I found my second crochet pattern test through a Ravelry group. Claire from WoolBarrow needed someone to test her Toadally Cool Toadstool and what can I say but my crochet gnomes need somewhere to hold their meetings and where better than under a crochet toadstool. I was allowed to pick the yarn and colours myself and went for a pastel blue cap to give it a little more gnome appeal.
I’ve really enjoyed testing both the crochet patterns, but it has definitely been a different way of crocheting. There was definitely no frogging and I kept a pen and notebook beside me at all times to note down anything I struggled with. At the end I have to deliver a report with anything I found that was not quite right. It feels strange pointing out mistakes to other people but in the end that is the pattern tester’s job. I hope that Claire and Naly agree too.