April 15th, 2011 
mio Today I learned how to do Overlay Crochet!
This is only my first attempt (and holy moly, following the pattern was somewhat gruelling), but I think I’ve got the basics down.
Basically, the trick is to mostly work into the back loop only, so that when you go to make the stitches over the the front of the piece, you can work them into the exposed front loops. (You also sometimes do front post stitches).
It makes a very cushy fabric. I haven’t decided what to do with this yet. Despite the fact that it has a LOT of single crochets in it, it’s still pretty stretchy.
One of my guild members has made this and made it the centre of a really neat-looking blanket. So… I might do that. lol
Oh, and here’s the back:
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