Lily Chin, the high-energy, in-demand designer twice named the Fastest Crocheter in the World, shares her surprisingly simple technique for crocheting intricate color patterns. Mosaic crochet starts with rows of simple single crochet stitches, working with one color on a row at a time. The interlocking color patterns come from dropping long double crochet stitches from the working row to another row below.
Lily Chin's Mosaic Magic, Afghans Made Easy presents 40 afghans to fit a host of decors and 9 other projects (stole and hat, tea cozy and place mat, rug and pillow, women's vest and jacket, and men's pullover). Pattern stitch multiples are given for each design so that crocheters can also use the patterns to develop their own projects.
Lily Chin was named a Master Knitter by Vogue Knitting International. She’s appeared on TV shows with David Letterman and Martha Stewart, has made runway pieces for the likes of Ralph Lauren, Isaac Mizrahi, and Diane von Furstenberg, and designed for supermodels Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell. She’s been knitting professionally for thirty years and teaching for twenty of them. Her designs are regularly featured in knitting and crochet magazines, as well as many books. She lives and works in New York.