A novelty Afghan square based on the Serpent Starfish. I found one of these little creatures on the beach last summer, and was blown away by the beautiful design on the body, and the segmented legs. Amazing. I originally designed this as a showcase for the bullion stitch, but as not everyone enjoys this stitch I have added an alternative puff s...

How about a Christmas Wreath, or a plaque to date your blanket?

This square was inspired by the lace pattern on a rather flouncy duvet cover. It was originally intended to be worked in a single colour, although the leafy design will lend itself to all manner of colour arrangements. However, the central motif is worked in such a way that the effect of the flowers and sprigs will be lost if the colours are ch...

A celebration of Spring. Snails process on thorns around a sundial showing early morning, set against hills topped with dewdrops, and a sky full of larks. The little snails are the only tricky bit, and as they are worked individually, after the first one, it should be quite easy. The central motif is a sundial, but if the asymmetry of this does...

This is an unconventional little 6” afghan square with a one piece woven centre. An interesting addition to a sampler afghan, or for use as a fun coaster.

Crown Street is a 12” afghan square inspired by the pattern on the tiles around a vintage fireplace. There are a variety of techniques used to achieve a close copy of the original, which make for a novel and interesting project. A floral centre is surrounded by four sideways worked flaps, which are secured by crochet buttons. The central motif ...

A novelty Afghan square featuring concentric rings of toadstools which would look good in natural life-like colours, fairytale reds and whites, or indeed any old colour you fancy. The caps look particularly effective when worked in a variegated yarn.

A highly textured, almost three dimensional, mouthwatering pie disguised as an afghan square. A buttery, crunchy, fluted ginger nut biscuit crust encloses a creamy and tangy lime filling. The pie is generously topped with whipped cream and decorated with lime slices. And the whole thing is calorie free.

A crunchy little individual portion of Key Lime Pie, complete with creamy filling, raised crumb crust, whipped cream and sliced fruit. This afghan square would look equally pretty in other less fruity colours.

A pretty and feminine Afghan block inspired by the English hedgerows and riverbanks in summer, and particularly by a plant whose country name is Queen of the Meadow, Latin name Filipendula ulmaria, otherwise known as Meadowsweet or Ladies Bedstraw. It has heavily scented, very irregular, frothy massed flowers, and to me, that almond scent and b...

A riotous celebratory birthday party square for our most stalwart mod “Rockin’ Robin”.

Lacy, frothy and feminine, this square was adapted from Queen Anne’s Lace Scarf by Joyce Lewis, which was in turn inspired from a very old traditional pattern. In this part of the world “Cow Parsley”, is the common name for the same white