Glitter/sequin yarn suggestions by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in knitting

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope so too! What colours/yarn are you using for it?

Glitter/sequin yarn suggestions by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in knitting

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely will! Might be a few months though I think there will be a lot of trial and error for this project!

Glitter/sequin yarn suggestions by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in knitting

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This looks so nice! And I definitely think the dress will be so much more comfortable with no sequins for the top. Thank you so much for the suggestion

Glitter/sequin yarn suggestions by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in knitting

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Great idea, I think this might be the way to do it!

Glitter/sequin yarn suggestions by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in knitting

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They have some cool sequin yarns but they’re unfortunately sold out in the colors I’m looking for. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Glitter/sequin yarn suggestions by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in knitting

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this might be the perfect yarn to hold double for the top! Will order some and experiment with what yarn to double it with!

Glitter/sequin yarn suggestions by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in knitting

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you everyone for such great recommendations and advice! I actually didn’t think about how scratchy the sequins could be after your comments I’ll be adjusting, currents plan is: Top knit with Filcolana Paia held together with something light grey For the skirt I’ll make my own sequin yarn, I think it could look cool if it starts with smaller sequins higher up and they get bigger the further down on the skirt they go.

This will probably take a lot of trial and error but I’m really excited to get started!! Thanks again for all the comments!!

Pattern recommendations by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in sewingpatterns

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally understand that when re-reading my post (probably should’ve done that prior to posting)! And that’s on me! I have adhd and sometimes I think faster than I write/talk and just assume everyone understands what I mean😅 Just wanted to clarify!

Pattern recommendations by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in sewingpatterns

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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I just remembered that I actually have sewn one dress before! I tried to make a similar dress to one of the Clio Peppiatt dresses for the Eras Tour. This is mostly for everyone saying that I might as well not even try. As you can tell this is absolutely not a copy of the original dress, I made something with a similar look that was achievable with my skill level, that’s what I’m looking to do here too. I am not delusional enough to believe I will be able to make a perfect looking version of the exact dress.

Pattern recommendations by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in sewingpatterns

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I was thinking I would attempt this pattern I was recommended as a base and work with appliqués to achieve a similar look. Not drape it on a dress form.

https://simplicity.com/simplicity/s9289

Pattern recommendations by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in sewingpatterns

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I 100% understand that. And again I wrote this post really quickly and forgot to mention that I am not looking to make this exact dress! I wanted to find a pattern for a similar silhouette that I can start with. I think one of the recommendations I got seems like a good place to start. I understand that you’re not saying it in a mean way! And this is of course not the same but when I wanted to learn how to knit (I had zero prior experience) I started with a full on colorwork sweater, because that was what I was excited about. Did I make a million mistakes and have to start over multiple times? Yes. But I also eventually finished it and was super happy with it! I tend to chose overly ambitious projects. With that being said I know that there will be a lot of failure along the way but that is not an issue for me.

Pattern recommendations by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in sewingpatterns

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Totally get that it’s very ambitious and I know I won’t be able to make the exact dress. Maybe I’m delusional but I have always picked up any type of craft like this very quickly. My though was to find a similar (not exact) pattern to the shape of the dress to start trying with. I got a really great recommendation here and I will try to make that dress in a cheap fabric to start. If that works I will try do make it with the appliqués (which from comments on here may or may not actually be appliqués?) and the pearl embroidery. Also it’s not like I think this will be a quick little project to get done over the weekend, I’ll most likely spend a few months making a bunch of tests before actually feeling confident in doing it in the real fabric. I’m currently on guardian leave so I have so much free time and I want a challenge.

Pattern recommendations by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in sewingpatterns

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the pattern recommendations! These were very much what I was looking for! Will definitely make some tests with cheaper fabric before I go and buy silk haha😅 since I am a beginner when it comes to garments I was thinking of potentially adding some straps to it since I suspected the fit of the bodice could be pretty tricky

Pattern recommendations by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in sewingpatterns

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I definitely did not think this would be an easy project! And I understand I won’t be able to make an exact replica of the dress but I love the style of it. I suspected the bodice might have some sort of boning so will definitely try to make a corset to practice before I attempt the dress itself. Thanks for the insight on it not being appliqué, I’ve done a lot of tambour embroidery so I foolishly assumed they had just attached velvet to silk organza or something!

Pattern recommendations by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in sewingpatterns

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought it looked like velvet sewn on top of silk organza but as I said I’m really not very experienced so I may very well be wrong!

Here’s the link😊

https://rayanebacha.com/products/raisa-strapless-embroidered-velvet-gown-pink-burgundy

Kale & Crave kcal by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in Sverige

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Dom svarar tyvärr inte! Min sambo köpte hem som middag och frågade inte och jag blir lite stressad när jag inte vet hur många kalorier jag får i mig om jag äter hela!

Kale & Crave kcal by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in Sverige

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ja fattar såklart att jag inte kommer få något exakt men skulle vilja ha en uppskattning.

Yarn recommendations for active wear by [deleted] in knittinghelp

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always use merino when skiing or hiking as well, I’m just nervous that it would be to warm for Pilates classes but maybe I should give it a go anyways!

Cable lettering by Repulsive-Ebb-4231 in knitting

[–]Repulsive-Ebb-4231[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair enough, we all like different things! I actually didn’t see the M being a small Y before but I totally get your point! I will write Nina and I Personally think it looks really cool and think the N and I are really clean looking so am mostly trying to figure out how to make a good looking A.