Yesteryear Yoke

~ Anita

My Yesteryear yoke is now operational! 🙂 I’m so happy that I chose this pattern to replace the destroyed lace in my top, because it complements the top so perfectly. (The pattern is Yesteryear Top by Mimi Alelis.)

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I crocheted the yoke just as described in the pattern. Well, almost. I did make a few mistakes, and I decided to just leave them be. I miss fixing knitting mistakes – unraveling an entire crochet round just to add a missed stitch seems like too much work, doesn’t it?

Once done with the yoke, I made a couple of body rows at the front and the back, and finished them with the edging described in the pattern. It was a few days before I picked up the project again, but when I did, I quickly blocked it and hand-stitched the front and back onto the respective edges of my top.

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If there was anything I could change in this project, it’d be to shape the front and back a bit, so they’re less curved and don’t fold over the rest of the fabric as much as they do now. But that’s nitpicking, really – and I don’t know where the shaping could happen or how much it’d help, since there are only 2-3 body rows.

Overall, the project was enjoyable and the result is definitely more than satisfactory. I would absolutely love to crochet the entire top some time. (I’ll probably add a picot edging to the sleeves. Looks like I’m discovering crochet stitches now, hehe!)

What’s next?

I have yarn that I don’t have projects for. I’ve been thinking of frogging a few older projects that I don’t wear much, and there’s the Bamboo eyelet cardigan WIP that I’d frogged and I love the yarn and I really want to make something with it, and some yarn that my sister bought a while ago and wants a shawl from, so let’s see what works out. Maybe some of your projects will provide the required inspiration…

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19 thoughts on “Yesteryear Yoke”

  3. Looks great and works with the top perfectly!
    If I have a crochet mistake (missed stitch) that I really have to fix, I just take a needle and fabricate the faux stitch. It’s my own method, meaning I haven’t heard of it anywhere, and I’ve been so creative only because of how lazy I am – it’s much easier and faster than undoing a few rows 😉

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    1. Thanks, Kat! 🙂 Your crochet experience has definitely taught you a few tricks! Do you mean you just poke at the stitch gap to make it look like a stitch? (I just convinced myself that the stitch is actually there, lol…)

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      1. Yes, something like that. I’m not sure how to describe it, it’s just a little like in embroidery, I try to recreate the stitch-looking thing with a needle. So poking at it is probably a good description 😉
        I like the idea of using Jedi mind trick on yourself to believe that the stitch is there!

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    1. Thanks, sis! 🙂 The pattern totally saved the top, didn’t it? This is one that I wouldn’t mind making more than once – one for you and one for me. 😀

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  7. The pattern looks beautiful, and I love this gentle cream color!
    The cute picot stitch at the edge of the sleeves would look wonderful.
    I look forward to see the finish 🧶💫

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