Once the transition from the yoke to the lace portion is figured out, the rest is plain sailing. The only problem is it seems that I'll very likely run out of yarn. And this is discontinued yarn that I'm using. So extra fast I hooked, trying very hard to beat the yarn and I did. I woke up at half past six on Saturday to crochet this and it did pay off.
I made 9 'rows' of scallops instead of 8 as written but the finished length is a good 6cm short. And I didn't have enough yarn to make the last chain edge but I think it still looks ok without. So I pulled and tug to make it longer. In hindsight, it would definitely be advisable to block it out before assembling the front and back. And now the top hit just above my hipbones, which is just fine to me.
One mistake is the hook size for the lacy part, which I realized too late that it is supposed to be one size up from the yoke, so I just used the same hook through out.
Here you have some hurried photos taken by my residence photographer, almost-9-year-old JY.
And this one to show you the hem, a self-portrait with one hand while the other hand is trying to cover up the soy sauce stain on my white shorts:)
SC, that's a lovely piece you have there!
Posted by: KWF | Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 11:04 PM
hi from Switzerland,
the top looks fantastic... would you mind telling me the book you got the pattern from?... you mention it above but its not an active link..
thank you and all the best to you.. ciao ciao Christa
Posted by: Christa Koenig | Tuesday, August 11, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Lovely!
Posted by: Renee | Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 01:00 AM
That looks great! What a great top for your tropical weather. Nice :)
Posted by: sil | Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 02:03 AM
Looks great on you!
Posted by: Cecilia | Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 10:38 AM
It looks beautiful on you, well done for knitting faster than the yarn too.
Posted by: sue | Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 12:34 PM
I'm glad that you won against the yarn. Fear of running out does make you work faster, doesn't it. The top looks perfect for the disgusting weather.
Posted by: Ingrid | Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 03:01 PM
Yay to you for winning the yarn battle! Your version looks better than the one in the mag :)
Posted by: erin | Wednesday, August 12, 2009 at 08:38 PM
Beautiful top, love it!
Posted by: angel | Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 10:03 PM
This is very cute. I love the color of this yarn, it shows the stitch pattern very nicely. Great job! Glad you had enough yarn to finish.
Posted by: Judy | Friday, August 14, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Supernice! I wish I could read Chinese (?)... Inspiring book. /Stina
Posted by: Stina | Saturday, August 15, 2009 at 03:16 PM
That's wonderful. I kind of makes me want to learn to crochet. Almost.
Posted by: Patti Irvin | Monday, August 17, 2009 at 09:52 AM
That top is so cute!! I will learn to crochet other things besides parallelograms one day.
Posted by: monica | Monday, August 17, 2009 at 09:25 PM
This is so pretty. I have to learn to crochet, the patterns are lovely.
Posted by: Sass E-mum | Tuesday, August 18, 2009 at 09:33 PM
Very beautiful and looks extremely good on you. The colour is very flattering.
Posted by: christina | Thursday, September 03, 2009 at 04:01 PM
It's a very beautiful top - I'm doing it now too. I've also gotta same problem with you.
May I check with you on the yoke and the lace portion? Is it I got to join both up (yoke and lace) before I can proceed with the lace portion? If I gotta join - how to?
Thanks for the help in advance. =)
Posted by: Gin Wu | Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 11:08 PM