A while ago, I was playing around with a crochet hook and some variegated yarn. Variegated yarn can look great knitted (admittedly, it can also look horrible) but it doesn't lend itself well to most crochet due to the relative size of the stitches. I really wanted to come up with a pattern that would let me use variegated yarn in crochet so started playing around with slip stitches and chains. Thus, Dappled Mitts were born.
Next, I contacted the lovely Caerthan Wrack of Triskelion Yarns. Caerthan is an online friend who, when he's not running round looking after his 11 alpacas, dyes the most sumptuous yarns. He was kind enough to custom dye a colourway for me, which was an absolute pleasure to work with.
The resulting pattern is now in issue 48 of Inside Crochet magazine, on sale now in newsagents.
Photo credit Britt Spring, courtesy of Inside Crochet magazine.
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