It’s craft fair season! I’ve always loved the thought of craft fairs, but this year, I got the bug and participated in my first one! It was a spring fair just to get my feet wet but I learned so much in that experience that I signed up for 2 more this Fall. As I …
Let’s talk about how to buy yarn online. When I started, I didn’t know what to look for or what to expect from yarn I hadn’t felt or seen in person. Once I did start to buy my yarn online, so many options and possibilities opened up for me and there was so much more …
One of the questions I get asked most often is about crochet blanket sizes. Usually, someone wants to resize one of my baby blanket patterns into a larger throw, and sometimes it’s the other way around. Other times, people just need to know the measurements of different types of blankets. I get these questions all …
One of my favorite tools for knitting and crochet is my ball winder from Knit Picks. It’s such an underrated tool but I use mine at the beginning and end of every project to keep my yarn stash organized and easy to manage. When I started using yarn, I didn’t know how to make a …
We’ve all had those moments where you just can’t bring yourself to crochet. You have no motivation, none of the projects you pick up seem interesting and you’ve just lost all your crojo (crochet + mojo). Does this sound like you? Running a crochet business has pushed me to find ways out of my crochet …
Did you know you can actually make money crocheting? I’ve been running my handmade business for a while now, and over the years, I’ve built up a solid income that gives me a little more freedom and security. My number one way to earn money with crochet is through blogging, but there are several different ways …
Like most crocheters, I always have multiple projects on the go, and I’m constantly adding to my “someday projects” list. Today, I wanted to step back from all of that and just talk about some of the great things I’ve learned from crocheting. When I started crocheting almost 10 years ago, it was really just …
Do you guys pause to read yarn labels when you’re shopping or do you just feel it and pick a color? At first, I would find a yarn that was the right color and medium weight, and that worked for a long time. But as I branched out and started to learn more about how …