#needlework
Hello my fellow needleworkers,happy Sunday 🌞I hope you all are doing well and I’m sure you had a good day today.
Firstly I want to scream that LAYLA IS ABOUT TO BE OUR BEST SELLER!!!!!!!
I’ve gotten that out of my chest 😂😂 I honestly didn’t expect it to get this attention. If you read my previous posts you’ll know that Layla was a random design I made for an event my brand was supposed to go and sell at.
I got back from that event and I’ve sold a few Layla designs, some customized by clients, some is the original design.
I’m just really happy that something I made has gotten this attention. As a creative person, I don’t think there is any joy that is greater than this.
Layla has gotten more attention than other designs I’ve made. A lot have asked about it. Booked it. It’s just really amazing and I was really stunned.
This order came from the woman that ordered the bra top. She stopped by the shop once and saw the other color mix of Layla and said she loved the design but would love a different color mix for hers since she’s not really a yellow and orange person.
Told her it’s possible to make hers and she got excited. We talked about pricing and everything she said she couldn’t wait to get hers.
We got to making it and yes I did tear up a couple of times. The red is as bright as it looks and my eyes are not really used to brightness so it’s normal for me to tear up or get sleepy when working on these colors.
One part that made me sweat a little was the ruffles. I made it with a 4.0mm hook and I made a ton of increases because I wanted it to look packed and a bit full. Made increases and for those that make ruffles you know what I’m saying when I tell you it felt like forever whenever I made any row.
The last row or second to the last is the one that I was dreading the most. All I told myself was “I’m almost done, just a few stitches” when I finished I took a really deep breath because at that point I had been sitting for long hours.
As usual I had to hide and cut the excess yarn and it was a lot. I hid it in between stitches. Cut and burnt it where the burning was necessary because I’m not really a fan of burning yarn. When I finished had to take a few pictures because… damn it looked really good.
When she came in not joking when I say that’s what she wore as she was going out. It looked really good on her skin and I was really happy I got to make it and put a smile on her face.
These are the supplies I used to make this hat:
*measurement tape
*Darning needle
*4 balls of 40g acrylic yarn
*scissors
*4.0mm for the squares and a few rows of the ruffles.
*5.0mm for the last row of ruffles.
Ps: the pictures used here belong to me and were taken with my mobile phone.
