I’d be wanting to try out a checkerboard crochet pattern for a while. I’d been seeing it everywhere and, although I’m not usually one to jump straight on a trend, this one was irresistible.

You know, I made this design in white a very long time ago but didn’t want to release it until I’d made another in black. This is the main reason it’s been sat on the back-burner for so many months - I had a case of ‘second sock syndrome’ but with a wall hanging instead.

This project came to me in the spring this year. When I stumbled across the stitch pattern, I just knew I had to make something with it. To me, the pattern looks like eyes - and if you know me well, you know that I just love eyes as a design feature!