What’s this? A blog post from me? I have been working my bunsies off, y’all, so sorry for slacking on the blogging. I’m sitting in my hotel room in Schaumburg, IL right  now, tomorrow is set-up day for Stitches Midwest, which is the only reason I actually have spare time for a thought! By the [...]

Although I am toiling away (or more truthfully, working my butt off) projects I designed before I started my job keep coming. It makes me seem super productive, and I’ll take it!

Just before I left Texas, my friends at Crochet Today asked me to design a slouchy beach hat. I chose the extended single crochet [...]

Whew. It’s been a whirlwind of visits, working, and trying to sneak in some crochet time. So far so good, I’m really enjoying getting up and going to work every day, being surrounded by smart people and thinking about possibilities.

My sister and nephew were in town last weekend so we crammed in a lot of [...]

I’ve been meaning to write about two of my designs in the latest issue of Crochet Today, May /June 2012 (on newsstands now).

The first design made the cover (yay)–the Champs Elysees Beret. Named after a famous street in Paris, this lightweight beret features a floral design that radiates from the top down, and also has [...]

Now back to the beautiful crochet. Thanks everyone for your comments and e-mails. It’s nice to know that there are a lot of crochet-friendly shops out there counteracting the rest–and shocking to hear some of the things said to crocheters, read through the comments for a laugh.

I spent last week editing and tweaking my Wood [...]

Happy Friday to all! I don’t know where this week went, and that seems to be the case more and more around here! In fact, just yesterday I was thinking about how I forgot to share my holiday gift projects with you–but I’ll save that for another post (fingers crossed). Today I wanted to show [...]

A few weeks ago, a crocheter sent me a note on Ravelry with a nice story about the Soft Owl Pillow that she made from my book, Little Crochet. It’s the sweetest little story, and so I thought I would share it with you here.

Just wanted to thank you for such a wonderful treasure in [...]

I’ve just added a new skirt pattern to my Ravelry PDF shop, the Lace Skirt. This skirt is crocheted with a simple side-to-side construction that makes it easy to customize to any waist measurement. The pattern includes two options for the waist–a zipper or an elastic, both of which are much less scary than they [...]

It’s finally starting to feel wintery here (truthfully, it feels like Fall to me, but that’s our Texan version of winter). It’s been rainy and windy and all of the yellow leaves are coming off of the trees. This has put me in the mood to start crafting for the holidays. Nothing like waiting till [...]

Just a quickie drop-in to share some photos and projects with you. It’s funny, I usually dive deep to find things to post about, but this week I have tons to post about and not a lot of time.

First, I wanted to share this FREE pattern of mine: the Pill(ow) Popper, courtesy of Caron. The [...]