A few weeks ago I was asked to make a cover-up similar to the one Angela Simmons wore (originally found online at Crave Boutique,) and I accepted the challenge. Just count some solid and open granny squares and triangles and join and block them. That simple, or nah?
I'd err on the side of nah. After cockily counting and crocheting squares profusely, I put it on the mannequin and discovered it would fit. Me. I'm a size 16/18, a mannequin is clearly a 4. At least it fit somebody, right? I did what any good crocheter would: I took it apart.
I frogged (unraveled) a row of each square, then reassembled. Miss Mannequin forgave me, and I tried a second go of fitting the dress onto her. Much to my chagrin, the space between the breasts puckered out. It woulda been fine- had God given us three. So I obeyed the design of Almighty and frogged the top three squares, adjusting even further.
And then came the ends to be sewn in. The joining of squares was fast. I watched three full episodes of Orange Is The New Black, trying to sew in ends. Trigonometry tells us that that's three hours.
I had my friend and faithful customer Cherrell come try it on. I had to make some adjustments on the fly... But I was able to turn my cockiness-turned-extra work into something beautiful. And beautiful she is!
Hindsight is 20/20, they say... I'd probably use a thinner yarn next time like Caron Simply Soft. And I'd probably measure muuuuch more than I count. But I'm proud of the results.
Have you ever gotten overly confident and wound up having to back-pedal and do something over? Stop lying! We're human. Share your cockiness story.
Again, I figured it out... No pattern, not my original idea.