Jan
28
As promised, here is the recipe for the best meatballs I’ve ever had. These are perfect for crochet and knit get-togethers, not to mention the upcoming Super Bowl (Go whichever team wins me money!) The recipe was handed down to me by my cousin, who in turn got it from our Great-grandma Internet.
Jan
27
With the Craft & Hobby show in town some of the biggest names in the crochet and knit community are around. But I never would have guessed that one of the premier male crochet designers, Drew Emborsky (aka The Crochet Dude) would be spending the evening with me. Actually, I’m quite certain that he never …
Jan
24
It’s time to do your part. NHS Leeds (formally known as Leeds Primary Care Trust) in the United Kingdom is facing a problem of Size D proportions. They need imitation breasts to assist teaching expectant mothers how to express milk. Due to the enormous expense of simulated latex breasts, and the lack of realism that …
Jan
23
If having brains is sexy, then Matt Gilbert needs to be one of People magazine’s sexiest men alive. Matt developed a computer program that creates very complex radiating crochet patterns “inspired by the intimate historical ties between textiles and computation, as well as the propagation patterns of acoustics.” Oh yeah Baby! Matt has taken the …
Jan
21
One of my very good friends Mark, is an SEO (Search Engine Optimization) genius. Actually, he’s an Internet expert in general. His very popular blog, ContentPig.com, on Google insights and SEO topics won him a trip to the Affiliate Summit in Las Vegas. It was for that trip that I got the idea to create …
Jan
20
Ultimately I’m a geek. A Star Wars loving, model ship building, video game playing, graph paper drawing geek. So, when I saw the Golden Spiral (pictured) posted on Ravelry this morning I was immediately drawn by its coolness factor. As I followed the pattern to its original website, I went into geek overload. Woolly Thoughts …
Jan
17
We all get good ideas for unique crochet projects, and most of us know when those good ideas take a left at atrocious and run the stop sign going toward hideous. Much like American Idol contestant hopefuls whose friends have failed to mention to them that their singing sounds worse than a mating Mongolian yak …
Jan
16
Today I can hold my hook a little higher. As of last night I am officially a member of the Crochet Guild of America (CGOA). Ok, I’m not “officially” a member of the CGOA yet. My membership still has to be processed (i.e. credit card has to clear). But after that I will be a …
Jan
15
I’m pretty jazzed about the opportunity to go to The Knit & Crochet Show in Portland, Oregon this year (love that town), and was even more excited about the pattern design content they are running. Hmmmm. March 11 is the deadline. Do I have time? The Show is The Knitting Guild Association’s National Conference …
Jan
07
What a GREAT pattern! That’s all I have to say. No. Not really. I’m going to go on for a bit more. This is one of those patterns that I got a little advanced notice on Ravelry that it was coming out in the Nov/Dec issue of Crochet Today. I fell in love with the …
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