For the past two weeks, I’ve been filling in for other employees at Yarnivore. It has been totally exhausting, and I had to cast my design work to the side for a while (don’t worry, I’ll still make the deadlines!).  But I wanted to share a little bit more about why I work there and [...]

When I checked the mail today, I found my contributor’s copies for two magazines that I have projects in–always exciting!

The first mag was Inside Crochet, a UK crochet magazine that has a good mix of garments, home decor and other stuff to crochet (I like a good mix!). My design is the Summer Picnic Wrap, [...]

I hope you all have as much fun for the Fourth of July as this cute little lady seems to be having.  My twitter friend Carrie (also of  This Mama Makes Stuff) sent me this photo to of her daughter wearing an adorable dress she made using the trim pattern from the Seaside Dress in [...]

Ok ladies (and gents): despite all of the trend reports identifying crochet as the hot thing in fashion, I still heard a lot of….outdated, shall we say, attitudes about crochet at TNNA. It’s not that I heard it over and over, it’s just that the few times I did hear it really irked me, because [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Crochet Liberation Front has opened up voting for their annual Flamies Awards, and I’m flattered to be nominated in 2 categories. In case you’re wondering what the Crochet Liberation Front is, it’s a group on Ravelry that was started as a joke, but found a following; of crocheters who want to be liberated from [...]

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 [...]

Sometimes I feel like crochet gets the short end of the stick. Or maybe the hooked end of the stick? Heheh. But today I came across a few crochet-related  things that made me quite happy. First off is the announcement of a second Crochet Potholder swap. Hooray! Information is on flickr here and there is [...]

Check out these colorful, winter cheer inducing pillowcases by Beata of Rose Hip. Aren’t they wonderful?

Beata started making these in October right around the time she got her hands on a copy of Crochet Adorned, and apparently she has been crocheting up a storm!! I think I would be so happy to walk into my [...]