I’m sharing the sixth interview in this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month series with Ana Silva from Children Pictures Creations. Ana is a Dominican-American crochet designer and photographer. I’ll also be including a roundup of my 5 favorite crochet patterns from her collection! This post contains affiliate links. Ana can be found online on her website … Read more
I’m sharing the fifth interview in this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month series with Maria Isabel from Chabe Patterns (formerly ChabeGS). Maria Isabel is a Mexican crochet designer. I’ll also be including a roundup of my 5 favorite free crochet patterns from her collection! This post contains affiliate links. Maria can be found online on her … Read more
I love crocheting granny squares. (I’m pretty sure this is no secret to any regular reader of my blog.) Since I do a lot of my crocheting while commuting, I enjoy the portability. I usually prefer 6″ (15 cm) squares, but for this pattern, I decided to try something a little different: a 4″ (10 … Read more
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