Long, hooded coat
I know! I know! It's too hot to be thinking about coats. Let alone ones of the long sleeved, hooded variety. But I finally have the pictures, so I'm-a gonna post it!
I made myself a coat like this last year, but it was vertically striped with purple and black yarn. (My favorite coat ever!) My girlfriend told me she wanted one, but in all black, so I decided I'd take a picture of the pieces I used to make it, and then post the final pics! (Maybe I'll get pictures of my purple and black striped one on here someday.)
The entire coat was done in double crochet, with a cute border around all the edges, (that's hard to see) and I basically just made a bunch of rectangles (and did some inc on the main body of the coat) and stitched them all together! In the pictures, it looks a lot more floppy than it really is, she's much taller than me. And the hood was made extra-big, for when she has a dance performance and has bigger hair.
Wow, you are so talented! And so brave to model a winter coat in the summer, LOL. It looks great.
Pauline
Thank you!! These are the first projects I've ever really posted and I'm really glad they're getting such a good reception. Makes me want to break out the camera and do more stuff! ;)
The coat is great. We're both bellydancers, so it works well as a coverup in the cooler months, and since it's just regular old acrylic yarn, it's super-easy to take care of. And, surprisingly, not that hard to make either! I was impressed with how quickly it came out.
This is really cool!
Oh my! I'm impressed (not that it means much). Either way, you did a great job. I've sort of been on the prowl for a pattern like this, maybe I can convert it a bit to make a bathrobe for my boyfriend. This is like the perfect guideline.
"Be the Change you want to see in the world."
- Mahatma Ghandi
Oh I bet a bathrobe would be super-easy! Just double or triple crochet, depending on how 'firm' you wanted it to be, and make a big rectangle for the back, two short ones for the arms, and two for the fronts, and you'd be set! You could even turn the front two panels into tapered-corner rectangle-y things, so he has a neater neckline. (That's the official term for those. ;)
Then you'd pop on a couple of belt loops and you'd be done!
That looks fantastic! Perfect for when Fall/Winter hits again.
Brianna
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I love that coat! Makes me think of Halloween. hehe
Always Changing; everything for good, nothing for nothing. ~ Flying Hawk
this is a wonderful pattern, could you by chance give me the directions to make it. i would love to have one for my self and i would give you full credit.
thank you
Jessica
Very nice! I like how it drapes and looks flow-y. Now I'm off to see if you've posted the pattern :)
-S