The square design itself is inspired by the intertwined lines of Jamie’s and Claire’s destinies as well as by the Celtic knot visuals.
The feature of a Celtic design is that is often is created by one single, closed line going over and under itself creating a knotted kind of look.
Dragonfly is an almost symmetrical design with a lot of curves. In order to make them round and smooth, I had to find a way to mirror the roundness from the first half in the second half of the design.
When I think of a design, I always draw a picture of it first. the next step is to try to transfer that picture into stitches in the image layer of the square.
Front post stitches are great to create the optical illusion of a continuous stitch, but they often work better in one direction than they do in the other. So I was looking for a way to manage a nice and balanced curve on both sides of the design.
The classic position of the hook didn’t give the option to make truly mirrored round shapes. through trial and error I noticed that inserting the hook from the left instead of the right (I am a right-handed crocheter) seemed to solve the problem.
This is how the “stitches from the opposite site” were ‘invented’.