A Life in the Making

Morning, all!!  I am getting soo excited for Crochet Camp.  If you haven't already joined the Facebook group - you should!  We are already talking lefties, projects, crochet conundrums, and American vs UK terms .I've been getting a lot of questions through about Crochet Camp, so I thought I woul...

Want to share the  crochet love? Want to learn to crochet, but never have gotten around to it? Love talking crochet geekery? Want to learn crochet AND make awesome things while you are doing it?  Well, this for you!!!! Starting the 15th of July, we are going to get out the hooks and head off to C...

Oh short rows - you clever things! Creating 3d shapes from flat fabric. Cupping breasts and bottoms *ahem*, shaping shoulders, hugging backs, heels and necks, creating hats from flat. So useful, yet much misunderstood (and sworn at). We can't be having that and I am here to sing your praises and ...

One of the things I hear most often from students and customers is "I know the basic stitches, but have no idea how to read a crochet pattern".  In fact, it wasn't so long ago that I was in the same boat, struggling to understand what all of the letters, numbers and abbreviations meant!  Most sea...

  Just over a year ago, I laid out my method for designing a hat. I always had the intention of coming back and adding more.Well, in better late than never fashion, here is the final installment of the trilogy, or rather the compendium:From picking up a hook and making a hat that fits any head, t...