In his book “Appetite” cookery writer Nigel Slater explains how he adapted a chocolate cake recipe to create something that had a connection to the original recipe but he truly felt was his. I’ve just had the same feeling with a crochet pattern. This pattern appeared as Esmee in the January edition of “Inside Crochet” magazine. It was extremely badly written and full of errors, so I was constantly adjusting and tweaking as I went along. I completely changed the sleeve shape to something more flattering. Despite the difficulties along the way I’m happy with the finished result. It is suitably inspired by the original pattern but feels completely my own. I’m now intending to make another version as a sweater using cotton wool so the metamorphosis will be even further removed from the starting point.
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