This ebook details a method for drawing knots, and then turning those drawings into crochet patterns.

From the introduction:

Many knot motifs are drawn in a rectangular shape, with strand crossings at regular intervals. Since these knots are arranged from a small collection of components (straight lines, quarter circles, etc.), if you know how to crochet each component, you can crochet a wide variety of knot designs.

This document gives explicit instructions for crocheting two example knots in Chapter 2. A method for drawing knot motifs is in Chapter 3. Then there are two levels of explanation detailing how to turn knot motifs into crochet patterns. The first, Chapter 4, gives instructions for identifying the various components that make up a knot. In that section you will find a link to some basic Python code to automate the most tedious parts of turning a list of components into a pattern. (If you’d rather do that step on your own, Appendix A has instructions for making each component.) Chapter 5 is where I “show my work,” explaining the geometry I chose for each component. Understanding the content of Chapter 5 is not necessary for generating crochet patterns.

Only two patterns are included in this ebook, but the technique is broadly applicable to making other patterns. Patterns that use the technique of this book, but are not included in it, include:

• Knot with Two Circles
• Porteau Knot
• Celtic Knot Scarf
• Multicoloured Celtic Knot

eBook published in June 2021