Haiti

Just a really quick note before I rush off to work at the yarn shop to let you know that some of my hats are available over at the Craft Hope etsy shop. All proceeds will benefit Doctors without Borders in Haiti, and shipping is included within the United States. Read more about Craft Hope [...]

Giveaway #4: Scrap Bonanza

To wrap up this week of giveaways, I’d like to offer one lucky reader a priority mail box stuffed full of pretty scraps from my studio. I *love* sewing with scraps but it seems that no matter how many times I go through them, the bucket overflows. I sat down with them again this weekend [...]

Crochet Adorned on FutureGirl

This morning, head over to Alice Merlino’s blog, Futuregirl, for a great review of Crochet Adorned (I’m so flattered!). Alice talks about her favorite projects in the book, and then shows you the results of what she’s already been dreaming up from the swatches and projects in the book.
We’re still in Portland, getting ready to [...]

Next Stop: Crafty Pod

Today, you can read a great  post about Crochet Adorned  from Diane Gilleland over at CraftyPod. Diane took lots of nice pictures of the inside of the book, so if you have been waiting to check it out, head on over! And, she’ll post later this afternoon about her project for the book, the Vintage [...]

It’s Heeere!

By the time you read this post, we’ll be moving down the highway towards Portland! Yay.  But today is officially the day that you can buy Crochet Adorned, so please run out to your local yarn shop or book store and look for it! And if it’s not there– ask them to order it, of [...]

Recent Publications

I’m still waiting for my copy of Interweave Crochet to get here (my mail is always so slow when it come to crochet magazines!) but you’ve probably already seen the preview, so it’s time to mention it. This marks my first published design in Interweave Crochet, The Breezy Hat (ravelry link).

This is a great, simple [...]

Finally Finished: Lacy Days of Summer Top

Last summer, I started this top from Crochet Today. Originally, I wanted to make it with a fabric bottom, but I never found the perfect fabric. Then I decided to start to crochet the bottom, ran out of yarn, pulled it out, and continued my fabric search. And then it sat for about 9 months. [...]

And the Winner is…

Lucky #7, aka Nikki from BumblesandLu (Nikki, I will email you for your address!).

Nikki said “I have a lot of stickers. So many that I’m constantly trying to give sheets of them away. But my favorites are these awesome 80’s phrase stickers. They’re turquoise & hot pink with sayings like: Totally Radical, Awesome!! & Cowabunga. [...]

More Hat Patterns Available

I added 2 summer hats to my Etsy and Ravelry shops this week.

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First up is the quick and simple Lacy Shells Hat. Above is another version I made for moi- from Cascade Pima Silk. I have received lots of compliments on this one and it’s come in handy to keep my head warm this week, [...]

Shop is Updated!

Holy Moly, I just spent way too long updating my Etsy shop. But, thanks to my friend Nicole of QueenPuffPuff, I found these great Etsy Hacks that made it go a lot quicker than it would have. They’re amazing, and I highly recommend them if you update etsy frequently (I used the Copy Listing and [...]