Foundation stitches So, when you intend to work in rows, you have to begin with a starting chain, right? Actually, no. A starting chain is often convenient, but it has its limits. One of those is lack of stretch. Many, many crocheters have experienced how their work is pulled in at the bottom because of […]
Annette Petavy Design – Newsletter December 2009 – Happy New Year!
Newsletter December 2009: Best wishes for the New Year!The end of another year – it might have been happy, it might not. In any case, the start of the new year is a time of hope, of resolutions, of renewal.I hope you will all have a wonderful new year, that you will stay healthy, that you […]
Long crochet starting chain
Dealing with a loooooong starting chain I have a project in the works that starts with 451 chains. Handling this long starting chain is really the only difficulty with this design – once the first row is worked the rest is very straightforward (for a quite lovely result, if I may say so myself). The […]
Annette Petavy Design – Newsletter October 2009 – Crochet in the round … but back and forth
In the round … but back and forth: Very often it will be convenient to work a crochet project in the round (a hat, a skirt, a glove, a doily…). However, when working in the round, the very nature of crochet stitches may play tricks on you. As I think you know, a crochet stitch […]
Annette Petavy Design – Newsletter August 2009 – Changing a stitch pattern
Changing a stitch pattern There are (a few) crochet designers who invent complicated new stitch patterns from scratch. I admire them a lot, but I’m not one of them. I generally use an existing stitch pattern as my starting point. Sometimes I’m inspired by a stitch pattern, and use it as a part of my […]
Annette Petavy Design – Newsletter July 2009 – Neat edges – the crochet turning chain
The crochet turning chain One of the first things you learn as a crocheter is to make a turning chain. At the beginning of a new row, your hook will need to « travel up » to the height of the next row. This is done by making a « ladder » of chain stitches, called the « turning chain ». […]
Annette Petavy Design – Newsletter June 2009 – A crocheted flower bracelet
Newsletter June 2009: A flower braceletNews:Manon, a jacket for stylish babies aged 3 months to 2 years, is now available in the shop, both as a pattern and as a kit, including the four yarn colours and custom-dyed buttons. Also, the flower bracelet presented in this newsletter is available as a mini-kit for only €5.00, including […]
Annette Petavy Design – Newsletter May 2009 – Starting Tunisian crochet
Newsletter May 2009: Starting Tunisian crochetNews:My new website launched at the very beginning of May – if you haven’t seen it yet, click on the links above to explore! Regarding the content, the most important change is that the blog is now part of the website – you might want to update your bookmarks or […]
Annette Petavy Design – Newsletter April 2009
April 2009: A necklace idea News: Want to make a scarf to ward off the spring morning chill and adorn your spring coat? Want it to be interesting both to crochet and to look at? Try my Scarf Collection, three three-dimensional scarves (see the first three photos at left): 1 – Andlau, 2 – Yzeron and 3 […]
Annette Petavy Design – Newsletter March 2009
April 2009: A necklace idea News: A necklace idea: I don’t claim this as my own design – when I made this I was very inspired by a scarf design from La Droguerie – a French company with stores in several cities. At La Droguerie, you can buy yarn, patterns, and materials for making accessories […]