For Valentine’s Day, Lark Crafts is offering a free crocheted Van Wyk Rose pattern from Crochet Garden. They’re hoping to make you fall in love with the book and buy it when it is released in May 2012.
The Van Wyk Rose is inspired by a painter named Helen Van Wyk. She made gorgeous flower paintings and taught her technique to others. She encouraged artists first to sketch the basic shapes in a flower, then add the petals and other details over this foundation.
Van Wyk’s sketch of the basic rose shape looked like a set of bowls nestled together. “That reminds me of a rose, even without the petals!” I said to myself. I hope you enjoy this easy-to-make design, named after Helen Van Wyk.