SOME SAMPLES OF KIM’S ORIGINAL PATTERNS AVAILABLE ON HER WEBSITE.
Check out our NEW Facebook page for Crochet. This page is only about Crochet!! Free pattern links, tips tricks and tutorial videos. We will be sharing it all to … Read More ...
Buying From Little Yarn Shops – LYS
Do you have a LYS (local {or little} yarn shop)? I do! Hearthstone Knits is a small, cozy, crochet friendly local yarn shop stuffed deep and high with all kinds of wonderful yarns. It’s housed in a humble building that … Read More ...
Pattern a Day Crochet Calendars
A lot of us are familiar with the Crochet Pattern-A-Day Calendars. Below is an email from
the company that publishes them, with details on how YOU can submit a pattern for publication
and perhaps earn a bit of money. … Read More ...
A VISIT WITH KEN JONES – THAT CROCHET GUY
A KEN JONES ORIGINAL
The internet has some wonderful possibilities. One of those possibilities is meeting other crocheters online. I have made several online crochet friends and I have been impressed with several designers, both for their work and creativity … Read More ...
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK!
This book is a rip-off for all crocheters! Its full title is ‘Family Circle Easy Plus Size Knits’ and bills itself as having ’50 knit and crochet styles’. There is exactly ONE crochet item in … Read More ...
Crochet ‘How To’ Free Online Instructions w/ lots of pics
If you want to learn how to do something in crochet, this site is a useful tool (scroll down at the site):
http://www.jessica-tromp.nl/how_to_crochet.htm
For instance, if you want to know how to create a shell for yourself without a specific … Read More ...
MY NEXT PROJECT…..A SHAWL
Have you seen the garnstudio site? www.garnstudio.com
Lots of free patterns there in crochet and knit. This is my next WIP:
You can find the free pattern – which is really just a chart – by going to the main … Read More ...
SIDE TRACKED
I owe apologies to several people who have been expecting packages from me. I am backlogged in most aspects of my daily life due to …….. LIFE! Kids, job, dog, elderly mother and broken wrist all required extreme amounts of … Read More ...
ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF MINI-CONTEST APRIL, 2007
Well, we have a WINNER!!. As you may recall, these items were offered free to the person who chose the correct number between 1 and 1948 without going over. The correct number is:
904.
Why this number? Well, … Read More ...
MINI CONTEST UPDATE
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I am likely to be away from my computer on April 12, when I should be posting the winner of this mini-contest. Please bear with me and I will post the winning information on … Read More ...
Get Some Inspiration!
I ran across this site and want to share it with you. It’s not just crochet, but there are almost 1000 pictures to inspire you to create wonderful things from yarn, buttons, and fabrics that you have on hand. Here’s … Read More ...
FREE TO GOOD HOME…….shipping extra
Greetings to my fellow crochet and yarn lovers! I assume that most of you out there LOVE yarn, hooks, magazines, patterns, books, etc as much as I do. I have a HUGE stash of such things. Some of them need … Read More ...
AND THE WINNER IS…………..
I announced a contest for crochet tips. Over thirty people sent in tips. I don’t believe there were any duplications – mainly because you could all read each other’s tips. In many ways, that set the bar higher! After a … Read More ...
SOME OF MY FAVORITE HOOKS
These hooks are kinda hard to find. Wanted to share the site I just found them on:
Clover Soft Touch Crochet Hooks
http://crochetasylum.com/html/hooked_on_hooks.html
Clover Soft Touch also has a set of thread hooks which are wonderful. My LYS, Hearthstone Knits … Read More ...
Knitting Vs. Crochet – Comments by a thoughtful reader
I think that Fernmonkey’s thoughtful ‘response’ to my recent blog “‘Is Crochet the Red-Headed Stepchild of Knitting?’” deserves to be read by all. So, although I could find no way to contact Fernmonkey personally, I’ve decided to elevate … Read More ...