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Helen Free, designer and fibre artist, wearing her lovely warm Noro Taiyo hat and gloves.

 

I am Helen Free and I design unique crochet patterns under the name of Enfys.

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I was born and bred in South Wales, in and around Cardiff but in the New Year of 2004 moved to Cambridgeshire, England.

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I'm a Craftsy Designer

I started crocheting as a child, my Dad taught me. I was never very serious about it. I got back into it in my early 20's.  I had just bought a house, couldn’t afford to go out and needed something to occupy my evenings. I started getting requests for items I had made and, in an effort to make ends meet when the interest rates went sky high, decided to make items to sell.

I hadn’t even considered there would be a market for the patterns until I started getting requests for them. I was always good at just "making things up as I went along" and never thought of it as designing until I discovered the wonderful world of crochet online. I met a group of lovely ladies who encouraged me to write down my designs and sell them. Rainbow Afghan

My first pattern, the Rainbow Afghan, was a success and still remains my best seller.

Rainbow Earrings crochet pattern

 

Although I usually design items for children, I have discovered the wonderful world of thread and tried my hand at designing jewellery.

Denim Delight

 

I also experimented with working directly into fabric to produce clothing.

Lacy Lingerie

 

More recently, I have been designing Lacy Lingerie in sizes up to a UK 22.

 

Pond Puppets crochet pattern


Of course, yarn is always my favourite and there are now a whole load of bright and cheerful puppet patterns to choose from.

Snakea and Ladders

 

As well as some brand new garden sized games!

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This was designed especially to go with the Mildred Poncho in the January issue of Inside Crochet
Snowdrops for Winter
The third in the "Four Seasons" series. Snowdrops for Winter.

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