Lilinette Crochet

This is my first big crochet project to share with you. Yay! It has a loving history, Let me tell you a little bit about it. Last December, I crocheted a beautiful shawl designed by Johanna Lindahl of Mijo Crochet . The shawl was called Secret Paths, and you can find the pattern here . I crocheted this shawl for my grandmother, who has just turned 92 years old. She is a wonderful inspiration in my life. A woman who knows how to move from adulthood to old age with grace, dignity and loving kindness. And it so happens that my grandmother loves pink! So I set out to collect some colours and made her the pink shawl. As these things go... I had yarn left and wondered what to do with it. The shawl was fairly chunky with all the thick yarn and doubling of strands I used. It made me think that it would do great as a poncho as well. But Johanna never designed a poncho and had no plans to do so either. Happily I like a challenge... Plus, it would give me the chance to design it wi...

So it is winter here in South West France, and a cold one too! I have been busy the last few months with lots of projects keeping us warm and snug: socks, mittens, pillows, shawls and ponchos. When sharing some of my creations with others, I got fantastic positive feedback, and I was asked to share patterns. Time to get going with a little blog I guess! Here a little sneak peak of what I am writing up for you at the moment. Stay tuned... working out these patterns is a rather time consuming part of the design... ;-)