Handmade Monday: The First One Ever

I cordially welcome you to the first ever Handmade Monday.

For the past few months, I’ve posted about handmade items my mom made. Among them were two summer tops. Today, I am very excited to show a summer top that I made myself.



Let me tell you the story of this lilac top. The upper part of it is knitted, and the bottom lacy part is crocheted. It took me about eight months of work just to find out that I didn’t have enough yarn. Bellow is the picture of the pattern (from a Russian magazine), which I used.



It’s more of a beach robe to wear on top of a swimming suit. But I thought that it would look well on top of a tank top and a skirt too, so I intended my top to be much longer. But not having enough yarn (my mom brought me that yarn from a trip to Ukraine) and not being able to find anything even close, I had to make my top much shorter. It’s a pity; I’m sure it would’ve looked much better if was longer. I didn’t follow the pattern precisely for two reasons. First, I didn’t have the exact kind of yarn as in the pattern. Second, I have a bigger size than the one in the pattern. As a result, my top looks significantly different. I also decided not to add the fluffy balls on the upper part.

I enjoyed working on this top very much even though I had to tear it twice and begin again. It was a long but pleasant process.

Bellow is the pictures of what it looks like on me. With a new lilac top, even my decade old shoes got a second chance to life (so what if they are out of style! I don’t really follow the fashion).



If you would like to join me for the Handmade Monday, the guidelines are here. I’m linking my own post just to see if the inlink is working.

I wish everyone a wonderful beginning of the week.