#soft shill

[interlockingpatches]

I figure if you expect someone to look at your crochet patterns for however-many hours on end, those patterns should be nice to look at.

[interlockingpatches]

is interlocking crochet a similar technique to mosaic crochet? they look like cousins to me so im wondering if the skills will transfer well :] love your patterns im really keen to try them

Mosaic and Interlocking crochet are absolutely related techniques, and "cousins" is the word I normally use! They're so related that it should always be possible to work an interlocking filet pattern as mosaic by replacing the ch 1 spaces of the filet mesh with single crochets.

(The opposite is not necessarily true! Interlocking's mesh structure imposes design constraints that don't apply to mosaic).

The comparison photo above is not entirely fair because the interlocking version of the Clover patch [<- pattern] has borders added, and its ends are woven in (and because I'm no great shakes at mosaic). "Fresh off the hook," the interlocking Clover would really look like this:

:P

I've been meaning for ages make clear, accessible materials comparing and contrasting the two techniques point-by-point. I haven't done that, but here's my under-caffeinated, diner-napkin version for today:

The main thing about interlocking that might still trip up an experienced mosaicker, I'd guess, is the matter of working with back facing you half the time. There is a lefty-righty, fronty-backiness to interlocking crochet that can get pretty confusing, but I think the combination of notation and row diagrams that my patterns provide [turns to smile at the camera] helps with that a great deal!