Lena Fedotova 8/6/26 Lena Fedotova 8/6/26

Creative Crochet: Giving Two Shawls a New Life as One Wrap

I joined two crochet shawls to create one large wrap, and I loved the result so much that it changed the way I plan my future projects.

This simple idea shows how shawls can be joined, reshaped, and transformed into something completely new.

Lena Fedotova 7/27/26 Lena Fedotova 7/27/26

Foundation Cord Method

This is my favorite set-up method, and I use it for almost all of my sweaters and cowls worked in the round.

It is easy and quick to make, gives a perfectly polished start, and is also quite elastic!

Lena Fedotova 6/27/26 Lena Fedotova 6/27/26

My New Work Rhythm

I've been working in a new rhythm this week! 🌱

I have plenty of projects on my hook, all at different stages, starting from nothing more than a bare idea. The challenge is that many of them require endless swatching, calculations, trying things out, and starting over.⁠ At the end of these working sessions, I often have nothing to show.⁠

Lena Fedotova 5/20/26 Lena Fedotova 5/20/26

Lover’s Knot: A soft and airy stitch seen a little differently

There is a stitch which I think is the most underestimated in crochet - the Lover’s Knot (also known as the Love Knot or Solomon’s Knot). It exists mainly in one form: a kind of mesh created by elongated loops.

Lena Fedotova 4/18/26 Lena Fedotova 4/18/26

Pressed Violets shawl: Mohair version

My oldest WIP, the mohair Pressed Violets shawl, is finally finished! What began as a simple experiment quickly turned into something I fell in love with. ❤︎

I started it in January 2025 to test the corrections I made in the updated pattern. That swatch I made was so cute and the fabric was just too lovely to stop, that I decided to crochet a full size shawl.