The Crochet Project Issue 2: Woodland Whimsy

the crochet project

Issue 2: Woodland Whimsy Autumn/Winter 2013

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Letter from the Editors

The Patterns Forest Foragers Handwarmers by Kat Goldin Maple Falls Sweater by Joanne Scrace Melas Shawl by Jaqui Harding Hepatica Cardigan by Rita Taylor Scavenger Hunt by Sarah Lora Kissiae Stole by Elly Doyle Xylia Cardigan by Sarah Alderson Dappled Leaves Scarf by Alice Leadbeter Gnarled Bark Hat by Joanne Scrace Sibleyback Infinity Scarf by Anniken Allis Pattern Details Contributors

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Letter from the Editors

Leaves turning, dewdrops on spider webs, long yellow light licking the landscape, that wonderful time of year when the woods call your name by shouting in every tone and hue they can muster.

This issue is inspired by woodlands so wrap up warm in your finest crochet and take a walk with us into deep dark forests and dappled glades.

As usual, you can expect garments and accessories from your favourite crochet designers with gorgeous details using interesting crochet techniques to create the most wearable pieces on the market. Expect lots of texture, beautiful drape and rich saturated tones.

We think you are going to love the collection so much that, for the first time, we are offering all the patterns as an e-book at a fantastic discount.

All our patterns have been thoroughly edited and written in our trademark simple style in your choice of UK or US standard terminology so whether you are a beginner or more experienced, whichever side of the Atlantic you live, you can create the project of your dreams.

Tweet us @TheCrochetProj or follow us on Facebook and tell us what you think about Issue 2 or join us in our Ravelry group for a crochet a long.

Happy Crocheting!

Joanne Scrace and Kat Goldin

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The Designs

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Forest Forager Handwarmers

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Maple Falls Sweater by Joanne Scrace

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Melas Shawl by Jacqui Harding

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Hepatica Bodice

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Scavenger Hunt

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Kissiae Stole by Elly Doyle

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Xylia Cardigan

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Dappled Glade Scarf

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Gnarled Bark Hat

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Siddleyback Infinity Scarf

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Forest Forager Handwarmers by Kat Goldin Description Sometimes all you need is beautiful yarn and a simple stitch pattern. This is a great

introduction to Tunisian Crochet. The pattern includes full instructions for crocheters to work the Tunisian stitch.

Materials

• 1 hank of Baa Ram Ewe, Titus (50% Wensleydale, 20% Bluefaced Leicester, 30% UK Alpaca, 320m/350yd/100g) in Parkin [Yarn Held Double] • 4.5 mm/US 7 Tunisian Crochet hook.

• Tapestry Needle.

• 10, (12, 14) buttons 2.5 cm/1” in diameter.

Sizes

• Finished circumference measures: 19 (20, 22) cm/ 7.5 (8, 8.5) in • Finished length: 15 (18, 20) cm/ 6 (7, 8)” • Designed to be worn with little negative ease.

Price: £3 50

Maple Falls Sweater by Joanne Scrace Description

Pattern Blurb: Beautiful autumn colours, spike stitches are used to create maple leaf motifs for an easy colourwork look.

Materials:

• Col A 4 (5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 9, 9, 10) balls Debbie Bliss Rialto DK (100% merino wool, 50g/105m) in Earth (037) • Col B 1 (1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2) balls Debbie Bliss Rialto DK (100% merino wool, 50g/105m) in Burnt Orange (043)

• Col C 2 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3) balls Debbie Bliss Rialto DK (100% merino wool, 50g/105m) in Gold (045) • 5 mm/US H/8 hook.

• Tapestry Needle.

• 2 Removable stitch markers.

Sizes:

• Finished chest measures: 75 (86, 94, 105, 116, 126, 136, 144, 155)cm/ 29.5 (33.5, 37, 41, 45.5, 49.5, 53.5, 56.5, 61) in • Finished length (Underarm to hem): 41cm/ 16 in • Designed to be worn with zero ease at the bust.

Price: £4

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Melas Shawl by Jacqui Harding Description

This graceful, motif based shawl/wrap is made in pieces and joined using the last round of each motif. A simple edging is added at the end and features optional beading.

Choose between a traditional square shaped shawl or a long elegant wrap to suit your wardrobe best.

Materials

• 2 hanks of Fyberspates Vivacious 4ply, (100% superwash merino, 365m/100g) in 602 Copper Tones MC • 1 hank of Fyberspates Vivacious 4ply, (100% superwash merino, 365m/100g) in 600 Spiced Plum CC • 3.5mm / US hook

Sizes

Shawl: 102cm/40 in square.

