This week I was finally able to put the finishing touches on my * favorite * ever crochet project. (I think that might actually be a true statement). Now presenting, my Garden Path Shawl!

The pattern is by LilyGo and it is great, well worth the $6. I worked exclusively from the diagrams, I am sure [...]

Last weekend I went to Columbus Ohio for The National Needle Arts Association trade show. Wow. Just wow. I had been thinking about going for a while, but was a little bit scared to spend the money, and afraid that I wouldn’t know anyone. Boy, was I wrong to have skipped any shows. Once I [...]

As you may or may not know, in addition to all of my pattern designing and book writing, I also do a lot of freelance writing for Crochet Today. One of my favorite projects (and the one I’m procrastinating on at the moment) is gathering up products for their “We Love” page. I’m constantly on [...]

The fabric for Alissa’s blocks (for the 12 Squared bee) has been sitting in my sewing room for far too long, and every time I had a free minute I thought about how I should sew them. There’s something about having to clear the sewing table, detach the yarn winder from the cutting area, etc, [...]

Well, I’ve been knitting away and I must say the blanket is coming along nicely. I have 2 more colors of stripes today than I did when I took this picture, but it will give you an idea:

I’m now one large stripe and a few rows of garter (plus millions of ends to weave) away [...]

I’m in that in-between stage where I’m waiting for more projects (which are on the way, but not here yet- argh!). When Betsy McCarthy (author of Knit Socks) was on the Today Show, she said that the challenge of working at home is learning to live with ambiguity. Let me tell you, it still freaks [...]

Last month during a particularly busy week at Yarnivore, a customer came in wanting to match some yellow yarn to a dress, with pink shoes. Somehow this spiralled into gathering all of the pretty pinkish and yellowish yarns in the shop, and then the color combination for this shawl was born. (The customer found some [...]

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 [...]

Last week (or so) I got a press kit from Debbie Stoller’s new yarn line, Stitch Nation. The line is full of yarns made from natural fibers by none other than Coats and Clark. I’m loving that they are finally incorporating natural fibers into their yarn line, as I find them so pleasant to work [...]

I just (well, almost) finished crocheting a bunch of stuff for worky type reasons, so now I am in a “woohoo, I can make whatever I want!!” phase. And also a “I already crocheted with that yarn so what can I do with the leftovers that’s different?” (ie, knitting) phase.

The first thing I made was [...]