space space space space spacespace space space space space space Space Space space space space space space
Interweave Crochet Home

interweave crochet spring 2008


Spring 2008
$7.99

Interweave Crochet is your single best source for crochet news, ideas, articles, and best of all — patterns! Prepare yourself for gasps of delight when your friends see you working on a project that goes way beyond the scarf and afghan.

  Subscribe to Interweave Crochet Today!

 

Inside this Issue!

Woodsland Tunic
Troubador Socks
Arachne's Tears
Ripple Lace V-Neck Top
Floral Lace Belt

Woodsland Tunic
Jill Hanratty

Colorful motifs form the neckline and Empire waist of this seamless tunic.

Troubador Socks: Chrétien de Troyes
Danielle Kassner

Color-work socks keep feet warm on cool spring days.

Arachne's Tears Scarf
Debra Lea

This beginner scarf uses a simple pattern to create a cutwork design.


Ripple-Lace V-neck Top
Christine L. Walter

A V-neck tank is edged with simple ripple lace.

Floral Lace Belt
Christina Marie Potter

Lace edges surround a string of flower motifs in an ultrafeminine corset belt.



Fresh for spring, Interweave Crochet is full of classic, feminine designs to welcome warmer weather. Lacy tunics, simple pullovers, and lovely scarves herald the season of renewal. Plus, Doris Chan completes her introduction to shaping garments for a perfect fit, Gwen Blakley Kinsler profiles designer Kathy Merrick, Michelle Wiener explores crochet as a cottage industry, and Vickie Howell launches our new Crochet Around Town column by taking us on a crafty tour of Austin, Texas.

Features

Departments

Web Projects

Designer Profile:
Kathy Merrick
By Gwen Blakley Kinsler
Color, texture, and practicality inform Kathy Merrick's design style.

Spring 2008 CrochetON THE COVER:
China Doll,
page 54.

 • Strands
 • News & Views
 • Yarn Spotlight
 • Bookshelf
 • Glossary
 • Ravelings: Valarie Garber
 • Supply list for projects

Book Excerpt: Baby Doll Dress from Crochet Me
By Amy O’Neill Houck
A flirty dress for spring, with a ribbed bodice and shell-stitch skirt. Supply list

Babette Blanket In our online store:
two patterns by Kathy Merrick

Our Free Crochet projects
have moved to Knitting Daily!

Sign up today and receive free knitting and crochet patterns, a daily newsletter, product updates and more!

Getting into the Loop:
Shaping Part Deux

By Doris Chan
Learn how to shape garments for a perfect fit.

Living by the Hook
By Michelle Wiener
Cottage industry then and now.

More Projects

Tolmie Cardi Vest
Kathryn in Beauly Dress and hat
Marianne Mobius Wrap Bouquet Stole 30th Street Station Skirt

Tolmie Cardi Vest
Monica Welle Brown

This belted, square-neck cardi vest is worked from the top down.

Kathryn in Beauly Dress and Hat
Kathy Merrick

Pastel stripes perk up an oversize baby’s dress and matching bonnet.

Marianne Mobius Wrap
Linda Taylor

Flower motifs create the finishing join on this elegant wrap.

Bouquet Stole
Lisa Naskrent

A simple repeat creates floral lace that’s edged in picot-tipped leaf clusters.

30th Street Station Skirt
Kathy Merrick

A faux slip peeking out at the hem completes this skirt’s classic styling.

 

China Doll Top
Raspberry and Lime Purse
Geometry Dress
Butterscotch Cardigan
Ring around the Posie Lace top

China Doll
Doris Chan

A top-down qipao inspired by a traditional Cantonese women’s dress.

Raspberry and Lime Purse
Chloe Nightingale

A tapestry crochet triangle makes a bold statement.

Geometry Dress
Lily M.Chin

An Empire-waist sleeveless bodice fades into a rectangular lace skirt.

Butterscotch Cardigan
Julia Vaconsin

A simple stitch pattern worked side to side makes a classic, casual
cardigan.

Ring Around the Posie
Tammy Hildebrand

Lacy, join-as-you-go motifs work up quickly to create this springtime
pullover.

Supply List Supply List Supply List Supply List Supply List

 

Spring Spiral Crochet Hat
Tunisian Lace Ascot
Dots Blanket
Astrid Pullover
Babette Blanket

Spring Spiral Hat
Chloe Nightingale

Spiraling stripes create a fun warm-weather hat.

Tunisian Lace Ascot
Ellen Gormley

Elegant lacy Tunisian design is achieved with an easily memorized one-row repeat.

Dots Blanket
Kristin Omdahl

Simple circles joined with finger crochet result in a playful cotton throw.

BUY IT ONLINE: Astrid Pullover
Kathy Merrick

An Aran-styled sweater adapted for crochet with sportweight yarn.

BUY IT ONLINE: Babette Blanket
Kathy Merrick

This blanket offers a journey in color for the crocheter.

Supply List Supply List Supply List Supply list Supply List
Choose from 2 Exciting Offers
Interweave Crochet Magazine

BEST
DEAL

We have a special internet offer just for you. Subscribe to one year of Interweave Crochet, PAY NOW and we’ll add a 5th issue to your subscription and give you a discount, you’ll pay only $19.95 – that’s almost 43% off the newsstand price!

Yes, send me 5 issues for only $19.95!

Interweave Crochet Best Deal
U.S. funds only. Add $4/yr for Canadian, $7/yr for Int’l

OR

Send me a FREE trial issue of Interweave Crochet. I'll get a one-year subscription (4 issues) for
only $21.95
—that's a savings of over 21% off
the newsstand price! If I'm not completely satisfied,
I can keep my FREE issue and return the bill
marked "cancel" and owe nothing.

Just fill out this form—it's Risk Free!

U.S. funds only. Add $4/yr for Canadian, $7/yr for Int’l

First Name
Last Name
Street 1
Street 2
City
State
Zip
Country
Other Countries :use this form.
Email
TRIAL SUBSCRIPTION

Pay nothing now