Crochet Craft Club No.11 | 3.1.24

Okay, so today technically doesn’t have any crochet or knitting patterns BUT it’s jam-packed with textile goodness. We’re talking yarn at Paris Fashion Week, Ren Faire outfits, and crafty QR codes.

Ren Faire Ready

My bestie and I got to our local Ren Faire every damn year. It’s hot. It’s dusty. Everyone’s drunk. It’s a great time.

This year, she’s making our costumes. She’s amazing. This corset pattern by PatternCosPatterns is in the works, thanks to her amazing sewing skills. The scalloped edges!

F— Cool Give Me Craft: “YARNS” at Paris Fashion Week

Benjamin Benmoyal’s Fall 2024 Ready-to-Wear Collection, “YARNS,” recently debuted at Paris Fashion Week. It’s incredible.

If there’s one thing to know about me, it’s that I love when high fashion incorporates craft and traditional handiwork elements as focal points of a collection. Benmoyal’s FW24 collection does just that.

This whole collection is a love letter to the unseen labor of textile production. The pieces feature unwoven strands of yarn that hang off jackets, dresses, and tops, giving them a sleek yet unfinished look.

As someone who hates weaving in ends, I really connect with these outfits. (lol)

It’s like the pieces are literally unraveling before our very eyes.

Every single textile is designed by Benmoyal, although I’m not sure if he wove each piece himself. That would be a pretty incredible feat if he did!

My personal fave look was this knit sweater with the phrase “f**k cool give me craft.” Like, I need that sweater, okay? The look also featured a radiating crown of threads that artfully obscured the model’s face to give a lively, mysterious impression.

This FW24 show was Benmoyal’s first Paris Fashion Week runway show, and it was jaw-dropping. According to Kendam, Benjamin Benmoyal is a dedicated weaver. With this collection, he wanted to show guests just how beautiful textile production is. There was even a live weaving demo going on during the show!

Benmoyal gave each attendee a mini loom. He collaborated with Dr. Martens to create custom matching shoes for each look. Cassette tape film is woven into some pieces, giving them a metallic shimmer.

Ugh. Everything about this collection is perfection.

Just look at the final piece of the show:

This homage to the hoop skirt features a full-body gown composed of unwoven threads. It’s like the top unravels into its rough form, giving an energetic impression of what many would consider to be a stagnant, historical piece of clothing.

This piece and the whole collection caught my eye when this review by HauteLeMode came through on my FYP. Watch the whole video if you can to see this skirt in action. It’s mesmerizing.

I’ll leave you with Benjamin Benmoyal’s own statement about the collection. In his words, it’s time to get excited about crafts again.

Crochet QR Codes?!

Someone posted this on r/crochet the other day, and it blew my mind.

I don’t know why it never occurred to me that QR codes lend themselves perfectly to crochet.

This crochet QR code actually works! I had to hold my phone camera kind of far away from my computer screen, but it linked to a famous music video after a few attempts. I won’t tell you what song it links to, but just know it is safe for work and doesn’t require content warnings of any kind. :)

Anyway, making a crochet QR code seems pretty doable. Just upload your code to Stitch Fiddle, and it’ll pixelate it for you. The real question is: corner-to-corner or tapestry crochet?!

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