Knitting’s ‘cool and funky little sister’: national crochet conference attracts the young

Violet Ayrey, 12, won the Fashions on the Field event at the national crochet conference in Sydney with her matching crochet two-piece and headband. Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/The Guardian

Violet Ayrey, 12, was crocheting a hexagon to make a cardigan when she realised she’d made a terrible mistake.

“When it got really big, I saw it was a pentagon. I’d missed a corner,” she says.