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Ashlee Brotzell DesignsInterlocking and Mosaic Crochet Patterns
  • Ashlee Brotzell Designs Homepage
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    • 2022 Mosaic Christmas CAL, Part 5: Sleigh
    • FREE Winter Trees Hooded Cowl CAL; interlocking and mosaic crochet patterns
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Ashlee Brotzell Designs Homepage

I’m so glad you found me here! I’ve been crocheting since I was 8 years old. I published my first pattern to Ravelry in April 2020 and was published in Crochet Now! Magazine in April 2021!

(nearly) all of my designs come with the full written pattern and charts for TWO techniques: interlocking crochet and overlay mosaic crochet. I also have a handful of designs that are only mosaic crochet or don’t use either technique.

Interlocking crochet goes by a few different names depending on the designer. Originally, I was calling mine Locked Filet Mesh (LFM) but I now refer to it mostly as “interlocking crochet”. This method uses only chain spaces and double crochets (US terms) to create two layers of mesh. The two colors are worked alternately – one at a time – which creates the pattern. There is no need to carry bobbins or cut your yarn when you use this color work technique. The “wrong side” is often as interesting at the front!

Overlay mosaic crochet is also a color work technique that only uses one color at a time in alternating rows. All the single crochet stitches use the back loop only and all the double crochet stitches use the front loop two rows down to cover the other color’s single crochet stitches to create the design. You will usually cut your yarn at the end of each row. The back is striped but often gives a faint impression of the pattern on the front (sort of like illusion knitting).

Many of my older patterns used the same chart for both techniques (which meant the interlocking mesh dots became part of the mosaic pattern). New patterns have been adjusted so the mosaic version no longer includes the mesh dots or the unnecessary extra border lines.

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Recent Posts

  • January 21, 2023

    Tranquil Leaves Set: eBook of Blanket & Runners

  • January 1, 2023

    January Knot; First Square in 2023: A Year of Celtic Knots

  • December 28, 2022

    Final Pattern of 2022: Ashlee’s 2023 Block

  • December 26, 2022

    Celtic Knots Support Video

  • December 23, 2022

    Now on Ribblr

  • December 21, 2022

    Book Dragon

ABOUT ME

I am a stay-at-home mom who loves bringing art and crochet together.

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