Red river cave- Drops designs
Drops designs has a lot of beautiful and free patterns, so choosing your next project is not always easy. I knew I wanted to have something simple and quick to occupy the dark winter evenings, and since I had just finished a knitted sweater, I thought that a crochet project would be a fun change.
The Red river cave pattern looked easy enough, and it didn't require any expensive yarn, so I settled on it and even went with the recommended colour.
I printed out the instructions and started on the project. Like others have mentioned, the increase instructions for the yoke are not particularly beginner-friendly. If you haven't crocheted before, it just doesn't make much sense. I ended up going with my instinct, and it came out just fine. But as I continued, I decided to drop the shaping at the sleeves and for the body. This is a top that will be worn with a singlet under, and it should hang loose, so shaping is just not necessary in my opinion. I worked until I had the desired length and finished it off.
The reason I don't work much with cotton is that it is hard to weave in the ends. With wool, the fibres sort of stick to each other, but cotton slips easily, so I wove the ends quite deep into the work and hope that they won't slip out.
Drop Safron is nice to work with, and overall, I am satisfied with the result.
The pattern is free and available on the drop website here: Red river cave
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DISCLAIMER. All opinions are my own, this is not a sponsored post nor a collaboration with Drops or Ravelry.
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