This post contains affiliate links. Happy Thanksgiving! In the U.S., the day after Thanksgiving (Black Friday) signifies the official start of the holiday shopping season. In the spirit of keeping the holidays a little more handmade and small business and a little less mass produced and corporate, I’m sharing several holiday gift guides today. Handmade … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. Happy Thanksgiving! Just in time for the holidays, I decided to update my post on must-have beginner knitting resources with a crochet version. I’ve been crocheting for 27 years and have been a Craft Yarn Council certified crochet instructor and teacher since 2008. I’ve taught about 125 beginners to crochet since … Read more
(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class: Lessons and Projects from Today’s Top Crocheters series. Click here and here for my previous posts about the filet crochet chapter.) As much as working with thread and tiny hooks makes me want to hide under the blankets, a series of events last week … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. Barbara at Made in K-Town is hosting one of her awesome link parties, and this month the theme is crocheted blankets. I was inspired to share some the blankets I made before I was blogging. Way back in May, I posted about the project journal I used to use for … Read more
This post contains affiliate links. I was very excited when I received my review copy of Crochet Stitches VISUAL Encyclopedia: 300 Stitch Patterns, Edgings, and More by Robyn Chachula from Wiley. Robyn is a structural engineer by training and is known for using stitch symbols with her designs. I’m a stitch guide junkie (see my … Read more