Choosing a wedding dress for themselves, each bride wants to have not just a beautiful outfit, but also an exclusive one. If your wealth is not at a high level, then purchase such a dress is very difficult. Fortunately, you can go the other way - to tie yourself a wedding dress. Yes, it is in such a simple, but rather complicated way that you can get a truly unique and one-of-a-kind wedding dress.
Where did the fashion come from?
Brides who lived several centuries ago created their own wedding gowns themselves, if they did not have the opportunity to entrust this business to a professional.
Previously, wedding salons were not, and information about wedding dresses was not as accessible, extensive and varied as it is now. And brides twisted as they could. Yes, and high-quality material was difficult to get, so they used what was at hand: various variations of silk fabric, brocade and organza. But there were also such brides who took a conscious risk and took lace patterns created with a hook as the basis for their future dress.
Now knitted wedding dress is a rarity that you can not just choose in the wedding salon. The knitting process itself is a whole ritual, albeit a difficult one, but interesting and fascinating.
If you do not want to knit a dress yourself, you will have to make an effort to find a knitted dress, but the result will be worth it.
Nothing prevents a modern bride from taking advantage of her predecessors' experience and choosing a knitted dress for herself. This will require determination to move away from the standards and to appear before the guests in an unusual, but very beautiful dress, which is somewhat reminiscent of retro-style. This trend in the wedding fashion took restoring fashion designer Paul Gauthier.
Since dresses are created on the basis of lace, light and most often loose knit, then their designs contain covers of opaque fabric. It should be light and natural, so that the dress is not heavy, thick and uncomfortable.
This option is the creation of a knitted dress is the most preferable, because with a very tight binding, which does not require a sheath, the outfit will be rough and uncomfortable.
Features
No matter how varied crocheted wedding dresses are, they should have the following characteristics:
- ease;
- airiness;
- romance;
- and perhaps even touching.
If you decide to create a masterpiece yourself, then follow some rules, and you will definitely succeed.
Do not stop at the white color, considering it the only one that fits to the wedding dress. After all, there are a large number of shades that do not contradict the traditions and are suitable for knitted models.
There is no single rule for choosing the style of a knitted wedding dress. Variants there is a weight, beginning from various length and finishing the combined or uniform structure. Trust your inner voice, count on your strengths, abilities and features of the figure.
If you decide on such a brave step, as the creation of a knitted dress, then do not miss the opportunity to make it openwork. The fillet pattern, which is quite simple to perform, is not as beautiful as the more complex Irish and Bruges patterns. In this case, the image will surely turn out to be gentle and touching, without preparing already about exclusivity.
The main element in your future dress will be yarn, so you should seriously think about its choice and carefully analyze all existing options.
Lightweight materials are suitable for crochet work, but keep in mind that each has its own characteristics. For example, natural silk will make the finished product light and almost weightless. Viscose with the addition of other materials to the composition and cotton can add shine and tenderness. You can take a pure viscose, but working with it is very difficult.
The most unusual material for crocheting was natural sheep wool. The wedding dress turned out to be original and was created in just 3 days.
Stunning work of modern masters. Below are the dresses created by Anna Radaeva.
Vintage knitted dresses
The first photos of brides in knitted dresses that we can see come to us from the 1930s. Later models, such as the outfit created by Yves Saint Laurent, date from 1965. By the way, this model embodies a very unusual approach to the creation of knitted dresses for brides.
The same legendary fashion designer created another unusual model - the knitted cocoon dress now plays the role of a museum piece in San Francisco. It was so unusual that its appearance made all the fashionistas of that time pay attention to this fashionable trend, which was a bit forgotten.
Needless to say about the level of knowledge of the art of knitting, which was owned by the craftsmen of that time. So the designer also managed to convey with the help of an ordinary dress the meaning that marriage had for a woman.
Since we looked into the history, let's pay attention to the doll wedding dresses, which also produced a little, but still a sensation. The most iconic of all dolls - Barbie doll recently celebrated a solid anniversary - 50 years.
On this day, a grand exhibition was organized, to which everyone could send their models of dresses. Among the presented copies there were a lot of wedding dresses, such as, for example, this handmade knitted model.
From fashion magazines
Looking through fashion magazines, first of all, the presented knitting techniques are of interest. The most interesting of them have a rich history. For example, Bruges lace originated in the 16th century, and is based on the creation of a lace braid, which is then connected into a ring or made with elegant complex patterns. This dress is created very long, and therefore costs accordingly.
The 16th century gave us another technique for knitting wedding dresses - Irish lace. This is not to say that this technique is easier or takes less time, but in its magnificence it is not inferior to Bruges lace.
The technique differs by typesetting elements in the form of flowers, petals, butterflies or geometric shapes, which are interconnected with air loops, nets or complex motifs sewn onto tulle, and if it fits snugly to each other, they are simply sewn with a needle.
And finally, the third technique, which is based on the use of twisted cord - Romanian lace. The cord is laid out according to the pattern made and secured with needles. The centers in the pattern are filled with elements with a needle.
Designer from the podium
If wedding models with lace have long been on the runways and are accustomed to everyone, crocheted always meet with delight. Such models can be counted on the fingers. Here are some examples.
Of course, schemes for knitting can not be found, but experienced craftswomen manage to pick up similar patterns and create almost identical wedding dresses. Some go further and ordinary lace dresses transform into crocheted.
Such an example is a real openwork masterpiece from Liz Martinez. Fully lacy, with a chic train and a deep narrow neckline - it may seem complicated, but as soon as you get down to business, amazing lace will be created under your deft hands.This dress is created with the help of fitted patterns and Irish lace.
Embodied in life
You should not think that creating a wedding dress with the help of a hook and a pair of skeins of thread is the lot of real masters who have plenty of free time. It is necessary to have only desire, big, no, even a great desire and everything will turn out.
How did that come about from Korean woman Chi Krneta, who was knitting her future wedding dress on the way to work? So, paying about an hour a day, an ordinary girl managed to create an amazingly beautiful dress that exists in a single copy.
Buying a handmade dress is expensive.
How I liked the first wedding dress! I dream of the same.