sized one took one ball (256 yds) DesigningVashti Lotus yarn. Add another ball for a full shawl size.
Shown with center picot point worn in front.
The Luckytwist Mitt. (Texture variation of the Luckyslips Mitt: Stretchy Slip Stitch Crochet, downloadable pattern at the DesigningVashti shop and in Ravelry).
Short-rowed cuff.
Yarn: Briggs and Little Softspun (2 plies, medium high s-twist; 100% Canadian wool: Columbia breed? Woolen spun?)
A set I just completed at the end of Feb. 2013 and I've already worn it often because the colors work well with jeans and the colors I tend to wear.
I love the luster and drape and am watching to see how this thread holds up to wear.
I used a high-gloss, high-twist, many-plied vintage rayon thread. I'd love to test it side by side with a comparable pure silk. (See my Crochet Inspirations newsletter issue #47 for more on this). The necklace and bracelet (from "Sweet Almonds Jewelry Set") are shown here linked up and wrapped.
Crocheted Lady Kokeshi Dolls
The real traditional Kokeshi dolls feature oversized heads, are armless and legless, and are carved in Japan. They were vintage tourist gifts, brought home from hot springs visits. Various areas developed particular styles and characteristics within the genre.
I saw some of the wood originals that resembled elegant ladies. This pattern is inspired by them.
The pattern includes instructions for two sizes of dolls, several hair/wig styles and several obi (wrap/sash) styles. The smaller doll is about 6.5 inches using the hook and yarn size prescribed.
Hear the story of Lancey - a brave and bold lion,
Kidnapped from the jungle,locked behind bars of iron.
He broke out of the zoo,with the other animals in tow
and lived happily in the jungle,spirits never low. :D
He is approximately 5 inches tall.
Ribbed Turtleneck
Granny Smith Green: ch 26, 25 sc, ch 1, turn, 25 sc, continue until 50 rows total.
Cable Sweater
**To attach Turtleneck to Cable Sweater:
Chocolate Brown: 50 sc around Ribbed Turtleneck; ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc.
**Colour change:
Cut yarn, leaving a tail, and draw it all the way through the slip stitch to secure it. Join the new colour by drawing it through.
Teal Blue: turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc.
Repeat colour change, as directed above.
Caramel Brown: turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc.
Granny Smith Green: turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc.
Repeat from Chocolate Brown (x2, so each colour appears 3x)
With Granny Smith Green, sc all the way around; 33 + 1 + 50 + 1 + 33; turn ch 1.
**To make the leg opening:
12 sc, ch 9, sk 9, sc to the end of side; 1 sc, 50 sc, 1, sc, 12 sc, ch 9, sk9, sc to the end of side, turn, ch 1.
sc all the way around. 9 sc in each leg opening.
Join with slip stitch. Fasten off.
One of my favorites to crochet, look at, and wear. "Luckyslip" fingerless mitt: 100% crocheted of Bosnian slip stitch and ribbing.
Yarn: ShiBui Merino Alpaca. Twenty plies so densely z-twisted that it seems almost like fine Pima cotton rope. First-rate quality; feels cool, sumptuously sleek, calm, and modern.
The letters are Tunisian crochet for a change. They flowed off the hook surprisingly easily. I had to rip out and redo very little of it. Surprising because letters are the ultimate shaping challenge.
Crocheted with two strands held together throughout except the letters. I had a white and cream on hand at the time I started swatching, so they’re a strand of each color.
This is the prototype, which I designed while researching the love knot stitch for the Love Knot Adventures class I taught at the CGOA conference in 2012. (Will be offered again in Oct. 2013)
Sister Act features love knots (solomons knots, lover's knot stitch) in a shawl that easily converts to a bolero-style shrug with two short seams. Crochet design by Vashti Braha, published in the summer 2013 issue of Interweave Crochet magazine.
Yarn: The Alpaca Yarn Co. Astral (alpaca, tencel, wool blend).
Ribbed Turtleneck
Granny Smith Green: ch 26, 25 sc, ch 1, turn, 25 sc, continue until 50 rows total.
Cable Sweater
**To attach Turtleneck to Cable Sweater:
Chocolate Brown: 50 sc around Ribbed Turtleneck; ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc.
**Colour change:
Cut yarn, leaving a tail, and draw it all the way through the slip stitch to secure it. Join the new colour by drawing it through.
Teal Blue: turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc.
Repeat colour change, as directed above.
Caramel Brown: turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc.
Granny Smith Green: turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc, turn, ch 3, 50 dc.
Repeat from Chocolate Brown (x2, so each colour appears 3x)
With Granny Smith Green, sc all the way around; 33 + 1 + 50 + 1 + 33; turn ch 1.
**To make the leg opening:
12 sc, ch 9, sk 9, sc to the end of side; 1 sc, 50 sc, 1, sc, 12 sc, ch 9, sk9, sc to the end of side, turn, ch 1.
sc all the way around. 9 sc in each leg opening.
Join with slip stitch. Fasten off.
A set I just completed at the end of Feb. 2013 and I've already worn it often because the colors work well with jeans and the colors I tend to wear.
I love the luster and drape and am watching to see how this thread holds up to wear.
I used a high-gloss, high-twist, many-plied vintage rayon thread. I'd love to test it side by side with a comparable pure silk. (See my Crochet Inspirations newsletter issue #47 for more on this). The necklace and bracelet (from "Sweet Almonds Jewelry Set") are shown here linked up and worn as a necklace.