Another "Cheytown" dress (and a crochet hat!)

[seawood]

Hello,

Completely new here so I hope I don't make any cock-ups posting this! I just wanted to share and say a HUGE thank you for Cheytown's button shirt to toddler dress tutorial; I've thoroughly enjoyed making it, my daughter loves it and my head is just teeming with ideas. My sewing machine loves you, Cheytown  

Pics are in my blog, which I think is ok to link to? Here they are:

http://www.crafts.carolinewood.co.uk/2008/03/this-seasons-look-is-homemade.html



The crochet hat is also my first foray into hooking and I think it's come out quite nicely too.

[bsonlytoots]

You did a GREAt job ... love the hat too! And your munchkin is adorable!

[DaisyAlly]

Oh my god she has the cutest little smile! And the dress looks great, awesome color  I like the hat too!

[puddinghead]

super cute! your model is darling and the linen shirt-now dress is just a great idea!

[poison_mekare]

You did a great job with the dress and the hat! I love those colors. Your daughter looks so happy, I'm sure she'll be the envy of the playground in that cute number!

[earthmonkey]

Super job with the dress - aren't the Cheytown dresses great?!!
And that hat is fabulous!!! Your model is so cute - great smile!!

[funda62]

Adorable!  And how brave are you to start with such a difficult  crochet item!

[seawood]

Thank you! She is gorgeous, isn't she sorry, can't help it. Disgustingly photogenic, lol. I think the fabric really works well, it drapes so nicely. It's worth getting a man's denim shirt if anyone else wants to do similar, though - I used a ladies' one and it didn't have the extra panel across the yoke, I had to pinch some more fabric from the long sleeve. There was enough to make her a scrunchie as well, though.

Adorable!  And how brave are you to start with such a difficult  crochet item!

Oh! Um...I didn't think it was all that difficult, really, it's from a learner's book...it's nothing but chains and htr, just increasing every round for the top, straight round for eight rounds and then increasing every other round for the brim. Oh, and crab stitch round the brim, THAT was hard, didn't like that bit at all. But the rest of it was very straightforward...I'd recommend it for a beginner's project because it comes together so quickly. Some stitch markers were definitely a good investment, though, just so you can see how many you've done before increasing again.