Month: April 2010

It’s not often when you pick up a book you’re drawn in by the photographer. But in this case, “photography by Jared Flood,” would have been enough to convince me to pick up Knits Men Want. And yes, the photos

I recently was asked to be part of a couple of blog tours — this is the first of two guest posts, the other one will be tomorrow. This book, Comfort Knitting and Crochet: Afghans: More Than 50 Beautiful, Affordable

Well there’s just one more day of the Crochet for Bears blog tour — tomorrow Donna Druchunas will be talking about the book and the project that she’s working on from it. We have a break today because Vashti and

If you’ve been over to the Inside Crochet group on Ravelry, you’ve heard part of my news for the week: the publishers of Inside Crochet have decided to hire a full-time in-house editor over in the UK. So Julie and

Today, we’re visiting Knitgrrl Studio, where knitting impresario Shannon Okey. leads me to the age-old question… Does a Bear Crochet in the Woods? In other news, since there’s no giveaway in today’s blog tour, I thought I’d do one of

I’m so excited that Julie is participating in my blog tour. She’s decided to make one of the patterns for her daughter’s American Girl Doll.  Read all about how she choose the pattern and what customizing she did. What Julie

Today we’re going to Minnesota where Annie Modesitt reviews Crochet for Bears to Wear–and she’s giving away a copy!

Today is Day One of my blog tour (It’s also Book Release Day–whee!!) — I’ll be taking a virtual visit to Craftzine where editor Natalie Drieu is posting a free pattern from the book: Pearl’s Cozy Turtleneck.  It’s one of

My newest book, Crochet for Bears to Wear will be released on April 13th, and we’re celebrating with a Blog Tour! I’ll be kicking off the tour with a free pattern (truly one of my favorite patterns in the book)