I have exciting news to share: I recently filmed another Craftsy class and it’s live!

Professional Finishing for Perfect Crochet is an exploration of finishing techniques (& some that you work as you go) that will make your work shine. And most of them are really easy, once you know what you are doing. For instance- [...]

Two weeks ago, Paul and I got married (finally)! It was a wonderful, small ceremony & it was the day full of love that everyone said it would be. To keep it manageable and meaningful,  we limited our guest list to about 50 people and did a lot of DIYing with the help of our [...]

This weekend, it suddenly became very important that I knit a hat for Paul. I’ve been saying I would do it for a long time and just never quite got there. I’ve been trying to strike a work/life balance lately–or more like a work/craft balance, and we’ve both been sick and miserable, so it was [...]

I feel like we’re finally starting to settle in here, and I’ve even had some time to make “just for fun” stuff–wahoo! It’s hard to say no to design work but the reality is that I don’t have a ton of time for it and it’s really nice to just take the time to make [...]

Sorry to have pretty much fallen off of blogland lately, we’ve been busy planning for the wedding and for going home for the holidays (YAY!). In the meantime, lots of projects have been published, so here I am to share. Brett Bara put together a fun compilation of accessory projects for her latest book with [...]

This week I’ve been working on a second version of the Piped Petals Cardigan in my Sugar and Spice E-book.

I am working it in Fyberspates Scrumptious sport weight yarn. I bought two skeins of it on Craftsy thinking that it was white and I could use it for a shawl for my wedding. It turns [...]

Remember last year when I made measuring tapes for my coworkers? I kept getting requests to publish the pattern, so I finally got around to making some new ones, and this weekend I had time to photograph and finalize the pattern.

In addition to the flower, I wanted to add some other cute covers, just to [...]

Just before our trip to the Grand Canyon, I got started on a me-sized version of a cardigan design I designed last year. The pattern has not yet been published but I am told it will be, soon. I used the same yarn as for the original design, Berroco Flicker, which now has a  lot [...]

Last weekend we headed down to Castle Rock so I could sign some books at Stash, a gem of a yarn shop just to the south of Denver. Look at the cute setup they had for me!

Crystal (the owner) and Heather (crocheter and hook designer extraordinaire) were so warm and welcoming, it was really lovely. [...]

I used to joke to myself that if I ever went back to work full-time, I’d still have designs published for many months after the fact because of the nature of the time it takes for different things to be published. Sweet Azalea was actually one of the last I crocheted (although I’m grasping at [...]