Vincent’s Gift is a pattern based on the Almond Blossom painting by Vincent van Gogh. I was always fascinated by this painting of this great Dutch master. It was actually a gift for his brother, who became a father. For that reason, I have called this pattern the Gift of Vincent. It was a gift in giving a present, but it is also a perfect example of the gift Vincent had by holding a brush and creating the most amazing paintings. Besides that, this is actually my first ever written pattern. I found the notes for it back in some boxes lately, and I stopped producing it as I didn’t believe in it. Well, by encrypting these words and finish this project, I think we might agree even I was surprised what I cooked up.

Some general information about the pattern.

• the pattern is made with Scheepjes Stonewashed en Riverwashed. You will need 1 ball of Stonewashed 809 Yellow Jasper, 1 ball of Stonewashed 821 Pink Quartzite, 1 ball of Stonewashed 804 Boulder Opal. Besides that, you will need 2 balls of Riverwashed 948 Danube. These amounts together will be around 600 - 650 meters of yarn required.

• crocheted with a crochet hook size 4,0 mm.

• the pattern holds a very clear written instruction, accompanied by many photos to guide you. As you will work in a continuous overlay method, there are no charts or videos made of this pattern.

• for this pattern, it is optional to crochet it in a ring. You will need a ring with a diameter of 45 cm for this.

• the pattern is build up out of the regular crochet terms. Special stitches will be a popcorn stitch, a puff stitch, and some front and back post stitches.

• the pattern is available in English (US) and Dutch. Tineke Tap and Wendy de Vries test the pattern.