Sunday, 6 September 2015

Blusa de Croche by Anna Maria Braga - pattern translation

I found this wonderful pattern on ravelry blusa de croche, however it was written in portugese :( Not to be deterred I decided to have a go anyway and try to translate it for others to use. Theres a wonderful video to follow Blusa de croche video but again it is in portuguese, so I had a go at translating it. Now please note this is not my pattern. It is Anna Maria Braga's pattern, all I have done is attempted to use both google translate (which proved interesting haha) and watched along with the video whilst writing out instructions as best as I could! SO they maybe don't make sense or they are a bit jumbled up or weird, so appologies in advance for that, here they are anyway for anyone who is interested!

I have used US terms as I leanred from youtube and most of the crochet videos were using US terms
this is the photo from Anna's ravelry page, I haven't taken a photo of mine yet :(




Start
Central flower
Step 1: ch 6 and join with slip stitch to close circle
Step 2:12 sc into centre, join with slip stitch
Step 3:* ch3 (counts as first dc), ch5, skip 1, 1dc, repeat from * (using dc instead of first ch3). Join to 3rd chain with slip stitch
Step 4:* ch3 (counts as first dc), 2dc in ch5 space from previous row, ch2, 3dc, ch1, repeat using dc instead of ch3 at start of row. Join with sl st into 3rd chain
Step 5: ch4, ch6, 1tc in ch2 space from previous row, *ch6, skip 2, 2tc in next 2 stitches, ch6, 1tc in ch2 space.  Repeat from *. Join to ch4 with sl st
Step 6: ch4, ch6, *1tc into top of tc from previous row, skip 2, 1 tc, ch6. Repeat from *. Join to ch4
Step 7: ch3, 7dc over chain from previous row,* 8dc over chain from previous row, repeat. Join to 3rd chain
Step 8: ch2, 3sc, ch20, skip 1, join with sc, 3sc repeat. Join to top of ch2
Step 9: ch2, 2sc, 30dc over petal loop, sl stitch to join, 3sc
Step 10: slip stitch into 21 dc, ch6, join to 9th dc on next petal, sl st into 13 dc, ch6, join to 9th dc
Step 11: slip stitch into 4 dcs, ch6, skip 3, connect with sc, ch6,( 1dc, ch2, dc) over chain, ch6, skip 3, join with sc. Slip stitch to join
(approx 20mins on video)
Outline
Slip stitch 2, ch3, (dc, ch2, dc, ch2 into space after sc on previous row), (dc, ch2, dc into space between dcs on previous row), ch2. [37 v stitches for first row]
Ch3, turn, skip 2 spaces, (dc, ch2, dc skip 1) repeat, dc into top of ch3 to join
Repeat the last row
Ch3, 6dc, skip space, repeat
Divide for neck and shoulder
Step 1: ch3, turn, skip 3, dc, ch2, dc, ch 4, repeat. dc into chain between 6dc from previous row.
Leave 9 sets of dc from previous round un worked – 6 for collar and 3 for shoulder.
Step 2: ch 3, turn, repeat last row a further 2 times (V stitches will be on top of previous row V stitches)
Step 3: Ch3, turn, 7 dc, skip a space, 8 dc, repeat to end. (dc’s will be in top of v stitches from previous row)

2nd Layer petals
Step 1: 2sc, ch 20, skip 2, 13 sc, repeat. (loops will centre on 8 dc’s from previous row) ch 20 centre of last 8dcs from previous row to finish
Step 2: 35 dc into chain loop. Skip 2, join with slip stitch, 7 slip stitch, 10 dcs, dc into 10th dc on previous petal to join petals together. Continue until 35 dcs in petal. Repeat in each loop.
34:05 on video
Join yarn onto 9 sets of dcs left for shoulder and collar
Ch3, skip 3, (dc, ch2, dc into same space), *ch4, (dc, ch2, dc into 3rd stitch of 6 dcs from previous row) repeat over stitches for shoulder [4 sets of 9 dcs], sk3, dc, ch3, turn
Repeat previous row until you have 7 v stitch rows.
Bind off
38mins
*make 2*

Joining shoulders with petals
1.       Join yarn on 2nd player petals, 7 dc from bottom. Sl st 1, ch20, sk2, join with sl st, sl st 2, ch20, sk2, join with sl st, sl st 2, ch20, sk2, join with sl st, sl st 2, turn [3 petals]
2.        First ch20: 10dc over ch, dc into 7th dc from join on previous row of petals (its hard to explain watch the video), 20dc over chain, sk1, sl st to join at bottom
2nd ch20: 10dc over ch, join to 10th dc on previous petal with dc, cont until there are 30dcs over ch in total, sk1, sl st to join at bottom
3rd ch20: as for 2nd ch20

45 mins on video

3.       Rejoin yarn on other piece and repeat step 1
4.       1st ch20: 10dc over ch, dc into 7th dc from previous row of petals to join as in step 2, 5dc, join to matching dc on other piece  to join both pieces together with sc, continue until there are 30dcs over the ch, sk1, sl st to join at bottom
2nd ch20: 10 dc, dc into 10th ch on previous petal to join, 5dc, join to matching dc on other piece to join both pieces together with sc, continue until there are 30dcs in total, sk 1 sl st to join at bottom
3rd ch20: as for 2nd ch 20

Sew V stitch shoulders together.

Neck
1.       Rejoin yarn at 1st dc on 6dcs sets.
2.       Ch5, sk2, dc, ch2, repeat around. Join to 3rd ch of ch5 with sl st
3.       Sl 1, ch3, *[sc, ch3, dc] into same space, repeat from * around. Sl st into 1st ch of ch3 to join and bind off
59 mins on video

Join Petal Side
Rejoin yarn on 7th petal. 1st dc after join
Ch5, sk2, dc, sk2, dc repeat all the way up to middle of 1st shoulder petal, ch5, turn
Repeat last row with dc into top of dc from previous row
Bind off leaving long tail
Repeat on other piece
Sew pieces together leaving 20cm for armhole (2 2nd layer petals)
1:06 on video
Join V stitch side
Measure 20cm and leave open for armhole. Sew together rfom bottom starting at 8dc sets
1:14 on video
Sleeves
Join yarn at underarm seam
Ch5, *sk1, {2dc, ch2, dc] into same space, ch2, sk1, dc, ch2
You should have 8 double v’s
Ch5, double v into space between double v from pervious row, dc in space before single dc
Repeat to desired length
Cuff
Ch5, [3dc, ch2, 3dc] into double v space, ch2, dc into top of dc from previous row
Ch5, [4dc, ch2, 4dc] into double v space, ch2, dc in top of dc from previous row, ch2
Ch5, [5dc, ch2, 5dc] into double v space, ch2, dc in top of dc from previous row, ch2


I used a 4mm hook (or 3 1/4mm can't remember which) and dk acrylic yarn but i think it would've looked better with cotton and thinner yarn.