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Amy O'Neill Houck

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Amy O’Neill Houck is a writer and crochet and knitwear designer. She learned to crochet at the age of eight from her grandmother, Helen Markos Buschmann, and never stopped. Amy’s pattern line, AOH Designs is known for it’s patterns that beautifully balance fit, style and creative, fun construction. Amy is the former editor of Inside Crochet magazine. She writes about crochet technique, history and fashion for publications including Interweave Crochet, and Crochet Today magazines. Amy has appeared as a guest on Knitty Gritty.

Amy lives in Cordova, Alaska with her family where she's be able to make the most of her wooly stash. She's currently enrolled in the MFA program in creative nonfiction at the University of Alaska, Anchorage. Amy blogs a...more



This pattern sat and hibernated by my desk for some time before I got a chance to publish it. Now that it's out there, I'm thinking it might be fun to make another. I'm contemplating scrounging about in my stash for some complementary colors (it can be made with practically any yarn), but first I've got to finish an essay for a school deadline this Friday. No crocheting for me this week!


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