This includes all parts, which will be released as updates one by one.
Part 1 will be released on the 15th of December, with the other parts following in short succession.

Due to the hurry, the pattern is first released as a written pattern only with the chart. The photo tutorial will be added as an update and the video tutorials are being recorded with each part and uploaded as soon as they are edited.

You can find the free pattern page for Part 1 here:

Season 2 Wrapped in Jamie CAL - Claire - Part 1

Part 2 here:
https://blacksheepcrochet.com/wij-cal-claire-square-part-...

Part 3 here:
https://blacksheepcrochet.com/wij-cal-claire-square-part-...

There is also a background story, which you can read here:
Season 2 - Wrapped in Jamie CAL - Background Story

The PDF can be purchased through Ravelry exclusively until the website is optimised and free of glitches. I want to make sure that your account on the website is working as it should and there is a bit of investigation involved to achieve that.

The whole Wrapped in Jamie Project is supposed to encourage crocheters and crochettes who are new to overlay crochet to give it a try.

Although classified as intermittent to advanced (or even beyond), it is my sincere intention to provide enough support for even an adventurous beginner to make it through the pattern and hopefully come out of it with new skills and increased confidence in their handcraft ability.

Therefore there is a lot of support in the form of a specially designed chart, photo and video tutorials (the latter both in right- and left-handed versions), a dedicated Facebook group as well as a growing library of “How to…” and “‘Petranese’ explained” tutorial with special stitch explanations and general tips and advice.

The aim to provide an interesting pattern with some new stitches or unusual stitch combinations or arrangements was another reason not mentioned before to re-design Claire completely.

In Part 1 we work a lot with Spike and split Spike stitches as well as a cute picot option in reference to grass and heather. This is the introduction, where you are gently guided to create a subtle 3D effect. We come to appreciate the wonderous option that can be achieved with simple stitches.

Part 2 is dedicated to herbs and grassy plants and we play with flat and bold 3D effects. We experience some rising action as step with one foot into the next chapter, some quiet before the storm.

In Part 3 we go all flowery with leaves, new stitches and a re-arrangement of familiar ones. This is the climax in which skill and handicraft is required and where concentration and precise counting is crucial. We work in 2-3 layers and there will be a lot of texture.

Part 4 is a pretty resolution with subtle references to the square borders that, well, border the Claire square if it is used in a 12-square project, one last new stitch and a conclusion of stitches you have learned and used previously.

You can use any yarn and while gauge is not important for this project, keeping your tension, yarn and hook the same is. Keep in mind that this pattern gets its charm from the texture and a story ‘told in yarn’. Therefore, a short self-variagating yarn is not the best option as it takes the focus away from the pattern itself. I also don’t recommend strongly textured yarns, like furly yarn or yarn with long tails or with blobs.

Keep it simple. Less is more here.