I’m very excited to announce that you can now take crochet classes with me, no matter where you live. Last month I taped two classes with a great company called Sympoz.com. They professionally produced the classes, which are online and interactive and will be part of their new website, Craftsy.com. Their cool learning platform makes [...]

Today’s stop on the Little Crochet blog tour is with Alice Merlino, aka FutureGirl. Alice is a crocheter+ crafter whose blog I’ve been reading for years and years. She is crazy in the best kind of way–for her, there are never too many colors (or ends to weave in) and when she sets her mind [...]

Today’s stop is with Shannon Mullett-Bowlsby of Shibaguyz Designz (in addition to crochet designing and gardening, they raise the  most adorable Shibas). I met Shannon through a mutual friend and then in person at TNNA, where we had some good laughs at the designer dinner. Shannon is nominated for the Best New Crochet Designer Flamie [...]

I met Joanna Johnson for the first time at TNNA in January, after having reviewed Phoebe’s Sweater,  one of her adorable children’s books,  for Knitting Today!. We became fast friends over our mutual understanding about the need for sleep and food even in the midst of a buzzing trade show, among other things. I was [...]

Today’s leg of the Little Crochet Blog book tour is a stop over at Craft zine, where you’ll find an excerpt (ie. free pattern!) from the book!

Craft is sharing the Cozy Crawlers Leg Warmers, which are made with a solid and variegated sock yarn (but of course, you can make them any way you’d like!). [...]

Just in time for Easter, here’s a cute topper for you or your little one. Yes, I realize Easter is in four days, but trust me, this hat works up fast! The design is intentionally simple and basic– the idea being that you can add your own touches through stripes, edgings, flowers, etc. The pattern [...]

The preview for the next issue of Crochet Today magazine is up and WOW! There’s a whole bunch of stuff that makes my fingers itch! Super, super cute and totally wearable stuff. There’s some really elegant and heirloom quality bridal stuff, along with  brightly colored sweaters (hooray for Stitch Nation yarn!), a zoo of cute [...]

Hello from the depths of unpacking and designing, and dealing with the hot hot SA heat. This week I want to share some of the fabulous projects I’ve been seeing that people have made using the instructions in Crochet Adorned. As a crafty author, there’s nothing more fulfilling than seeing people make stuff from my [...]

I’ve been meaning to post an update on this dress and a review of Lotta Jansdotter’s new book, Simple Sewing for Baby: 20 Easy Projects for Newborns to Toddlers, for a while now.

I finished the dress- and I love it. It is simple and cute, not a lot of fuss, and perfect, I think, because [...]

It has been a rough time for me and my family lately. If the blog is quiet, which I expect it to be, please continue to check back as I’m sure I’ll get into the swing of things again.  I’ve been back from TX for five days now and seem to be spinning my wheels- I have lots [...]