crOCHET is much like florals when it comes to spring - a default proposition, a no-brainer, a wardrobe regular. When May and June come marching forward on your calendar and the season's social invitations start dropping in (be they weddings or impromptu park picnics and the like), you know that crochet is going to factor some way into what you're going to wear. But it needn't be like last time. Crochet has woven itself new options this season so that you can decamp from traditional and twee.
The move in part is helped by fashion's infatuation with the Seventies right now - suddenly a poncho is interesting once more and you can find folksy appeal to pieces that previously felt dated - which also means you don't have to fall into the trap of those white, spritely or fresh Easter-eque offerings, as normal.