A Life in the Making

I *may* have mentioned once or twice [insert sarcastic eye roll here] that I have a rather large deadline coming up.  Between now and the 31st of December, I am taking 1 day off - Christmas.  This means there will be no Christmas crafting at KGDHQ. *sob*Its ok though, I have a plan - I am going t...

*hands out tissues for tearful goodbye*Well, we have come to the end of Crochet Camp 2013.I can't tell you how simply awesome it has been to host you this last month.  When I hatched this crazy scheme - I was hopeful that I would get 100 people on board. Well, with 1,200 in the Facebook group an...

The mermaid tail was the very first pattern I wrote for Crochet at Play.  As they do, a couple of errata snuck into the final version of the pattern, added to which folks have had some problems with the increases.  Here is a version that is all nice and polished up and includes a crochet chart fo...

It seems that the awesomeness of Crochet Camp simply couldn't be contained in 4 weeks!  This week, I have some bonus posts for you and some ideas of where to go next with your crochet. First up, today we have an interview with the rather lovely Claire Montgomerie - author, designer and editor of ...

I am so so excited to share with you the story of Island Wool Company today.  I discovered their yarn via my friend Karina and her wonderful work on her knitwear collection, Doggerland.  I have always wanted to visit the Faroe Isles and the idea of an entire wool company devoted to them just made...

So, how about some reductions on crochet patterns to try out with your new found pattern reading skills? Using the code crochetcamp2013, you can take:- 30% off any pattern in my Ravelry Shop- 30% off any patterns in JLA Crochet's Ravelry Shop- 25% off any patterns from Issue 1 of The Crochet Proj...