There's trouble in the strawberry bed. Not the real strawberry bed, from which we've had a decent crop of fruit this year, but the one on the crocheted allotment cushion that I'm designing. It turns out that it's difficult to convey the essence of a strawberry plant at a tiny scale using DK-weight yarn. What even is the essence of a strawberry plant? I had the same problem with cauliflowers. And potatoes. But I managed those in the end. The pattern is coming fairly soon, I promise the Continue Reading