Crochet Blog Roundup: January in Review

Happy February! How has the crafty year started off for you? January was a bit of a doozy for me in my personal life with tons of things happening that were both good and bad. I had lots of houseguests, stayed very busy, got way too stressed, let my personal boundaries get a little too trampled, got sick and then took the time to crochet, heal and re-establish my center of personal wellbeing. And during all of that, I kept on blogging!

Today I’ve got your roundup of everything that was on this crochet blog in January in case you missed any posts the first time around.

The Big News

The most exciting thing that happened this month was that I launched the fundraising campaign for my next book and multi-media project, qui est appelé Accrochez pour guérir.

Bien sûr, I shared several messages related to this on the blog:

• Example of a Crochet-for-Creativity Exercise
• Comment obtenir votre annonce devant des milliers d'amateurs de crochet Aujourd'hui
• How to Get an Advance Copy of Hook to Heal
• Get Crochet-Based Creativity Coaching Through Email

Some more big news of the month was that I ran a special free-on-Kindle promotion of Crochet Saved My Life for one long weekend and then dropped the price permanently from the former price of $9.99 to the new Kindle price of just $2.99.

Et enfin, I issued a challenge to try to get crochet represented more on Pinterest. Anyone who pinned my book’s cover image and left me a comment with their Pinterest handle was someone I’d go follow and pin items for. You can still do this!

Crochet Shawls

One of the themes of this month was crochet shawls. The posts related to that, which I hope you found inspiring, étaient:

100 Crochet Unique Shawls

10 Terrific Crochet Shawl Designers and their Top Patterns

Comment Crochet un châle: Le Guide de l'ultime ressource

1930s Crochet

This month I launched my new series called 50 Ans d'histoire de Crochet. I am taking one year at a time, starting in 1930, and seeing what I can learn about the crochet patterns, livres de crochet, styles de crochet, crochet news and even crochet patents from that year. The posts so far:

Crochet dans 1930

Crochet dans 1931

Crochet dans 1932

Crochet Art et Artistes

10 Beautiful Examples of Math in Crochet Art

Crochet à jour de l'artiste: Asimina Chremos

Netherlands Crochet Artist Lauriane Lasselin

Wire Crochet Jewelry Artist Miriam Chor Freitas

Crochet Artiste Karin Kempf

Help Fund a Largescale Crochet Art Project

Inspiration Crochet

20 Things You Can Do with a Granny Place

I shared the work of reader Pamela who also offered us a modèle de chapeau de crochet libre. There were some quirks with the pattern and that gave me a great opportunity to write a post explaining how an experienced crocheter can make assumptions to work out a pattern that’s not quite making sense.

Interview with Innovative Crochet Hat Designer Strawberry Couture

Entretien avec un crocheter: Mumbles Mummy

I compiled your answers to the daily Crochet Questions du jour. Then I shared my own answers.

Crochet Fashion

New Limited Edition Bracelet from Same Sky (Foire Crochet de commerce)

SIBLING’s Over-the-top Knitwear

Projet Crochet Designer: Pierre Balmain

Projet Crochet Designer: Paul Poiret

Crochet et la santé

Healing Benefits of Visualizing and Completing a Project

Comment Crochet for Mindfulness and Be Mindful in Crochet

Crochet for Teen Boys in Substance Abuse Recovery

Crochet as a Go-To Therapy Technique

Et plus encore

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Wool Yarn

Crochet is Trendier Than Knitting in Online Search

My Life in Crochet

I turned my small crochet scarf into a large crochet cowl

I launched a new series on the blog called Crochet: 2011, 2012, 2013

I signed up to be part of the Crafty livre Défi hosted by Anastacia Knits

I crocheted lots of new small items

J'ai partagé mon personal crafting goals, ma commitment to crochet blogging and some of my crochet blog goals.

And I shared a photo of Hudson on my crochet couverture

Et Off The Blog

I have been doing guest posts for Crochet Today:

• Crocheting the perfect Valentine’s Day
• How to adapt a crochet pattern
• How to Release Post-Holiday Stress with Crochet

Crochet Concupiscence recently celebrated it’s 2nd birthday. Thanks to all of you who are reading along!

Tampon

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