For these tiles I got back to the basic (B2B) idea for carreaux crochet: French floor tiles. There are eight different designs, which you can combine.

This pattern was designed for the Dutch crochet magazin AanDeHaak. Their original question was a beach towel, since time was short I made a small version (7 squares) and even smaller for the instruction images (3 squares).

Little patches take little time, but in the end they might form a throw, a bathmat or a blanket.

This patch is based on a French floor tile. It is made in a new crochet technique that I have called carreaux crochet. It is normally used as a border, but I found that as a single patch it looks like a wrapped candy.

Row-by-row description of four different patches in carreaux crochet with images to make things more clear

Although the name of this pattern indicates that it is meant for a potholder, you could also use it to make something bigger like a bath mat.

Clip for the first test patch: https://youtu.be/iuMRGsLU7mg

This shawl combines carreaux crochet with filet crochet.

Llys and lyss

This design is based on a French floor tile. It is made in a new crochet technique that I have called carreaux crochet.

This design is based on a French floor tile. When I was working on it I thought it looked like a face and then reminded that when I lived in a house with these tiles I had already seen the faces.

Judith is a bag à la Mary Poppins, thanks to different sizes of pockets on both sides. You build up two double layered patches with five pockets each and attach them to form the actual bag.

This shawl is inspired by poppies and can be made with as much flowers as you want to.

Filet crochet with half double crochet and a border of post front stitches

This pattern is inspired by artwork of capsOne (with persmission) and is a combination of crochet and embroidery. So you will not only need a crochet hook, but also a tapestry needle for the lining.

Can’t decide between blue and red for a new pair of slippers?

The perfect crochet challenge for dog lovers.

March 2024

When I designed the chart for the hourglasses I had not expect the other side to turn up different, although it is actually logic. This is where the name “Time is Relative” came from.

This design is based on a French floor tile. Since the two X’s pop up and I am used to put that on the end of a letter to loved onces as two kisses I decided to chose “With Love” as the name for this patch.