This post contains affiliate links. This post is part of my 2012 Hispanic Heritage Month interview series. Today, I’m interviewing Juanita Quinones, also known as BoricuaCrochet, a crocheter I met on Ravelry who is also a crochet tech editor. Originally from Puerto Rico, Juanita moved to the mainland U.S. about 20 years ago and now lives in Pennsylvania. Her projects … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. I guess that crocheted motifs are my go to project when I’m feeling stressed, which is how I managed to finish 9 during another busy week. My running total of grannies for charity is now 25, so I have 27 more to go. Let me tell you a little about … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. This post is part of my 2012 Hispanic Heritage Month interview series. Today, I’m very excited to interview Spanish crochet designer and blogger, Angele Lumiere. You may have seen Angele’s designs on her Ravelry page or her French/Spanish bilingual blog, Le flux de la creativite. You can also find Angele online on Ravelry, … Read more
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you know that I don’t share many details about my personal (that is, non-crafting) life. As a result, most of my readers probably don’t know too much about my background. I grew up in Brooklyn and Manhattan within two multi-ethnic (Cuban and Italian-American), multi-faith (Catholic, Santeria, … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. After missing my YOP post last week, I wanted to have something new and amazing for this week’s post. My first experiment with domino knitting didn’t produce much worthy of showing or discussing, so I decided to return to the trusty granny square. Since another YOP blogger, Robin from Crochet Nirvana, … Read more