What Do You Do For Your Favorite Charity? In the past I’ve crocheted scarves for Special Olympics, made blankets for the local nursery, hats for the shelters, and mittens too. A few years ago I did a crochet hat campaign for Compassion International. (compassion.com) Everlasting Hope crochets hats to raise money to support the building of […]
Crocheting is Cheaper Than Therapy And Here’s the Proof
December 4, 2014 By
Best Friends and ‘CHEEPER’ Than Thereapy That’s a quote on a plaque I have in my kitchen with chickens in the background. This post however, is all about crochet and its therapeutic benefits. The Livingston Daily did a piece on Charlene Hatfield’s yarn shop Stitch in Time. The media has done well to give […]
Wool and Whisky – A Great Combination
December 2, 2014 By
What started out as just a hobby while McShane was teaching in Korea, is now a blossoming business. (Don’t get me started on K-Dramas) In between classes other teachers were crocheting and knitting so eventually they taught her too. Soon the compliments and inquiries started about her scarves and cowls. The name of her business is […]
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone – A Success Story
November 16, 2014 By
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone – Midwest Crochet In order to grow your business you need to take risks and that means you need to step out of your comfort zone. I love reading about successful businesses like Midwest Crochet. Michelle, the owner of Midwest Crochet shares how she started her business, her tips […]
Crocheting for Christmas with Edie Eckman
October 28, 2014 By
Edie Eckman, the author of “The Crochet Answer Book” just released her latest pattern book just in time for Christmas. “Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree” Patterns include stockings, ornaments and home decor. You can see a preview on Amazon. I like the Snowflake Stocking the best. I think a garland full of mittens […]
Making a Hat a Day into a Crochet Business to be Proud Of
October 24, 2014 By
Building Your Inventory One Piece At a Time Mary Catherine Neil starting crocheting when she was a little girl. She’s like me and brings her crochet everywhere. Read the Full Story on 5newsonline[dot]com Her daughter entered her into a local craft fair without her knowing it. They did surprisingly well. Now she crochets one piece […]
Want to Take a Tech Editing Class?
June 28, 2014 By
Tech Editing Class Now Accepting Students Last year while I was researching tech editors for the Create Crochet Patterns Ebook I came across a course that may interest you. Joeli’s Kitchen (knitting tech editor) holds a course a couple of times per year. As of today she still has 6 openings. (June 26) The course […]
Crochet Bloggers Making the News
June 26, 2014 By
You can hear the Squeals of delight from all Sanrio fans across the globe. Hello Kitty, Bad-Batz-Maro and of course the lovely My Melody will soon be at your crocheting fingertips. Crochet Designer Lee Mei of AmiguruMEI.com will soon have a published book – “Hello Kitty Crochet: Super Cute Amigurumi Patterns for Sanrio Friends“. I […]
