knitted sleeves for Levi Jacket

That jacket that I have been reworking for a while. ( posts : one, two and three ).  So now I am at again.  The sleeves are getting a little too thready.

First I lined all the areas I want to knit in with Romanian cord just so I have something to attach the knitted piece too.
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Guardian Angel …cross stitch

Been busy trying to get a cross stitch done for a customer.   She always starts a cross stitch but then get behind on it so I end up doing them.   This one was not the norm as usually she makes one mistake and Ii find it and it is easy to fix and go forward.  
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Pink pearl cotton glove repair

 This gloved all the way from the other side of the United States to my home for me to repair it.  It is not what i would actually call a hole even though you can see one.  When I inspected it, it is actually  a runner like you get in stockings , and knitting but this is crochet.  Most people do not know you can get them in crochet too.  But in crochet it is a dropped yo.  So when the person who created this many years ago was making the double crochet she actually missed the loop and it was left hanging sort of tight connected by the pressure of the other stitches around it but in time with wear and washing it worked its way free and started to run.

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Popcorn stitch afghan repair work

I lady came by on the 5th to show me three afghans she needed cleaned and repaired.  This is the first one I am working on and probably the worse one in dirt.  Three tub fulls of water to get this one to come mostly clean.  Looked light tan when I got it.  Looks light ecru now.  This is why I highly recommend cleaning before repair or the repair will look nothing like the afghan after it is cleaned.

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Wheat Stitched Cord Bolero vest revisited

A few years back (about 6 years) I was working on bolero vest and it got set a side I worked on it some a recently while on my trip in Mexico and this is the progress I made on it.  It is using the Wheat stitch cord I posted a few days ago about but this cord was made about 7 years ago.  I hope to get this done at some point in my life sometimes I just have no deadlines on things I make just for fun so they happen when they happen. I hope it will fit me then if it doesn't well I have 3 daughters who are always happy to claim anything I have made as their own to wear.  So it will not go to waist when ever it is finished.  this is Antique thread I am using here both for the cord and the filling stitches.  Which is a lot heavier than I usually use  so this vest has a more textured feel to it which I like

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Irish crochet

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This queen sized bedspread, with over 200 blocks, was recently repaired and now safely placed for viewing and pleasure. The owner ,Frances Blaize Haines was given the spread by her Grandmother “Muggie” circa 1940

Irish crochet , originally uploaded by texas44.

I love getting emails like this first thing in the morning.  A while back I drafted a crochet pattern ( from the photos below) to help a fellow crocheter make the repairs on a family heirloom. They used the tutorial I did on how to do repair work on crochet these are her results. I could not be happier for her. I was able to help someone from a long distance over the Internet life is amazing. Now she has a new skill that she can repair crochet and not be afraid of it. If you have used my tutorial I would love to see your finished repair projects too. 

Original damage was like this

But needed to look like this

Here is where I placed the pattern so if others want to make this too or have the same afghan they have to repair and here is the tutorial on how to make repairs if you don’t know how.

>Irish rose block free pattern

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Trying to help someone on raverly repair an afghan  the photographs are hers not mine that are in the white/ecru thread original is from about 1940 she said.  The photo you see above was my only reference to make the pattern for her as she is in one state and I am in another.   The one below I saw after I had made the pattern for her. Not to bad if I say so myself  I hope it helps her.
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I did popcorns in mine but you could use bobbles or puffs instead I think the original is bobbles.

