This post was last updated in May, 2017. I’m a native New Yorker who has lived in either Brooklyn or Manhattan for over 90% of my life, and I love to support local businesses! If you’re visiting New York City, check out my recommendations, and let me know what you think! After I posted about the awesome … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. My interview today is with crochet designer Melissa Horozewski. Melissa was nominated for the Crochet Liberation Front Flamie for Best New Designer in 2009, and her work has been published by Crochet!, Crochet World, Inside Crochet, Interweave Crochet, and Leisure Arts. Melissa is also the author of Austentatious Crochet: 36 … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can find my other posts in this series here. Last Sunday, I woke up early instead of sleeping in, packed up my yarn and crochet kit, and headed down to the Lion Brand Yarn Studio to take … Read more
Happy Friday everyone! I’ve been thinking for a while about how to celebrate I Love Yarn Day, since I first read about it on the Craft Yarn Council website. The CYC has several suggestions about what to do to celebrate (and several projects from famous designers, too!). My post for today is a celebration of … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. Search Press was nice enough to send me several of Val Pierce‘s books to review when I interviewed her for last week’s post. So today, I’m reviewing another of Val’s books in the Twenty to Make series, Knitted Mug Hugs (Twenty to Make). At the end of the review, I’ll also … Read more