I had a book signing for Crochet Adorned at the Yarn Shop (where I also work) this Saturday and it was great! We had cupcakes, I demonstrated how to crochet a flower, sold some books, saw lots of friends, and got to hang all of my projects out for display.

Let’s start with the cupcakes: it’s [...]

Okay, I thought I wasn’t going to post today but of course I changed my mind when I saw the lovely pillow that Erin (of House on Hill Road) worked up– she used the trim pattern for the Scalloped Spring Jacket from Crochet Adorned.

Super cute, right? And if you read Erin’s post, you’ll see that [...]

Today’s blog tour stop for Crochet Adorned is with Kayte Terry of This is Love Forever.  Kayte reviewed the book and did a cool collage and discussion of crochet in fashion (and how it goes from runway to crafter and back to runway)– don’t miss it! Also, Jennifer Perkins posted a Crochet Adorned inpsired doily [...]

This morning (or afternoon) head over to Jennifer Perkin’s blog for a review, Q&A and another chance to win Crochet Adorned. We talked about why I wrote this book (as opposed to a “straight up all crochet, all the time” book), what kinds of garments I’ve made over, and my personal history of adorning with [...]

This morning Paul and I headed over to KATU in Portland to do AM Northwest. It was a fun experience– I’ve never actually been on TV before, although I used to prepare people to go on TV when I worked at Newsweek. I showed off some of the book projects and taught Helen Raptis (the [...]