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.⁠

The Botanika shawl design started with three skeins of yarn, which should be enough for a shawl and... nothing else! My mind was completely clear and I had no ideas at all.

When I need to find a starting point on which to base my research, I look at the yarn's colorway and find a word to describe it. It was a peacock. It didn't mean anything to me, but that's enough for the beginning.

Welcome to a glimpse into my crochet design journey, where every crochet stitch tells a story.

Almost every day, I work on new stitch pattern ideas. Over time, they naturally group themselves by themes, like the stitch patterns based on the ribbing stitch pattern (single crochet stitches worked in the back loops).

At this point, my design research usually splits into two equally interesting paths. 

Have you ever noticed that some of your crochet designs or projects just fly off your hook, while others take months of hard work and tons of effort, yet never leave you completely satisfied with the result?