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size 5 hook 1.90mm
size 10 thread

ch 6 close to form ring

1. 1 chain 1, 12 sc into ring slip stitch into first sc
2. ch 1, sc in to sls just made, *ch 5, sk 1 sc sc into next sc on previous round* 4 times , ch 5 sl st into fist sc sl st into next ch 5 space ch 1
3. sc, 6dc, sc  in every  ch5 space ,  slst into 1st sc, ch 1,
4. sc around 1st sc on round 2, * ch 7, sc around next sc on round 2 * 5 times, ch 7 slst into first sc and next ch 7 space, ch 1
5. sc, dc, 7 treble, dc, sc  in each ch 7 space , sl st top  first sc, dc, and 1st and 2nd treble
6. ch1 sc in same stitch as last slst,( ch 3, slst into top last sc made)picot made, *chain 9, sc in second to last trebl of this petal, make picot, ch7, sc in second treble of next petal, make picot, ch 7 , sc in second to last treble of this petal make picot,chain 9, sc in second trebl of the next petal,  make picot, ch7, sc in second to last treble of this petal, make picot,* ch 7 , sc in second treble of next petal make picot, repeat from * to * 1  time ch3, dtreble into 1st sc of round
7. ch 1 sc into top of last treble on last round, make picot, chain 7 sc in 5 chain of next  chain, *ch 9, sc in the same stitch as last sc, (ch 7, sc in 4th chain on of next chain, make picot,) repeat 1 more time, chain 7, sc in the 5th chain of the next chain,* repeat from * to * 2 more times, ch 9, sc in the same stitch as last sc, ch 7, sc in 4th chain on of next chain, make picot,), chain 3, dtreble into first sc of round        
8. ch 1 sc into top of last treble on last round, make picot, ch 7, sc in 5 ch of next ch, make picot,ch 7, *dc in the 4th chin of the next chain,ch6 dc in the stitch as last dc, (chain 7, sc in 5th chain of next chain, make picot) 3 times, chain 7* repeat from * to * 2 more times, dc in the 4th chain of the next chain,ch6, dc in the stitch as last dc, ch 7, sc in 4th ch of next ch, make picot, ch 3, dtreble into 1st sc of round, ch 1
9. sc in top of dtreble make picot, *ch 7, sc in the 4th chain of the next chain, make picot, ch 7, dc in 4th,  5th and 6th ch of next chain, (5 dc in next dc, remove hook and place in top of first dc of 5 hook loop and pull through, 1 sc) popcorn made, 1 dc in each of the next 3 chains,  chain 6, 1 dc in each of the next 3 chain , make popcorn in next dc, 1 dc in the each of the next 3 chains, chain 7, sc in 5th chain of next chain, make picot* repeat from * to * 2more times, ch 7, sc in the 4th chain of the next chain, make picot, ch 7, dc in 4th,  5th and 6th ch of next chain, make popcorn in next dc, 1 dc in each of the next 3 chains,  chain 6, 1 dc in each of the next 3 chain , make popcorn in next dc, 1 dc in the each of the next 3 chains, chain 4,dc in the top of the first sc of this round
10. ch 10 ( counts as 1 dc and a ch 70, sc in the 4th chain of the next chain, make picot, ch 7,* dc in 4th,  5th and 6th ch of next chain, make popcorn in 1st dc, 1 dc in each of the next 5 stitches, make popcorn in next dc, 1 dc in each of the next 5 stitches , make popcorn in next dc,1 dc in each of the next three chains, chain 7,sc in the 4th chain of the next chain, make picot, chain 7* repeat from * to *2 more times  dc in 4th,  5th and 6th ch of next chain, make popcorn in 1st dc, 1 dc in each of the next 5 stitches, make popcorn in next dc, 1 dc in each of the next 5 stitches , make popcorn in next dc,1 dc in each of the next two chain, slip stitch into the 3rd chain of the beginning  10 chains
11. ch 3, 1 dc in each of the next 2 chains, *chain 5, 1 dc in the last 3 chains of the next chain 7, (popcorn in next stitch , 1 dc in each of the next 5 stitches) 2 times popcorn in next stitch , 1 dc in each of the next 3 stitches, chain 6, 1 dc in each of the next 3 stitches, (popcorn in next stitch , 1 dc in each of the next 5 stitches) 2 times popcorn in next stitch , 1 dc in each of the next 3 stitches,* repeat from * to * 2 more times chain 5, 1 dc in the last 3 chains of the next chain 7, (popcorn in next stitch , 1 dc in each of the next 5 stitches) 2 times popcorn in next stitch , 1 dc in each of the next 3 stitches, chain 6, 1 dc in each of the next 3 stitches,(popcorn in next stitch , 1 dc in each of the next 5 stitches) 2 times popcorn in next stitch slip stitch in to the toop of the chain 3
12. chain 3, 1 dc in every stitch including each chain,  in the corners work (1 dc in each of 3 chains, then chain 6 the work 1 dc in each of the last 3 chains), over the chain 5 areas you should have of course 5 dcs slip stitch at the end of the round to the 3rd chain at the begining of the round.
13. chain 1, 1sc in ever stitch in the corners work (1sdc in each of 3 chains, then chain 2 the work 1 sc in each of the last 3 chains),slip stitch at the end of the round to the top of the fist sc. cut and finish threads

