"Lorelai", designed by Grace Fearon.
Crocheted in America's Best Country Cotton (size 10), "American Beauty". (That thread brand was discontinued years ago. I'm still working through my stash.) It's less of a true, "Christmas" red than it looks in some photos. The dark rose-red is closer to the reality.
This pattern is available for free-- a good way to sample the designer's pattern-writing style and difficulty level.
This wasn't one of my favorites, for some reason... I'm not sure why (no longer remember, at this point, if I ever knew). Maybe the thread has something to do with it-- not my favorite brand and not my favorite color for thread crochet, either. Still, I think it turned out nicely enough (even though I did cheat a bit on Round 21, since I couldn't face crocheting into the back loop of each individual chain).
Crocheted in America's Best Country Cotton (size 10), "American Beauty". (That thread brand was discontinued years ago. I'm still working through my stash.) It's less of a true, "Christmas" red than it looks in some photos. The dark rose-red is closer to the reality.
This pattern is available for free-- a good way to sample the designer's pattern-writing style and difficulty level.
This wasn't one of my favorites, for some reason... I'm not sure why (no longer remember, at this point, if I ever knew). Maybe the thread has something to do with it-- not my favorite brand and not my favorite color for thread crochet, either. Still, I think it turned out nicely enough (even though I did cheat a bit on Round 21, since I couldn't face crocheting into the back loop of each individual chain).