Make an Arts and Crafts Inspired Kimono

Wrap yourself in this stunning filet-crochet kimono made with Manos Del Uruguay Silk Blend. Robyn Chachula used the Rose and Lily motif from a wallpaper design by John Henry Dearle, assistant to William Morris, for her pattern. Here’s Robyn to explain more about her filet-crochet design. Originally featured in the September/October 2017 issue, PieceWork subscribers can download the pattern below.

The idea of reimagining the Arts and Crafts Movement in our time was the inspiration behind this modern filet-crochet shawl. Much as John Henry Dearle, assistant to William Morris, was inspired by seventeenth-century Italian designs and reinvented them for some of his work for Morris and Company, I took Dearle’s popular Rose and Lily wallpaper design and reinvented it for our time.

Robyn Chachula's stunning shawl, worked in filet crochet with a silk/wool blend yarn, is a go-to accessory to wear with jeans or a favorite cocktail dress.