Wrap: 183 x 52cm / 72 x 20.5 in.

Price: £3

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4mm hook 4.5mm hook Tapestry Needle 48 Size 6/0 seed beads (optional), small steel hook (I use 1.75mm) to fit through bead hole (optional)

Hepatica Bodice By Rita Taylor Description

Hepatica is a fitted bodice with ¾ sleeves inspired by those on medieval gowns. The stitch is a simple one of all over crossed trebles and the neckline is edged with a contrast colour and a lacy puff stitch. Named for the pretty flower that is found unexpectedly in deeply shaded woodlands, this is a find of a cardigan.

Materials

• MC 11 (11, 12, 13, 14, 14, 15 ) balls Sublime baby cashmere merino silk dk (75% extra fine merino, 20% silk, 5% cashmere, 116m/50g) shade 0217.

• CC 1 ball Sublime baby cashmere merino silk dk (75% extra fine merino, 20% silk, 5% cashmere, 116m/50g) shade 0003 • 3.5 mm/US E hook.

• 4mm / US G hook.

• Tapestry Needle.

Sizes

XS (S, M, L, 1X, 2x, 3x) Finished chest measures: 30 (34, 38, 42,46, 50, 54) in Finished length: 44 (46, 47½, 48½, 50½, 51, 52) cm

Price: £4

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Scavenger Hunt by Sarah Lora Description

This fun peasant style dress is a simple and cute piece for fall and winter, perfect for layering over leggings and a turtle neck. Piece is worked in grit stitch to create a fabric with a nice drape yet dense enough for winter. The color block pockets will be perfect for picking up treasures on the trail. Features seamless top down that is as beautiful as it is easy to make.

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• 1 (1, 1, 2, 2) skeins of Cascade 220 Sport, (100% wool, 150m/164yds/50g) in Cream (8010) (Col A) • 1 (1, 1, 1, 2) skeins of Cascade 220 Sport, (in Green (8267) (Col B) • 1 (1, 1, 2, 2) skeins of Cascade 220 Sport, (in Purple (8885) (Col C) • 1 (1, 1, 1, 2) skeins of Cascade 220 Sport, (in Brown (8686) (Col D) • 5 mm/US H hook.

• Tapestry Needle.

• Three buttons 2cm/¾ in in diameter.

Sizes:

• To Fit Age: 6 months (1 year, 2 years, 4 years, 6 years, 8 years, 10 years) • Finished chest measures: 48 (54, 59, 61, 66, 71, 76) cm/ 19 (21, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30) in.

• Designed to be worn with 5cm/2 in positive ease at the chest.

• Finished length: 30 (36, 41, 46, 51, 56, 61) cm/ 12 (14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24) in

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Kissiae Stole by Elly Doyle

Layers of leaves grow from a netted trellis, which gives this stole plenty of swing and drape. Play with colours to give a subtle ombre look, or bold bands of tumbling foliage.

Materials

• 1 (2) balls of Brown Sheep, Nature Spun Sport (100% wool) in Brick Road (225S) • 1 (2) balls of Brown Sheep, Nature Spun Sport (100% wool) in Burnt Sienna (101S) • 1 (2) balls of Brown Sheep, Nature Spun Sport (100% wool) in French Clay (N17S)

• 1 (2) balls of Brown Sheep, Nature Spun Sport (100% wool)in Goldenrod (125S) • 5 mm/US 8 hook.

• Tapestry Needle.

Sizes

(when laid flat - stretches when worn.)

Scarf: 130 x 19cm / 51.25 x 7.5 in Shawl: 130 x 38cm / 51.25 x 15 in

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Xylia Cardigan by Sarah Alderson Description

Xylia means ‘of the wooded land’ and characterises this pattern perfectly with its textured stitches reminiscent of bark. This asymmetrical cardigan is both feminine and functional to wear with its little pocket and scalloped edges.

Materials

• 15 (16, 17, 21, 23, 25, 27) balls of Woolyknit DK classics yarn, (100% merino wool, 180m/200yd/50g) in Brown.

• 4 mm/US G hook.

• Tapestry Needle.

• 9 (9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10) buttons 2.5 cm/1in in diameter.

• 4 Removable stitch markers.

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XS(S, M, L, 1X, 2X, 3X) Finished chest measures: 86 (91, 101, 112, 122, 132, 142) cm / 34(36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56)” Finished length: 47 (47, 47, 54, 54, 54, 54) cm / 18.5 (18.5, 18.5, 21.5, 21.5, 21.5, 21.5)” Designed to be worn with 5cm/2” in ease.

