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Join me and SO MANY crochet designers during the very cozy Sweater Weather Blog Hop, […]

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Crochet patterns inspired by Taylor Swift: The Unofficial Taylor Swift book project with Lee Sartori in which I participated.

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I Like Crochet August 2024 Magazine Cover

Take a look inside the 10th anniversary issue of I Like Crochet Magazine!

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I won this amazing personalized illustration recently, from artist Rose Pastel Art. I definitely wanted […]

Reintroducing myself

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Two tips for your back health. A guest post by Catherine Larouche, Massage Therapist.

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Have you come to terms with the fact that social media is the hamster's wheel, both in the effort you (the hamster) have to make and the weakness of the results earned? Yet each day we get back on.

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You may have noticed that some of my recent free patterns contain a link to purchase a copy on Ravelry. It's possible you wondered why someone would buy a free pattern, or even why I some of my patterns are free.

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This is a guest post by Kathryn Vercillo, blogger at Crochet Concupiscence and author of […]

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One of the biggest fights of a designer is the protection of their copyright. We […]

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Hey guys, I thought I’d let you know of the place where I buy most […]

Better World Books

Source : Craft Yarn Council Categories of yarn, tension range, needle and hook size requirements for […]

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Ravelry

This post is a translation of my very first post aimed at French or French-speaking […]

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Crochet Chart Symbols

I promised you an explanation of crochet charts vs written patterns.  Here it is. In […]

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Here is a list of standard abbreviations used in English patterns and what they mean.  […]

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Crochet in the round

Unless you’re a Mozart or a Beethoven of crochet, you’ll need to learn to read […]

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Crochet Chart Symbols

This post was originally published in November 2011; I will translate only those portions which […]

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