Galadriel Costume advice

[Lady of Shalott]

I'm attempting to make a MyScene barbie sized Galadriel (from Lord of the rings) dress. I want it to have an overlay of glitter or metallic crochet thread over a white/cream basic dress. I have several questions to achieve this:

 

Does anyone know of a crochet stitch (or series of rows) that will create an open work type of look that is somewhat flowery??

 

Does anyone know where to get metallic/glitter crochet thread??? Like what company is the best???

 

And does anyone know of a good medieval looking (i.e. bell-sleeved) barbie sized dress that I can alter to fit a MyScene barbie???

 

I know, that's a lot to think about... but I'm still in the process of figuring out how to do this. Any help would be VERY appreciated.

[Mermaiden]

I found this stuff at Hobby Lobby. Used it recently for my Harry Potter golden snitch bookmark

 

http://store.knitting-warehouse.com/yarn-lion-lame-metallic.html

[Lady of Shalott]

thanks, that looks like a nice yarn choice.

[Shell]

http://www.kreinik.com shows lots of different glittery/metalic threads. almost all their patterns are made in it (which is a bit much imho) as for stitch patterns.. there are just so many! i tend to look at afghans and things like that online until i see something i like then pinch the stitch repeats it works!!

[Her]

Have you tried looking at Crochet Pattern Central for stitch patterns?

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/stitches.php

[Empress Busy Bee]

Does anyone know of a crochet stitch (or series of rows) that will create an open work type of look that is somewhat flowery??

Love knot or Solomon's Knot would be nice:

 

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art4830.asp

 

Picot Arch Mesh would also be nice:

 

http://www.franrhea.com/crochet/sc_arch_picot.html

 

Does anyone know where to get metallic/glitter crochet thread??? Like what company is the best???

The Lionbrand Lame posted would be nice.

Be sure to check out Coats and Clark Knit-Cro-Sheen Metallic Crochet Thread. They have several choices.

 

http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.jsp?CATID=cat2706&PRODID=prd12389

 

And does anyone know of a good medieval looking (i.e. bell-sleeved) barbie sized dress that I can alter to fit a MyScene barbie???

Freebies.

 

Graduation gown, I think the sleeves are the best so far:

 

http://shiwri.mybesthost.com/patterns/2005pp/b_grad.htm

 

This isn't medieval looking but you might make the sleeves work, especially if you lengthen them a bit:

 

http://members.optusnet.com.au/we2/barbiepicnicdress.html

 

Maybe you can use this one:

 

http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/jacobean/141/page2.html

 

Another one that might be workable:

 

http://www.geocities.com/barbie42day/geese.html

 

Here is something to work with if you want to make a matching Ken outfit:

 

http://www.geocities.com/barbie42day/king.html

 

I went through these and didn't see anything off hand. Maybe you will.

 

http://barbiebasics.tripod.com/barbiebasicsfreecrochet.pdf

 

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory/barbie_fashion.php

 

Lots more here. I only skimmed through a few:

 

http://shiwri.mybesthost.com/patterns/patternmap/patternmap.htm

 

 

Pay for patterns.

 

Fairytale Renaissance Princess:

 

http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=9

 

English Country Costume sleeves:

 

http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1829

 

French Court Dress sleeves:

 

http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=11

 

Maybe some others to inspire you:

 

http://www.paradisedolls.com/crochet-cca.html

 

 

You're going to have to adjust them all to fit a My Scene.

[Lady of Shalott]

Wow, thanks for the help folks! This gives me a much better idea of how to get started on it.