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June 1, 2011
May 25, 2011
NEW Sheep(ish) PATTERNS!
Urban RevivalThe Urban Revival, slouch beanie is made with 2 balls in color: Turquoise(ish)Get Free Pattern Here!TooDee FruttiThe TooDee Frutti Poncho uses Coral(ish), White(ish), Lime(ish) & Robin's Egg(ish)Get Free Pattern Here!10th FloorThe 10th Floor Cowl takes 1 ball each in Olive(ish) & Teal(ish).Get Free Pattern Here!Wrist FactorWrist Factor (Close-Up)The Wrist Factor wrist warmers take 1
May 24, 2011
Stitch.Rock.Love Blog Tour: Starts Tomorrow!
Starting tomorrow, please join me for the Stitch.Rock.Love Blog Tour in celebration of the launch of the 1st yarn in the line, Sheep(ish)! Every day for 2 1/2 weeks, check out a new post across the blogosphere from some of my fantastic friends and colleagues. Collectively, they'll be doing yarn reviews, interviews with me, sharing projects their working on, designing free patterns for you, doing
May 17, 2011
Get Sheep(ish) Now at JoAnn Stores!
Have I mentioned lately, how much I love yous guys? No? Well, I do. Without the messages from a few readers, I wouldn't have known that Sheep(ish)--the 1st yarn in my Stitch.Rock.Love line through Caron-- is available NOW (2 weeks early) at JoAnn Etc. stores across the nation!Over the weekend we went to the Austin store (at Arbor Walk) to check it out, and *squeal*, Sheep(ish) was there! The free
May 13, 2011
NEW PATTERN: Mr. Fluffs!
While I was in Denver last month shooting my Craft Lab online workshop Kirsten, one of the designers at Sympoz, showed me the mascot logo she'd created for their upcoming site, Craftsy. She called him Mr. Fluffs, and I *heart* him! So much so in fact, that I promptly designed an amigurumi version using Sheep(ish) yarn in color, Coral(ish). Well, I'm happy to say that this little plushie has since
May 11, 2011
Crochet Lab Video Workshop!
I've been wanting to offer online workshops for years now, so I'm happy to announce that my first one is live and ready to go! I teamed up with online education company, Sympoz to produce an in depth crochet course that takes you from what supplies to buy and why, to making your first chain stitch--all the way to producing granny squares. Crochet Lab is a fully interactive way for me to teach,
May 6, 2011
Buy.Caron.com is Feeling Sheep(ish)!
Pssst! Guess what? Even though we have a few more weeks until Sheep(ish)--the first yarn in my Stitch.Rock.Love line-- hits shelves, you can get it before anyone else! Click on over to BuyCaron.com right NOW and be the very first to get the yarn, before it's in stores. Super-soft, in 21 luscious colors and for only $3.99 a ball--what are you waiting for? Type on over to Buy.Caron.com today!What
April 28, 2011
Same Book. 3 Countries. 3 Names.
American EditionSince the book I co-wrote with Adrienne Armstrong was originally published in 2009, it's been republished in a couple of other countries. This is always fun to see but even though this was my 5th book to write (6th was Craft Corps, and I'm currently working on my 7th), it's the first time that I've had one translated into another language. This makes me so happy, I can't even tell
April 22, 2011
Linda Permann's Little Crochet!
It's no secret that I love crochet and modern design almost as much as I love kids so when Linda Permann's, Little Crochet: Modern Designs for Babies and Toddlers landed on my desk, I was THRILLED by what I found within its pages! I've been a longtime fan of Linda's work, beginning with her designs in the much-missed mag, Adorn and continuing with her gorgeous embellishment book, Crochet Adorned.
April 6, 2011
VIDEO:Behind the Scenes at the Caron Yarn Plant!
Inside the Caron Yarn PlantThis month marks the year anniversary of my very first visit to the Caron yarn plant in Washington, NC. I'm feeling a bit nostalgiac, so I dug into the archives of never-before-seen footage, and put together a behind-the-(yarn)-scenes video of what happens to get your favorite stitching supplies, primped and ready to go out to your favorite craft store. Enjoy!
