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, [...]

Chris, who said:
“Those slippers are so sweet! Kristin is one of my knitting heros. Her new book looks fantastic. I would love to see more patterns for boys. Currently knitting for friends with new babies, boys. Have been knitting from Itty Bitty Hats/Susan Anderson – love her work! I started crocheting first, because I thought [...]

Back when I was editing magazines in NYC, I came across the work of Kristin Nicholas, a prolific colorwork knitter, embroiderer, and illustrator. She had just released Colorful Stitchery: 65 Hot Embroidery Projects to Personalize Your Home (which is an amazing book by the way!) and I surfed on over to her blog, Getting Stitched [...]

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, [...]

Time to announce the winners of the Living Crafts Winter issue giveaway. By the way- here’s a link to blog post by Melissa at All Buttoned Up– who had her aunt make her the earrings. Hooray! Click on over as they look quite lovely even in crochet thread.
This time I chose the winners based on [...]

Last week , just before dinner time, I heard a knock on the door that I wasn’t expecting. It was a box of copies of Living Crafts Winter 09–with my name on the cover!

Now, I’ve had my work in many magazines but I don’t believe I’ve ever had my name on the cover– and this [...]

Ok everyone– thanks for playing along with the week o’ giveaways. I’m somewhat randomly chosen the winners, and they are listed below (I’ve also emailed said winners for their address- if you won and didn’t get an email, please contact me with your address so I can get these packages out of  my apartment!).
Wrapagami Winner: [...]

If you’ve had your eye on Amy Butler’s new softwares collection, here’s your chance to get it for free. I have a review copy on offer, which I did install (so I could review it) but as far as I know it should still be good to go for one of you who wants to [...]

For today’s giveaway, I wanted to offer a couple of new magazines along with a great set of Patterncards by Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls.

Let’s start with the magazines. First up is a new-to-me magazine called Living Crafts. The editor contacted me because they reviewed my book, and sent a few free copies my way. [...]

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 [...]