Update: The winner has been selected and the giveaway is now closed, but read through the comments for some helpful tips on making amigurimi! The winner is Shanny!
Today I’m reviewing a new book from Stacey Trock called Crocheted Softies. The book is full of 18 different amigurimi animals from around the world, everything from snails [...]

I’ve got to forewarn you that this month is going to be a parade of projects. Book projects, mag projects, lots of projects that I worked on quite some time ago are finally published. And my slightly-lazy-when-it-comes-to-blogging self has been remiss in posting. Mostly because I actually took a few days off like the rest [...]

As a designer, I do a lot of swatching. Whether just for fun or with a specific idea in mind, making swatches gets me in the groove of crocheting, and in an almost meditative way, lets my mind wander to think of new ideas.

Sometimes I look at the swatches I have already made, and am [...]

Edit: The Giveaway is now over, and entries are closed. Thanks for reading!
Today I am a stop on the blog tour for Shannon Mullett-Bowlsby’s new collection of designs–Heady Affairs: 7 Impetuous Hats to Crochet. I first “met” Shannon through a mutual gardening friend on Facebook, and then shared lots of laughs with him at a [...]

Edit: The Giveaway is now over, and entries are closed. Thanks for reading!
Brett Bara is a crafty renaissance lady with many skills– you might know her from the TV show she hosts, Knit and Crochet Now!, or maybe as the former editor of Crochet Today! magazine. Perhaps you have seen her fabulous how-to video on [...]

I first met Susan Beal through the internet, back in the early 2000s. I sometimes miss that time–the internet was small and a whole lot of sharing went on in a seemingly private space. So much has changed since then! We met in person at a get-together in Brooklyn, and I bought a pretty necklace [...]

Every so often a knitter will come into the local yarn shop where I work and admire some of my crocheted samples (both my + others’ designs). They’ll ask if there is a way to create similar textures in knitting, and until now, there really wasn’t a good reference I could give them. Enter Kristin [...]

I’ve been scouring ravelry lately, looking at all sorts of interesting things as I’m in a place where I have a chance to catch my breath and maybe, you know, make something for myself for once. I wanted to make some fingerless mitts because my hands literally feel like they might crack off when it’s [...]

ETA: We have a winner, and it’s PJ (comment #24)!! Thanks to all who entered, the drawing is now closed.
If you ever read Adorn (RIP),  you probably know the work of Kayte Terry (or, perhaps you know her blog, This is Love Forever). I’d known Kayte for a long time via my crafty internet circle, [...]

If you’ve ever cleaned up the wrapping paper after a major holiday, you know a thing or two about how much waste is created in giftwrapping.”But but!”–you might say, there’s something so wonderful about the presentation when it comes to gift giving, and Jennifer Playford would agree. She’s the author of Wrapagami: The Art of [...]