13d • Crochet Art
Rows or roses, bridges and springs?
Some years ago I wrote my book ‘Two Stitch Crochet Art’.
It blew my mind just how much you can do by just using these two stitches.
So I also started my YouTube channel I call ‘Howtocrochetusingtwostitches 2
stitches’.
The two stitch idea grew with the introduction of the Bridges method because
When making rows the bridges are made so it is very easy to hook under them
using the latch hook. Therefore it is not often necessary to hook into the chains.
hooking under bridges can become quite quick to do.
In my first book I introduce the idea of ‘picking up stitches’. This was because when
you gather stitches on the latch hook it is easy to pull through lots of loops at once.
And that is why I began teaching first a chain length and then turn
it into a flower by picking up the loops from the chain length. You won’t find this
in traditional crochet where the first chain length becomes the foundation row, ready
for more rows of traditional stitches.
In Freeform Crochet the latch hook is sometimes used to create the BULLION STITCH.
This is the third stitch that I teach because it involves winding the yarn around
the hook and pulling all the loops off the hook in the same way as the flower.
The bullion is such a versatile stitch. It is like a small spring!
It is fun to do.
It can be made as big as you like.
It can have one or two winds or lots of winds around the hook. You don’t need to count them.
It adds texture.
it can be made curled or straight.
The bullion bracelet is a definite hit with kids and mums love the flowers.
The bullions can be spaced out or worked one after the other.
They can be the same size or different sizes.
They can be worked on petals or on or in between bridges.
There are lots of possibilities.
After learning how to make a flower, I teach how to hook into the petals
to begin bigger circles and this is where the fun begins because we can
let it turn into a bowl or learn how to keep it flat to make a coaster or make
a fun face using sticky gems or buttons.
When we progress onto using the double hook.
We begin again with a cord, flowers, bowls and so much more….
What would you call it?
It’s fun, it’s easy.
It’s not traditional crochet.
Florence has learned all the above and she came to class on Saturday excited
to show me the gift she had made for her grandmas 80th birthday.
A basket full of treasures including a bunch of flowers in a pot, a widget to hang up,
a miniature pot, and a fidget on a cord.
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Rows or roses, bridges and springs?
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