Most of us have a memory of shrinking a wool garment accidentally while doing laundry. If you’ve done that, congratulations! You’ve already knitfelted, or “fulled,” your first project. This post contains affiliate links. What is knitfelting or fulling anyway? Wool fibers have small scales. When the project you knit with wool yarn is wet and … Read more
I hope you’re having fun with the Holiday Stashdown Crochet-a-Long 2015! (If you’re just hearing about it today, there’s still plenty of time to join in. You can find more details about the CAL here.) I’ll be shining a spotlight on each of our generous giveaway sponsors over the coming weeks. Today’s featured sponsor is … Read more
I’m sharing the fourth interview in this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month series with Olivia Silva from Pitusas y Petetes. Olivia is a Galician crochet designer. I’ll also be including a roundup of my 5 favorite free crochet patterns from Olivia’s collection! This post contains affiliate links. Olivia can be found online on her website and … Read more
I’m sharing the third interview in this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month series with Alessandra Hayden from Just Be Happy Crochet. Alessandra is a Brazilian-American crochet designer and Design Wars challenger. I’ll also be including a roundup of my 5 favorite crochet patterns from Alessandra’s collection! (Side note: While Brazilians are not technically included in the … Read more
On Fridays, I share a link blast on G+, Twitter and Facebook to get you excited about crocheting all weekend! In keeping with the #FlashbackFriday meme, I’m sharing patterns were first released last year. Today, I’m sharing a roundup of 15 free crochet patterns featuring shell stitches. I love shell stitches, and even included links to my favorite … Read more