It’s time for a little bit of link love. Here were my favorite crochet blog posts from the week around the web:
Something Special
The Olympics have kicked off and that means so have the Ravellenic Games (formerly called the Ravelympics). There are lots of options for participating in this event which is a Ravelry-based way to connect to your knit and crochet community while challenging yourself. There’s a Get Started Guide on Ravelry to help you out.
Smart Crochet Words
- Q&A With the Crochet Geek. @crochettoday interviewed Teresa Richardson.
- Edie Eckman Classes. The designer shares an explanation of the difference between two of her similar classes – one at Stitches and one on Craftsy.
- Essential Crochet Books for your Library. Dora Ohrenstein shares a great roundup for starting a crochet resource library over at Jimmy Beans Wool. I agree with all her choices but would add Seamless Crochet
by Kristin Omdahl and Edie Eckman’s Around the Corner Crochet Border
to finish it off.
- How to Weave in Ends. Sarah London offers this photo-rich tutorial. I saw the link over at CraftGossip where JD shared a positive attitude about weaving in ends, which I think is awesome because I’m usually a griper at this stage and that’s not a good way to be. I’m going to adopt JD’s attitude the next time it comes time to weave in ends!
- Get a Craftsy Pal. Get more involved with the @beCraftsy website by signing up to get your own Craftsy pal – a sort of digital craftspiration pen pal.
Beautiful Crocheted Creations
Posie Gets Cozy finished this beautiful version of the Alpine Frost Scarf by by Amy O’Neill Houck. Click through to see a terrific photo of it being blocked.
Gorgeous crochet work from Spanish blog Bricoarts
I love the neutral gradient color scheme used on this neat ripple blanket by Cosmicpluto
Thornberry did a beautiful job on her new crochet jacket
I love the buttons and zipper detail on the crochet cardigan by Untangling Knots
Bunny Mummy has finished this lovely colorful daisy square crochet blanket. I encourage you to click through to her post to see more beautiful photos.
New Crochet Patterns
- Amigurumi Zombiebot Pattern. A new free amigurumi pattern from Craft Foxes.
- First Day of School Play Dress. This cute new crochet pattern is for sale on Etsy. I saw the link and supercute pictures for it on Pardon My Chaos.
- New Crochet Flower Pattern. JJ Crochet shares a new free crochet pattern for a flower with a ridged center.
- Star Shaped Facecloth Crochet Pattern. My Recycled Bags usually brings us great plarn patterns but this week there’s a free pattern for a scrap cotton yarn facecloth and I’m adoring it!
- Cozy Gnome Camera Case. What a cute free crochet pattern over at Moogly.
- Pencil Shaped Bookmark. Cute new free crochet pattern from @CrochetSpot.
- Crochet Baby Turban Tutorial. This Mama Makes Stuff has a tutorial for a newborn turban. I want to try to adapt it for my-size since it’s so cute!
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Freshwater Pearl Wire Crochet Necklace. This is a new (free) wire and bead crochet necklace pattern from About Crochet.
Best Crochet Video of the Week
New amigurumi-rich vlog post from The Dope Fiends
Other Things
- 7 Publicity Ideas for Your Arts and Crafts Business. I loved the practical ideas in this article by @B2Community. I especially liked the suggestion to discuss your business problems and how you are overcoming them. This is a great way to generate conversation in your community to get attention for your business rather than just shamelessly promoting yourself.
- Roundup of Yarncrafting Accessories. @LionBrandYarns shared some fun crochet/knitting/yarn accessories like posters, mugs and pins.
- At the Art Market. Dutch blogger Lindevrousweb shared photos from a local art / craft market. There’s some crochet in there along with lots of other cute things. I love the paper porcupines!
- Purl Soho Photos. One Sheepish Girl took a trip to a yarn store and shared some luscious yarn photos.
And Some Special Thanks
- To @sisterdiane of CraftyPod for her terrific image-only interview of me. It was so fun to think about my answers in terms of images instead of words!
- To Elisabeth Andree and Ambassador Crochet for sharing the news about my new book Crochet Saved My Life
- To Mona Mauri for sharing my post about her work as a crochet artist since the 1970s
- To Moogly for including my post on 20 Ways to Combine Crochet and Fabric in a roundup of top links. The links section on this site is called Unpinning Pinterest – I love that idea of taking what you’ve found in pins and aggregating them to share the direct links.
