Crochet Now - UK (2020-03)

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the ones that end up on my hook. Usually
my pattern ideas start as just colour
schemes. When I’m sorting through my
stash, for example, (who doesn’t do that
when they're supposed to be cleaning or
tidying up the house in general, right?!),
then I’ll start setting some colours of a
similar weight I like aside,
grouping them together.
Sometimes I start with just
an idea in my head and
go straight to stitching,
but then at some point I’ll
have to stop and draw it
up. Other times I’ll start
drawing up the pattern
chart right away and take
it from there. It really just depends, and I
must admit I don’t have a specifi c process.
It all comes very naturally and is just fun.
It’s when I’m close to fi nishing a pattern
and have to fi nish all that practical stuff,
testing, calculating, sizes, translations etc,
that I reach for my bullet journal and make
a list to get organised. I swear I wouldn’t
get anything done if I didn’t excessively
make lists with little check squares to mark
when I fi nish each task! What I do always
do though is take care to write everything I
crochet down right away. This is essential.
It only has to be scribbled notes that no
one understands but me, but this saves so

much time later on so that, after so many

years designing and writing patterns, I feel

immediately guilty if I don’t write down

what I’m making.

Like many, I fi rst got to know the mosaic

crochet technique when I came across

the beautiful Apache

Tears blanket online,

back in 2014. I started to

play with it and quickly

realised that when

using two contrasting

colors, you can make

up literally ANY pattern

you like with it! it’s

absolutely amazing!

The beauty in mosaic crochet is that it’s

so simple and brilliant at the same time;

it really is a true revelation. I designed my

fi rst two mosaic patterns back in 2015 and

since 2016 I’ve worked almost exclusively

with this technique. It’s just so much fun

and so versatile. And I feel I still have a lot

more to explore and discover with mosaic

crochet, so I plan to continue developing

the technique and designing many more

mosaic patterns.

My favourite crochet designers on Instagram

are Esme of redsparrowcrochet, Julme of

mysquarehat, Martin of martinupnorth

and Linda of elevenhandmade. They

all continuously rock my world with their

modern and innovative patterns!

Turn over to make this

stuning Iris shawl

Designer sketchbook

Crochet

is my art

medium

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YouTube by searching for Tinna

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