Russia with love

Catherine Venner found inspiration in imperial Russian jewels and it led to the biggest challenge of her crochet life (so far)

One of the things I love most about crochet is its versatility – you can have traditional or modern, fancy or plain, or a mixture of them all. Whatever style you want to recreate, there is almost certainly a way to do it with your hook and some yarn. I have been fascinated with this process ever since I started my journey as a crochet designer a few years ago. I love the challenge of imagining something, then trying to recreate the image in my head in crochet using colour, textured stitches or even fashion yarn.