Bordering on

an obsession.

Hello, Eleanor here.

I've been hooked by the urge to crochet cotton trims on my skirts.

Sometimes a summer skirt is rather more lightweight than advisable, if it's likely a breeze may suddenly pick up. I have several skirts which are lovely and cool to wear when the weather is hot, but which have no substance. One even had a rather odd faux petticoat, which I tacked out of the way

before edging the skirt with a row of blanket stitch.

That gave me a foundation row to work into with pink cotton:

which I followed with green, in a scallop shape. (basically this was a 3 stitch pattern: single, [double treble double all into the same stitch], single, repeated on around the hem until back to start. (You can tell I'm not a real crocheter, my instructions are rubbish, but you get the idea, I hope)

I removed tacking stitch, trimmed off frightful petticoat and wore, perched on a squatted-in rabbit hutch:

And here we go again:

Oh goodness, the lengths some people will go to to make their photo a little bit more interesting.

I'm off to find another skirt to trim...

Cheerio.

 

Comments

[Kim]

Oh, my goodness! I love this idea. I'm going to try it myself. Thanks for sharing.

[Scrapdolly]

That is so beautiful - really different and pretty and - wow. I may even have to get my crochet hooks out

[jayne]

Oh my Gosh ! This is amazing xxxx
love it.

[Mandy]

Really pretty. I totally get how you're 'hooked'!! (hee hee)
M x