Plus if I make a mistake I only have a few stitches to frog. I design as I go and quite often change the design while making it. I always join the motifs as I make the blanket as I love to see the design emerge. Why do you like motif projects?Īmanda: I like using the motifs as pieces of a jigsaw. To me the patterns are an artwork in their own right. I try to make my patterns as easy to follow as possible and so include lots of step by step and colour charts. I think in crochet, it just comes naturally, and love writing patterns. What is it about crochet patterns that you enjoy?Īmanda: I don’t knit very often as it frustrates me. UC: Although you also knit, you primarily design with crochet. I can lay in my bed and watch the colours of the hill on the other side of the valley change daily. It’s an amazingly beautiful part of the UK. And I’m fascinated by geometry and the way shapes fit together. I’ve always been obsessed with colour and 13 years of being a hand dyer refined my understanding of colour. UC: Where do you generally find your creative inspiration?Īmanda: Colour, shape and the landscape around me. As I found crochet easy it seemed like the logical place to start. At the time I ran a hand-dyed yarn company and needed pattern support for my yarn. UC: What inspired you to start designing?Īmanda: I started designing in 2007. Underground Crafter (UC): How did you first learn to crochet and knit?Īmanda: My granny taught me to crochet at a very early age, I have always found crochet a lot easier than knitting and didn’t learn to knit until I taught myself at art college when I was 19. You can find Amanda online at her website, Amanda’s Crochet Blanket Adventures, as well as on Etsy, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Ravelry, and Twitter.

You may remember Amanda as the author of Rainbow Crocheted Afghans: A Block-by-Block Guide to Creating 10 Colorful Blankets and Throws, which I recently reviewed here. Images are copyright Amanda Perkins and are used with permission. I may receive compensation (at no added cost to you) if you make a purchase using these links.

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