>Part 23: Simple dress with repairs

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This is a real simple dress.  Just how simple you say well it is cut from a single rectangle and then shaped from there.  The sleeve are actually just slits in the sides of the rectangle then they are gathered and put in place.  And the neck and button placket are also just a circle and a slit cut from the center of the rectangle There is one real long strip cut to make the button placket too that simple truly it is.

The hem and sleeves have some scalloping details too.

This dress has a simple crochet edging made up of three rows.
Pattern of crochet is

1. single crochet around (neck, arms, and hem) in white crochet thread cut and finish thread
2. (Change to main color to match embroidery ) sc in any stitch chain 3, skip 3 to 4  sc on previous round which ever works best (the crocheter was inconsistent ) to accommodate  the curves, *sc in next sc, chain 5,sc in same stitch as last sc, chain 3, skip 3 or 4 sc,** repeat from star around end with an even number of sc. slip stitch to first sc,  chain 1
3. chain 3, *sc in next sc,ch 3 ,sc in loop 4 times, ch 3 sc in next sc at base of loop, ch 3** repeat around , slip stitch to starting stitch cut and finish threads

The front panel had some real old repairs on it that cane with it when I bought it.  This is how I had thought that I would have done the repairs on my mother-in-laws as it isn’t to noticeable once a white slip is under the dress.  But looking at it without the slip I think for this dress I would have bought some insertion lace and sewed two thin strips together or purchase one big wide piece and sewn them to the front of this gown down the panel and just removed the damaged part all together.  Instead of having this repair as the other way it would not have been noticeable at all it would have just looked like it was meant to be that way.

>Cross Stitch Elephant done

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Plenty more to do on this cross stitch but the elephant is done on to the other three animals and boarders. Below you can compare the before and after. May not look much different but if you do cross-stitch you know you are looking at hours of my work added to her hours to get this where it is.

>Cross Stitch

>I was commissioned to finish an already started cross stitch for a lady and do half of another one that isn’t even started yet. When she dropped off the patterns the one that is started didn’t have its cover image anymore so I looked on the internet so I could have a color diagram as well as the black and white copy.
The first one has to be done in the next 1 to 2 months as you can see all that is done is part of the little elephant it has a long ways to go to say the least.

“Jungle Babies” Birth record 43221 Plaid company Bucilla.
This is what it needs to look like when done not my work.
This is a discontinued pattern as far as I can tell.

This is the second one I need to do half of. This way she is able to finish it and can tell her children and grandchildren that grandma made it. Not exactly wrong in that she will have worked on both items. But they do not need to know about my part in things do they. Theses things are always nicer and more sentimental to a person if made by grandma and she will have made parts of both of these. She got in over her head when the first grandchild was born she made one and stated she would do it for every grandchild and she also agreed to make one for every wedding of her own children. She is currently doing a wedding one and is two years behind on the elephant and the other baby one. So hopefully she will be all caught up soon and the family will be none the wiser. My kids have seen me buy half done projects at thrift stores and finish them for us to keep. They love them all the same. In our opinion better to finish someone else-es work than to let it get tossed in the garbage and no one enjoy it.

Bucilla Plain Birth record “New Little One” 42103
This is what it needs to look like when done not my work.
This photo is from Coloray’s website.
So if you want to make one you can go there and get a kit.