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| Image by Inside Crochet Magazine |
Forgive me, for I
have sinned, and not written a blog post since last Autumn, tsk!
I was just showing a
crafting colleague how I used Blogger, and realised the error of my ways. It's time. And more
so because this month I'm PUBLISHED AGAIN! Inside Crochet of course, the March
2015 edition, you can find my Golden Broomstick mitts and snuggler set. They
very kindly allowed me the use of this gorgeous photograph to show you how it looks.
This is quite a nice
little project for getting into broomstick/peacock lace - which is a bit of a
maverick technique as it involves the use of a 20mm knitting needle, AS WELL as
your normal crochet hook. It's not that hard though, once you know how - and
You Tube is really good for sorting that out.
I found that because
it is essentially a one-sided fabric (having a wrong and a right side) it
involves the use of what could be described as a forward row and a return pass
- just like Tunisian. Therefore, it works well with Tunisian stitches in the
same pattern. This lead to me starting out with the cuffs in a Tunisian Knit
Stitch/Purl Stitch rib, leading on to a wrap-round rectangle of peacock eyes,
and then a Tunisian thumb. Claire Montgomerie,
the editor, wanted patterns with these two techniques and she got them both in
one!
I have, very recently, had another design accepted, and bundled the sample off in the post, followed
by the written pattern instructions by email last week. It's for a beach mat
and, no doubt, I'll be telling you all about that too, in the coming months. Here
was my design 'sketch' - just as a taster.