Price: £4

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Dappled Glade Scarf by Alice Leadbeter Description

This beautiful lace scarf is inspired by the leaf canopy in a dappled glade. Made in luxurious wool and silk blend it is soft and stylish and shows off the variegated yarn beautifully.

Materials

• 3 skeins/hanks of Manos del Uruguay Silk Blend (70% wool, 30% silk, 135m/50g), in Leo (6610) • 4 mm/US G/6 hook.

• Tapestry Needle.

Sizes

Finished length: 186 cm/ 72”

Price: £3 57

Gnarled Bark Hat by Joanne Scrace Description

Inspired by the twisting gnarled bark on trees in ancient woodlands this slouchy beret is highly textured with a lace and cable pattern. Fun to make and beautiful to wear.

Materials

• 2 (2, 3) balls Jeanette Sloan Baby Alpaca Silk 4ply, (70% baby alpaca, 30% silk, 50g/200m) in Caramel • 3.5 mm/US E/4 hook.

• Tapestry Needle.

• 1 Removable stitch markers.

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Sizes: S (M, L) Finished brim size: 17.5 (19.5, 21.5)” Finished body circumference: 25 (28, 31)” Designed to be worn with a little negative ease at the brim.

Price: £3 58

Sibleyback Infinity Scarf by Anniken Allis Description

Sibleyback is an infinity scarf worked flat with the short ends joined at the end to form a long loop which can be wrapped around the neck twice or worn in a long loop.

The stitch pattern is an easy to memorise lace pattern. Named for the open woodlands around this Cornish lake.

Materials

• 4 balls Debbie Bliss Luxury Silk (100% silk, 100m/50g) in shade Dusk (005) • 4mm/US G hook • Tapestry needle

Sizes

• Width: 27cm • Length: 158cm

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Designers

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Anniken Allis Anniken has been regularly published in a variety of knitting and crochet magazines in the UK, the US & Germany (Interweave Knits, Knitscene, Let’s Knit, The Knitter, Simply Knitting, Knitting, Inside Crochet, Yarn Forward and Verena) as well as regularly designing for yarn companies including Artesano, Fyberspates, Quince & Co and The Little Knitting Company.

She has also contributed to two books: Classic Elite: Shawls, Wraps & Scarves published

by Sixth & Springs Books and The Scrumptious Collection Volume 2 by Fyberspates (both published in January 2013).

Anniken is considered one of the UK’s leading lace designers and learnt to knit as a young child while growing up in Norway. Her designs feature a variety of techniques including lace, cables and fair isle and she is well known for my beautiful lace shawls as well as garments.

She’s lived in Cornwall since she moved to the UK in 1990 and is married with 2 teenage daughters. As well as knitting, she enjoys crocheting and spinning as well as yarn dyeing. http:// www.yarnaddict.co.uk

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Sarah Alderson Sarah started crafting as a child and has never stopped. She is rarely seen without a ball of yarn and needles or hook in her bag (or hands).

She is always on the go and juggles knit and crochet design with running a comic convention, working as a GP and a university lecturer. She never has time to be bored!

Her designs have been published in Knit Now magazine as well as on her website www.wessendenwoollies.com.

What I love about crochet: I love how simple stitches can be combined to create the most beautiful textured patterns.

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Elly Doyle Elly Doyle is the knit and crochet designer behind Magpielly.co.uk, where you can buy Brown Sheep yarn, as well as her patterns and kits. She learnt to knit first, but had to wait 5 years for a left-handed aunt to teach her to crochet. She hasn’t looked back since, and is pondering a magnum opus of a blanket project. Currently focusing on accessory design, her hat and scarf collection is soon going to overflow from the dresser in the hall and take over the house. You can find the patterns for many at http://Magpielly.co.uk and http://www.ravelry.com/designers/elly-doyle What do you enjoy most about crochet?

The rhythm of ‘insert hook and yarn over’, that develops, no matter which stitches you are working, and how different the resulting fabrics can be, just by varying a stitch slightly.

Ravelry Designer name: Magpielly

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Kat Goldin If you ask Kat what she does, she never knows quite how to answer…some days she is a photographer who designs crochet patterns and on others she is a crochet designer who take photos/runs a business/writes/leads workshops…She is pretty sure that the last time she was bored was sometime in early 2007.

Kat lives passionately by the motto that life is too short to match socks and will often be stepping over piles of laundry or leaning over a tower of dirty dishes to get the perfect shot. Her 3 children don’t recognise her without a Canon in front of her face and balls of yarn in her pockets.

