I wanted to make a sweater with a leaf design and stumbled on this design, the Leaves Sweater by Annette Petavy from the book: Crochet Me: Designs to Fuel the Crochet Revolution. It's out of print so I had to get it from the library.
I really like how it looks but if I were to make it again, I'd make it using foundation chains because the beginning chains have no stretch, and getting it over my shoulders is a struggle. I'd also make the front panel longer (before the leaves) to account for DD+ cup.
Mini ivy leaf belt from Foxes and Ravens.
It's so unique with the lace, leaves, and shaping-- especially for crochet at that time (2007). I made a lot of modifications which are listed on my Ravelry page. It took me about 5 weeks to finish it.
I used Loops & Threads Soft & Shiny Solids in Parsley but when I was almost done with sleeve #2, I ran out and the color was sold out everywhere! So I redid the sleeves with Caron Simply Soft in a similar color (kinda) at the wrist and transitioned to the original color for the sleeve cap. I also did the neck edging in the new color.
