May Corfield was taught to crochet as a child by her mother and hasn’t stopped since. She is an experienced editor who has worked on a variety of craft books and enjoys making all things crochet in her spare time. She loves the versatility of crochet, the different effects you can achieve with the wide range of yarns available and the variety of different stitches you can employ. May has taught many people the craft, both in local classes and at work. She lives in Kent with her husband and three children.
From Underground Crafter 6/8/2018:
Granny Square Flowers by May Corfield is a crochet
flower motif project booklet in the Search Press Twenty to Make
series. The booklet is the size of a piece of letter paper folded
in half, and it’s slender enough to fit in your project bag. It’s
also available in a taller, slimmer size as part of the
20 on the Go Patterns (50¢ a Pattern) series. Granny Square
Flowers opens with May’s biography and includes a dedication
to her parents. A list of pattern abbreviations (with both US and
UK terminology) is also included on the same page. In May’s
introduction, she shares her love of gardening as the
inspiration for this book.
The booklet includes a Crochet Know-How section, which shares tips
for choosing yarn and hooks, getting proper tension (gauge), and
blocking. May used DMC Petra No. 3 crochet cotton and a
2.5 mm crochet hook for all of the included patterns, but you can
use your favorite weight of yarn with an appropriate size hook
instead.
The booklet then moves into the patterns. Each pattern includes a
list of materials and tools, the yardage required, the approximate
finished sizes, tips for creating a project using the motifs, and
at least two pictures of the motif (typically the motif alone and
one included in a larger project). The instructions are clearly
written and consistent. The patterns are written with US
abbreviations with UK abbreviations in parentheses. The booklet
closes with acknowledgements.
Granny Square Flowers is a fun and portable collection of
floral crochet motifs. My favorites are the Clematis, the Sunflower
(available here), and the Rose, which is included as a pattern
excerpt below. This is a pattern booklet that assumes you already
know the basic crochet stitches and have a command of working in
the round and reading patterns. If you like to make motifs and are
looking for a collection of patterns you can bring with you during
your journeys, Granny Square Flowers could be just what
you’re looking for.
https://undergroundcrafter.com/blog/2018/06/08/free-crochet-pattern-rose-granny-square-by-may-corfield/
*Underground Crafter*
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