Simply Crochet

California dreaming

Sassy and sleek, beautiful and body-positive… just one look at the range of crochet patterns online at Namaste & Crochet, and you’ll be hooked. From sweaters and skirts to bralettes, tops and dresses, each one of these wonderfully wearable garments is in the brand’s distinctive boho style, and the patterns fit all shapes and sizes.

The gifted designer behind it all is Dominique Calvillo from Los Angeles, California, USA. The lifetime crocheter – “my grandmother taught me to crochet when I was six,” she says – grew up in a musical family. From a very young age she started working as

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