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True colours
Ana-Maria of CrochetHighway shares her love of colourwork, wearable crochet and her process for creating the perfect fit...
Ana-Maria with her feathered friend, Gigi, and a stash to envy…
Ready to branch out beyond the granny square? Ana-Maria of CrochetHighway has a passion for wearables that might inspire you to take that next step to garment creation. She is a master of colourwork and intricate designs and also has a pattern-writing mission: to help crocheters of every shape and size make clothes that are the perfect fit, while making colourwork simple and accessible. Her patterns are always size-inclusive and often reversible.
Ana-Maria’s genius with colourwork can be seen in her popular #MyZodiacSweater collection, which began in 2022, as she had just completed one of her best-selling patterns – the Starry Yoke – and was also working on her next sweater design.
“I was being indecisive about how to name the new sweater design,” she recalls. A friend suggested naming the design ‘Libra’, as Libras are known to be very indecisive, and it worked with the ‘starry’ theme. They also thought a sweater for each of the Zodiac signs would be a great idea. “I ran with it!” says Ana-Maria. “It took me two years, but now each Zodiac sign has a sweater design, and some also come with matching accessories.” She finds it hard to pick a favourite Zodiac sweater: “The Libra, my own Zodiac sign, is a strong contender, but each and every one of them has a special place in my heart.”