Please note this listing is for crochet pattern only and does not illustrate how to embroider. The embroidery stitches used are simple and easy to learn and include straight stitch or running stitch and the French knot. Search these terms on Youtube and you will find some excellent tutorials that will have you working them in no time at all!

Top Embroidery Tips for the absolute beginner

Use a sharp embroidery needle so that you can work into the actual crochet stitches and not into the spaces. This holds the embroidery in place. Don’t pull your work too tight as it will pucker the crochet base and distort the shape of the crochet stitches.  Having said all of this it is also possible to use the structure of the crochet stitches to inform the embroidery stitches especially when working with a tight cotton crochet base.  In all likelihood the back of your work will be a little messy (or in my case an absolute pickle!) so I tend to only embroider onto things I know will be viewed from the right side only.  It is possible to make it neat on the back by sewing a patch of fabric over it but to be honest I  find it a bit of a faff so I avoid needing to see it from both sides wherever possible!

All patterns are written in English using UK terms

The pattern is worked in the round, I recommend it as a confident beginner / intermediate pattern.

All the colours used for this project are listed in the pattern which was first published in Inside Crochet Magazine.

This pattern is for your personal use only and I’m trusting you to encourage your friends to purchase their own copy.  You have my blessing to sell items you produce from this pattern in small quantities and I would love it if you referenced me as the designer. Please do not share, reproduce or sell this pattern or any pictures. Thank you so much and I wish you many hours of happy crochet.