About this item
A colorful take on crochet lace!Crochet lace is more popular than ever, and Colorful Crochet Lace brings it to life in living color. Designer Mary Jane Hall has created a stunning collection of 22 chic and wearable lace garments and accessories. You'll find a wardrobe's worth of colorful lace designs from chic shrugs and scarves, to cozy cardigans and tunics, to stylish dresses, T-shirts, and totes. The designs include simple, allover openwork patterns, as well as more intricate crochet lace patterns and motifs, which are worked in a variety of yarn weights and in a glorious range of colors from elegant jewel tones to earthy neutrals.Several of the projects are constructed using the Graduated Stitch Method, a technique Mary Jane developed that allows for shaping and customized fit without increases or decreases, and many of the patterns include instructions for modifying designs and creating variations.
About the Author
I, Mary Jane Hall, was born in Texas and lived all over the deep south while growing up. I was a very shy child, but always loved to make things. My younger sister had a Barbie doll and at 12 yrs old I started making handmade dresses for her doll without using a pattern. I learned to crochet while I was in college, and just loved it! Over the yrs I crocheted only things such as scarves & hats, and occasionally I would make a baby layette for a baby shower.
Always using other people's patterns, I never tried to create my own. I started designing here in Ohio (2004) to help young girls in my church have easy beginner patterns to make stylish crochet, but I never even had a dream of being a professional designer, much less author books on crochet!
I give God the credit for leading me this way and helping to show me that I had talents in this field. I wanted to make money at home someway and this is the ideal job for me! I not only write & design for my own crochet books, but also have published designs in popular crochet magazines. It can be stressful at times with those dreadful deadlines, but it is SO much fun and I'll never run out of ideas! Looking forward to doing another book soon! Thanks to all the people who have supported me and bought my books over the years! I'm truly grateful for you!
Please contact me if you have any questions. Mary Jane
