October included I Love Yarn Day en American Craft Week. It also included many other opportunities to highlight great crochet. Here’s the month’s roundup of all that was on the blog. If you really liked a post, share it so others can support it too!
Favorite Post
My favorite post to write this month was 5 Crafters’ Homes I’d Love To Retreat To where I looked at the inspiring crafty homes of five people who crochet.
Crochet Art and Artists
Crochet Artist Donna Rutledge-Okoro
Portrait Crochet Artist Pat Ahern
Alessandra Stabili Wire Crochet Jewelry
Jerry Bleem’s Plarn Crochet Art
Yarnbombing Italy Post-Earthquake
Haak Designers
Edgy 1970 Haak Designers: Bonnie Meltzer
1970s Crochet Designer Susannah Lewis
1970s Crochet Designer: Susan Morrow
Etsy Husband and Wife Team Craftypodes (Interview)
Haak Boeken
Haak Patronen
15 Beautiful Free Crochet Patterns for Kids’ Jurken
15 Beautiful Kids’ Crochet Dress Patterns to Buy Online
Small Projects, Large Hooks! 15 Quick Free Crochet Patterns for Holiday Gifts
Haak Fashion
I did the monthly celebrity crochet roundup yesterday. Other fashion crochet posts included:
Ontwerper Haak: Oscar de la Renta
More Dolce and Gabbana Crochet
Fair Trade Fashion/ Crochet by ZemZem Atelier
Leah Eneas Launches Crochet Line
ManieOne Crochet Shoes and Accessories
Harriet Cole’s 108 Stitches Collection
Haak en Gezondheid
I’m continuing to share posts about crochet and health as well as news about my book Haak Saved My Life (which has its own new website now!)
Haken Through Grief: A True Story
Infographic: Crochet Hooks in Surgery
Are Simple or Complicated Crochet Patterns More Healing?
3 Positive Features of Crochet
Tools For Crocheters to Relieve Hand Pain
General Crochet News
Haak Geschiedenis: Canal Narrowboats
Haak Bridges kloof tussen Gevangenen en communautaire
Roundup of Crochet Wedding Favors
A Chat: Value in Craft
My Thoughts on Foreign Language Crochet Blogs
Knitters Seem Welcoming to Crocheters
Garen
My Crochet
Off-the-Blog News
Crochet Concupiscence and my book Crochet Saved My Life both got some great off-blog attention this month as well. Here are some of those links:
- Jennifer Lafferty did two different, unique interviews with me about Crochet Saved My Life; one for Goodreads and one for Examiner.
- Crochet Cabana did an interview with me all about crochet.
- @sisterdiane of CraftyPod interviewed me in my very first podcast interview about Crochet Saved My Life.
- Marinke of A Creative Being shared her experience contributing a story to Crochet Saved My Life.
- Pardon My Chaos listed Crochet Concupiscence in a terrific roundup of great blogs.
- The October 2012 kwestie van Inside Crochet reviewed Crochet Saved My Life, gezegde “this thought-provoking book is a must-read”.
- Crochet Savvy featured an article about me in this month’s issue
- Mom with a Hook and Twinkie Chan did book giveaways of Haak Saved My Life.
- Postpartum Progress wrote about Crochet Saved My Life and shared Rachel’s story from the book
- Stacey of Fresh Stitches featured my guest post on crochet mindfulness
Happy November everyone! What will you be giving thanks for this month?
