February is just around the corner – Wednesday – and I just wanted to prepare you all for what will be coming up. Compassion International is an organization that is dear to my heart along with the 2 sponsored children we support. For the entire month of February I will be featuring different ways you […]
February Compassion Fundraiser
January 30, 2012 By
How to Make the Crocodile Stitch
January 29, 2012 By
I just finished up week 5 of the 52 week Squidoo challenge where I’m making 1 lens a week on crochet product reviews. The latest being ‘Crocodile Stitch Fashions‘ by Lianka Azulay. I reviewed the book which offers a great step by step tutorial on how to make the crocodile stitch with a picture tutorial […]
Spotted Crochet Blogs 1/26/2012
January 26, 2012 By
Welcome to the weekly Spotted Crochet Blogs post. As I go along my week I come across some awesome crochet blogs. Maybe you follow them or maybe you don’t – Hope you find someone new and let them know I send you. Crochet n Crafts – This is not really a blog but a pattern […]
Hobby Blogging: Article Marketing for Crochet Bloggers
January 25, 2012 By
Do you want more traffic to your blog or etsy shop? I know I do. I want to make more connections with crochet bloggers. This is why I do the Spotted Blogs post each week as well as the Finished Objects posts and more recently the Fresh Of tha Hook vlog. I want to know […]
How to Read Crochet Patterns
January 25, 2012 By
Just a quick post to let you know that my friend Rhelena, owner of Crochet n Crafts has written a couple of articles on How to Read Crochet Patterns. I remember when I was new to crochet – reading patterns was like learning a new language – which in a way it is. I hope […]
Featured Pattern: Basket Weave Head Band
January 24, 2012 By
On Monday we learned how to make a Front Post Double Crochet Stitch. This pattern uses the front post and the back post stitch. When alternated in this fashion it is called a Basket Weave stitch. You will need an H8/5 mm hookYarn: Bernat Softee Baby or yarn of your choosing. A solid color will […]
It Takes Just One Minute To Touch A Child’s Life
January 24, 2012 By
Compassion International Blogger: Just a minute out of your day can bring joy or destruction into a child’s life depending on how you choose to use that minute. Will you choose destructive words or will you choose encouraging words? I choose words of life but sometimes words of destruction come out. I recall growing up […]
Charity: Halos of Hope
January 22, 2012 By
This Christmas I was given the gift of a book of crochet patterns featuring chemo caps and wraps. This book was made by Connie Ellison and Halos of Hope founder Pamela Haschke. This is the first I’ve heard of Halos of Hope which is an organization she started after her own battle with cancer. She […]
