I first met Robyn Chachula a few months ago at TNNA, but I’ve been a fan of her crochet work for much longer than that. I started to take notice a few years ago, and was thrilled when her first book, Blueprint Crochet: Modern Designs for the Visual Crocheter, came out–she’s a kindred spirit in [...]

While walking the floor at TNNA (The National NeedleArts Association) this summer, a friend told me about a new magazine venture called Spool. I went over to the booth and the design of the promotional materials caught my eye, but De Selby, the editor, was away from the booth. I left my info and said [...]

I’m teaching the Baby Sweater from my Layette Set in Knit Simple Fall 2010, and I decided to go ahead and work up a sample for Yarnivore while I teach. Knit Simple was kind enough to temporarily lend me the actual sample to display in the shop, which is great–but this one can live there [...]

I’m excited to announce that three of my hat patterns are now available for just $1.99 a pop at KnitPicks.

I’ve been thinking a lot about what this means for the other places where my patterns are for sale, and have decided to leave the pricing (which is more than $1.99) the same. I [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]