Hello everyone! Welcome to another beautiful Monday in the needlework community. About a week ago, a friend contacted me and asked if I could make a crochet tie for him and his club members. He said he wanted something unique and different from what they are used to over the years. I was more than happy to grant their request, so he asked me to make a sample tie so he can show the others and get their opinion.
Originally what I had in mind was to create a plain tie and use a different colour to inscribe their club initials on the tie using the tapestry method since I am not so good with embroidery. I was initially going to use Stitch fiddle to create the graphgan but it wasn’t working out so I decided to do it myself.
I finished creating the graphgan, it took a while because I kept getting the B wrong. Eventually, I just decided to go with the flow. So, I started working on the piece and when it got to the graphgan aspect, I was not feeling the design anymore. It felt like it was too plain and because the project is small and has few stitches it just wasn’t coming out right. I abandoned that and started working on another pattern.
For this one I did not do anything tapestry, all I did was alternate between colours. Making the tie was super easy after I figured out what I wanted to do. I started with making 2 chains, then 2 half double crochets in the first chain I made.
For the next 4 rows, I did 1 increase on each of the 2 sides. On the 6th row, I did a regular half double crochet in each stitch while alternating the colours and that was the pattern until I had about 16.5 inches in length.
Then I started the decrease, for this I had to make the decrease a bit subtle, so I did 1 decrease every 8 rows until I had only 6 stitches left. Then I continued with regular half double crochets. I was aiming for 55 - 58 inches in total but I ended up getting 46 inches before one of the yarns finished. Since it is only just a sample and this will not be the actual colour they want. I decided to just stop there.
Here’s the final look of the tie. I am hoping he will like it as much as I do. What are your thoughts?
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This is the first crochet tie I’ve seen. I’ve never really thought about it before. It looks nice.
I also didn't realize it is possible to make a crochet tie until he requested it.
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Omg😳, a crochet tie, girl your hands are blessed, the tie looks so gorgeous and unique.
Awww thank you so much!
You are welcome dear.
Love it. But perhaps do not tell your friend why I love it… it reminds me a lot of Harry Potter (not sure if he likes Harry Potter :-DD) I am a huge fan of such a style which I often associate with English schools or university. Perhaps because we neither have school uniforms or university sweaters in Germany and many of us go on an exchange to England.
But apart from this I think your striped design is much more interesting than a simple monochromatic tie with a monogram. So good choice to go with your intuition.
Lol yeah, I agree, now that you mention it. It does look like a tie for school uniforms. Hehehe, I think he will like Harry porter😊
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I love your crocheted tie. It is beautiful.
Thank you!
Wowwwwww....
So its about time to rock crotchet tie, who could have thought about this.
Its really unique I can see.
But I guess its a lot of wor inter changing thread to get this pattern worked out like this.
Its really beautiful and creative.
Yeah, I feel a lot better about changing the colours. Thanks dear❤
Nicely done. I was laughing when you said that the B was giving you tough deal. Hehe. It's always like that whenever I try to make a sketch of S.
This looks good and it's also a rich design. Well Done.
Thanks for sharing this on DreemPort
😂😂 At a point I forgot how to write B.
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Oh wow you pulled this one out of the bag. He and I am sure his fellow club members will absolutely love it.
I love the colour combination, it is the colours of Denver Broncos the American Football Team!
You make things look supereasy, you are the Queen of the crochet hook:)
Popped in from Dreemport, have a wonderful Wednesday:)
hehehe, I hope they do, I am still waiting to hear from them.
Oh wow, that's so lovely.
Awwwww thank you so much, this means a lot to me❤️
Oh no, they have not said anything yet, oh well I am sure they will love it.
hehe you are so very welcome, you know I love seeing some of your creations:)
Nicely made men's tie @blezyn!