pragmatica
January 6th, 2006, 09:40 PM
The current Shop Etc. has an Anna Sui spring blouse on page 54 that's got WAY too much going on, IMHO: white cotton voile with baby pleats AND a square neck AND little swiss-style dots AND a kelly green stencil pattern AND some nice thread crochet around the sleeves and collar -- looks like at least two or three inches instead of just an edging. The crochet is really pretty -- some wide fans -- but it's also kelly green and the whole effect is really busy. I think if they'd taken away at least one design detail, like the stencil pattern, the blouse could look really nice. Anyway, it's a big chunk of pretty crochet.
The crochet detail is entirely uncredited but at least they didn't identify it as knitting. :)
--Elissa
The crochet detail is entirely uncredited but at least they didn't identify it as knitting. :)
--Elissa