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Every now and then my past comes back and surprises me! I designed many patterns for knitting and crochet magazines in the first part of the 1990s. So today, I’m looking through Herrchner’s Yarn Shoppe catalog, enjoying the yarn bounty that we could only dream of in the 90s. I flip the next page, and there is a pretty pineapple pattern crochet top in cotton, with the pattern showing up beautifully against the black dress the model wears underneath.
I designed it!
It first appeared in Crochet Digest’s Autumn 1997 issue (“Pineapple Lace Top,” pp. 6 ff.). I believe that my mother crocheted the top according to my instructions. Really, that is the best way for me to design, because it forces me to write the pattern first, instead of relying on notes that aren’t as thorough as I thought at first. The top looks as good now as it did then.
My pineapple top is part of a collection of pineapple pattern items in a book. Here’s a link that shows the front and back cover. I think I’ll order it and relive my glory days.