Author: Amy O'Neill Houck

Runway Knits: 30 Fashion-Forward Designs is the brainchild of Berta Karapetyan–owner of Karabella Yarns and School Products. Berta has been designing knitwear for fashion designers as long as well, Lily Chin, I’d guess, and she wanted to bring her style

Spray the Pieces Originally uploaded by kpwerker. Kim has posted a great photo-tutorial on spray blocking to her flickr site. It’s got detailed instructions and very helpful pictures. Thanks Kim! (The squares in this picture are for the Babette blanket

It’s the Sustainability issue with lots of green crocheting ideas, and technique articles, book review, and more. Deneen has a gorgeous hat, you can crochet a Do Do bird, a grocery bag, a purse made from a dress, socks and

When I filmed my epsidode of Knitty Gritty back in December, they told me I might have to wait a year to see it air. Well, now, about four months later, I discover it’s going to be shown Monday afternoon.

You know you’ve been editing patterns too much when… This evening at dinner, I was feeding Jay a few spoonfuls of rice, then I handed him the spoon and said “continue in pattern as established…”

One of the many, many cool things in the current issue of Interweave Crochet (the last issue before it becomes a regular, subscription-based mag!) is the article by Marty Miller about Foundation Stitches. I posted a small tutorial recently about

Tilli Tomas Originally uploaded by plainsight. It’s not much of a sneak peek–but my swatch is not all that representative since I’m not going to use a variagated yarn. This pile of yumminess came in the mail on Friday. It’s

Happy Easter! Originally uploaded by Fluxx. One of the commenters on flickr says, “Did these bunnies get a timeout?” I love how the arrangement of their ears give them so much character. If you’re not subscribed to the *Crochet*group on

BICO Sweater Originally uploaded by plainsight. Here’s our neighbor Lyla modeling the recently finished Baby it’s Cold Outside sweater that I made for an old college friend who just had a baby. The design is a fun one by Julie

We don’t usually have ice cream hanging around the freezer, but there’s a little left over from Selma’s birthday. I wanted some–so I offered some to Selma (we were watching High School Musical together–she was fantasizing that when she got