The schedule of classes at Yarnivore is up and I thought I’d share the crochet classes I am in teaching in case my local readers are interested. I also want to mention that if you’re only an hour or two away, I frequently schedule private lessons (and group private lessons- if you have a few [...]

Just a last-minute heads up to let you all know that I’m going to be on the Yarn Thing podcast tonight (9 PM EST/ 8 Central) ! We’ll be giving away a copy of Crochet Adorned on the air, so listen live and call in for your chance to win. Imagine that I look like I [...]

Just in time for Easter, here’s a cute topper for you or your little one. Yes, I realize Easter is in four days, but trust me, this hat works up fast! The design is intentionally simple and basic– the idea being that you can add your own touches through stripes, edgings, flowers, etc. The pattern [...]

The preview for the next issue of Crochet Today magazine is up and WOW! There’s a whole bunch of stuff that makes my fingers itch! Super, super cute and totally wearable stuff. There’s some really elegant and heirloom quality bridal stuff, along with  brightly colored sweaters (hooray for Stitch Nation yarn!), a zoo of cute [...]

Well, this week is just chock full of fun crochet projects after all. Today, Craft published my pullover to cardigan upcycling project. Click here to see it! (Note: There’s an accompanying PDF, but that won’t be up till tomorrow due to technical issues).

Long story short: This month’s seem is recycling/upcycling. I have a couple of [...]

Today I want to show you the before and after of the Flower Power Pillow (ravelry link) in the Spring 2010 issue of Interweave Crochet. As with the Kaleidoscope Eyes Mat (ravelry link), I made this project twice. Again, in my version, I was working with scraps. Generally when I have time to make something for [...]

So I lied when I said the blog would be quiet this week– I didn’t realize that the preview of Interweave Crochet’s Spring issue would finally be posted, and I’m too excited about my patterns to wait to blog about this issue!  I have 2 patterns in the magazine, the Flower Power Pillow (ravelry link) [...]

I’ll be working at Yarnivore all this week, so all will be quiet on the blog front!
If you’re seeking crochet inspiration, might I remind you that Easter is coming up and I have a free crochet pattern for easter eggs, chicks and bunnies? A reader recently sent me a pic of one of the eggs [...]

What’s this you ask? Is it possible that I’ve actually been crocheting something not-work-related-in-absolutely-any-way? Why yes, and I finished it last night during the Oscars while Paul drew my swift. [Secret shame: When I'm feeling really chained to my project, I just work with the yarn right off of my swift instead of winding it [...]

Here we are, another week has gone by and I’ve  got nothing to show you. This week was full of getting things in order in my “studio”. The funny thing about my studio is I never crochet in it, because I like to sit on the couch and watch TV (it drowns out all of [...]