25Jun

Crochet Collars

Hello. I hope you are having a lovely week. It’s Lulu’s birthday this week so I’m trying to get organised (when I say ‘trying’ I mean writing lots of lists and not really getting much done.) But I thought I’d pop in and share some images of the crochet collars I designed recently for Knitcrate...

Knitcrate is a knitting and crochet subscription box service for fibre artists (I love that term) around the world. Each box contains premium yarn from a different company each month, patterns and some sweet extras. You can subscribe for monthly or bi-monthly kits and there are lots of different packages to choose from for all levels of knitters/crocheters.

I had a lovely email from Andrea (who founded Knitcrate with her husband) saying they were branching out into crochet and would I be interested in working with them to design some crochet collars. Although I was apprehensive about designing for someone else (it’s scary new) I had wanted to make some more collars and when I heard I would be working with Knit Collage's Marhani Silk I was sold.

Andrea was so lovely to work with and was always happy to answer any concerns I had. I think the biggest challenge was writing the patterns in US terms (and so they could be understood - I still have my fingers crossed on that one!) but I had some useful feedback from her tester and that helped a lot.

So here are the three collars – cue lots of photos of me trying to avoid eye contact with the camera…

Crochet Lucy Collar - Lululoves

Crochet Lola Collar - Lululoves

Crochet Pippa Collar - Lululoves

Because of the agreement with Knitcrate I can't post the patterns here for free but I may add them to my Ravelry account for a small fee if people are interested.

If you'd like to find out more about a knitting/crochet subscription service I really recommend checking out Knitcrate.

Have a great week.

Bye for now. Em xx

P.s just a quick reminder that my giveaway of Pearl Lowe's Vintage Craft is still open if you'd like the chance to win a copy. xx

♥

Posted in Crochet and Crafts

Comments (17)

Emma

26 June 2013 at 16:43 | #

I particularly love the middle one. The cream on black is so effective! Ex

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- Lululoves
  
  27 June 2013 at 18:20 | #
  
  That's my favourite too :))
  
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K.Head

26 June 2013 at 22:42 | #

I would love to purchase the patterns!

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- Lululoves
  
  27 June 2013 at 18:21 | #
  
  Thank you - I will get on to it :))
  
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claireabellemakes

27 June 2013 at 12:50 | #

Oh these are super super cute. Congrats on your contribution to KnitCrate. I hadn't heard of them before so I'm off to check it out.

Happy Birthday Lulu!

Claire x

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- Lululoves
  
  27 June 2013 at 18:20 | #
  
  Thank you Claire xxx
  
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knitnrun4sanity

28 June 2013 at 19:56 | #

Congratulations. What a huge compliment. Your collars are lovely. I love the way you have turned the bottom one around. Very clever.

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Jen

01 July 2013 at 13:39 | #

ooh lovely blog and I love the bottom collar it is so pretty and the colours make it even more so!

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- Lululoves
  
  01 July 2013 at 20:38 | #
  
  Thank you xx
  
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liana

06 August 2013 at 15:22 | #

Hi there! I love the patterns!!! When will you start selling them? I need the last one desperately!!!
Thank you

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- Lululoves
  
  07 August 2013 at 15:59 | #
  
  Hi - Thank you :) I should have these listed in ravelry in the next couple of weeks - I'll put an announcement on the blog when they are available. Em xx
  
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  - liana
    
    08 August 2013 at 08:48 | #
    
    Thank you! I would like to attach this lovely collar to a dress I will sew. Let's hope it will be ready on time for my son's christening :)
    Have a nice day!
    L.
    
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Fei

21 August 2013 at 12:32 | #

I love your crochet collars and would love to purchase your patterns. Please let me know how do I go about it.

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Angela Zimmerman

01 April 2014 at 20:23 | #

Hi Emily
Any chance you might post these patterns to Ravelry? I found the Peter Pan collar, which is too cute, but sure would like the pattern for the others. Thanks!

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- Lululoves
  
  06 April 2014 at 09:27 | #
  
  Hello and thank you. Yes I will hopefully be posting them soon. Em x
  
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Judith

13 December 2016 at 13:06 | #

Hey Emma!
I was trying to download this pattern via ravelry and knticrave, but apparently the site or at least the post of this pattern is down. I am very interested in having it, because it's simple but super cute. Would you send it to me or a link? That would be great!
Thanks.
Love your page btw. :)

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- Lululoves
  
  13 January 2017 at 11:26 | #
  
  Hi Judith, I'm sorry to hear that, I'll have a look at the links and get back to you. Em x
  
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