Tag Archives: crochet thread

This one was my second attempt and doing a dress completely in vertical stripes, the first being the only one I considered a complete bust.  This one came out nicely and I was quite pleased with the final look.  The … Continue reading →

I will be leaving Monday morning for Louisville, KY, to cover the Kentucky Derby and will probably have little to no time for anything else.  To help make up for that, I have a couple of new dresses I finished … Continue reading →

This one uses a multi-colour cotton thread in white, grey, and a muted red.  I started with the idea of short sleeves and an open back and came up with this dress.  It has a sweetheart neckline, sleeves to just … Continue reading →

This time I decided to play with colour blocking using a deep vibrant purple and white cotton crochet thread.  This one has a halter neckline with horizontal blocking on the upper body, vertical stripes on the lower body, and alternating … Continue reading →

This weekend I will be going down to Turfway Park in Florence, KY, to cover the Spiral Stakes for my website Horse-Races.Net  which inspired me to create a spiral Barbie dress.  It starts at the bottom and spirals upward in … Continue reading →

This one is especially nice in my opinion.  It is done in shades of light and dark pink thread with tiny pink and blue glass beads on the bodice, sleeves, and hem.  I did the skirt in vertical stripes of … Continue reading →

This one is heavily beaded which takes a ton of extra work.  If you have never done beaded crochet, you have to load all the beads on the thread before you start to crochet, then you pull a single bead … Continue reading →

This one uses peach and yellow crochet thread in a halter style dress.  The skirt has stripes and ends with a scallop and there is a yellow crochet rose at the neck. I used several different types of stitches to … Continue reading →

I have really been having fun making these Barbie dresses!  Here is another done in a cranberry red with red glass bead accents crocheted in.  It has a deep vee neck and a ruffle around the hem.  I included a … Continue reading →

This is probably my favorite of the ones I have done so far.  I used a pale pink crochet thread and trimmed it with Lion Brand Fun Fur yarn in the same pink.  The hem is scalloped and trimmed with … Continue reading →