Random Thoughts

Fall 2016 Colours!

The new colours are now in from Pantone. I am sure this will inspire you when choosing your yarn colours for fall. I especially like the blue tones they have chosen and am also in love with the sharkskin. Check them out here: Pantone Fall 2016 Colours

Things are gearing up for National Crochet Month. March will be busy and fun. I am getting ready for the Crochetville Blog Tour as my date is March 5th and I will be offering one of my patterns, Random Lace Scarf, free for a week to celebrate. My hope is to have crocheters discover the joy of freeform and randomness in general. More details to follow...

Crochetville's National Crochet Month Blog Tour coming this March!

Hey, crocheters! Did you hear? Jude Butterworth Designs is part of this year’s #natcromo Crochet Express blog tour.

Here's your ticket:

Make sure to check out all the fun. There will be daily giveaways and 3 designers will be featured each day, 93 in all! Don't miss out! Follow the link for all the details:

http://crochetville.com/all-aboard-the-crochet-express-blog-tour/

Hope to see you there!

All aboard!

Thoughts on Freeform Beading

I do love those lovely shiny tiny beads. I also am a fan of things asymmetrical.

I started doing freeform work in crochet, but have also expanded into freeform beading. I think it was only natural that this would happen.

Hope you enjoy looking at my work!

Thoughts on Freeform

Defining 'freeform' is a complicated task. If just picking up a hook and going for it were to be considered as 'freeforming', then all designers would be doing freeform whenever they design and this isn't true.

Experimenting with different shapes and textures might be a candidate, but perhaps only if there is some sort of cohesion. Sometimes when I experiment, I just join a new sample onto another one to avoid starting a new chain and this I would not consider doing freeform as there is no real goal in mind -- I am just playing with ideas

So just what is it? It cannot be merely working without a pattern or joining existing motifs in a new way. Many call it 'scrumbling' and I do like this idea as freeform seems to consist of a variety of irregular motifs.