Her work has been featured by Ideal Homes, Etsy’s Spring 2012 Lookbook, Etsy’s Facebook page, Inside Crochet, Simply Crochet, Simply Knitting, Handmade Living (forthcoming) and Mollie Makes (forthcoming).

Her first book, Crochet at Play, is out in April with Kyle Books. http://www.slugsontherefrigerator.com

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Jacqui Harding When her twins were around 4years old, Jacqui decided to pick up knitting again as she needed a cheap hobby. How little she knew! The knitting bug quickly spread to encompass crochet, sewing & spinning, then designing. Her 3 boys have become resigned to living in a home strewn with yarn, needles, hooks & scribbled notes on every surface. She loves accessories, quirky details and being warm. Find her on Ravelry as Curvyjax, and on her website at http://www.happymakingdesigns.com What do you enjoy most about crochet: I think it’s the creative possibilities. It’s so simple really - just a hook and some yarn, but with those basic tools you can create a stiff structural shape or delicate floaty lace and everything in between. You can work in 3 dimensions so easily, it’s a little like sculpting your yarn into the shape it should be. It’s also quick, which appeals hugely to my rather short attention span!

Rav designer page: http://www.ravelry.com/designers/jacqui-harding

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Alice Leadbeter Alice is a mother of three who returned to crochet as a way to bring a bit of sanity to her busy life. She is particularly fond of small, intricate, lacy work and spends some of her available time creating unique pieces of jewellery using crochet, wire and beads.

She blogs about her creations at http://knitnrun4sanity.wordpress.com, Posts pictures on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/knitnrun4sanity/ What do I enjoy most about crochet?

I love that it is flexible and portable. It is the medium that I feel the most creative in as I find it easier to create shapes from. I enjoy seeing how patterns translate from yarn into thin wire, (with sometimes surprising results), as well as using the smallest hooks to create tiny and intricate pieces of work.

My designer Name on Ravelry is: Knitnrun4sanity.

(Running is her other sanity keeping activity.)

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Sarah Lora Crochet designing is Sarah’s passion. She is inspired by her 2 preschoolers, beautiful color combos, simple designs, easy uncomplicated living, and creating beautiful fabric with her hook. Sarah’s designs are easy, but you wouldn’t know it by looking at them. Most of them are seamless with shaping achieved (in many instances) by stitch selection or hook size, rather than by increasing or decreasing. Sarah’s philosophy is that the piece must be beautiful and enjoyable to make, otherwise it’s not worth it.

Sarah’s days are generally filled with parenting her 2 preschool age kids in beautiful Portland, Oregon. When she’s not working in the home or crocheting, she is a part time attorney at Legal Aid. Since she learned to crochet (in December 2010) she has not missed a day, except for one when she had the flu. She crochets at lunch, breaks, nap time, red lights, etc. and her fingers cannot keep up with all the patterns she has in her head!

What do you enjoy most about crochet?

There’s a lot I love about crochet, the subtle sound of my hand and hook passing over the yarn, the texture of the crocheted fabric, the break-neck speed at which I can create beautiful pieces, but the thing I enjoy most is the peace and serenity it brings me daily.

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Joanne Scrace Joanne Scrace (aka Not So Granny) specialises in seamless knitting and crochet, often vintage inspired but always with a fresh modern feel. She blogs about this and the trials of keeping the kids off her yarn at http://notsogranny.blogspot.com.

Find her on Ravelry at www.ravelry.com/designers/joanne-scrace Joanne is co-founder of The Crochet Project.

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Rita Taylor When she is not knitting, Rita enjoys cycling around the lanes of Norfolk where she lives. The photographs that she takes of the local landscape and architecture provide inspiration for her paintings and for many of her knitting and crochet designs.

You can see some of them on berrycat’s ravelry page http://www.ravelry.com/projects/ berrycat or on her website www.heritagehandknits.co.uk

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Yarn Graciously Supplied By: Artesano Yarns http://www.artesanoyarns.co.uk/

Magpielly http://magpielly.co.uk/

Designer Yarns Cascade Yarns http://www.designeryarns.uk.com/ http://www.cascadeyarns.com Fyberspates http://www.fyberspates.co.uk/

Sirdar/Sublime http://www.sirdar.co.uk/

Jeanette Sloan http://www.jeanettesloandesign. com

Credits Photography and Lookbook Layout

Kat Goldin Kevin Harrison

Technical Editing Joanne Scrace and Pattern Layout Models

Kerstin Price Brandi Lee Lough Dennell Georgia Harrison-Goldin Joanne Scrace

Locations

Cambridgeshire and Stirlingshire

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