Here is the complete roundup of all of the things that I blogged about in crochet through the month of April.
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It Was My Birthday
My birthday is April 13th, an Aries through and through. I shared a discount on all of my books throughout the month which has now come to an end, a way of giving a birthday gift from me to you. And I shared A Creative Post On My Birthday About The People Who Created Me, spending the day thinking about my parents and all I’ve gotten from them that isn’t material.
Sponsor Love
Get fabulous yarn from Red Beauty Textiles
Crochet Art
The Miniature Crochet Art inside eWoodStory Frames
Crochet Books
Twinkie Chan’s Crocheted Abode a La Mode
Crochet Designers
Interview with designer Lena Skvagerson about Annie’s Summer Love Collection knit and crochet patterns
Crochet Fashion
I did a roundup of more than fifty beautiful crochet styles spotted this year at Coachella (post in two parts)
Crochet Health
image via louloudeane
How To Use Unpredictable Colors in Crochet to Add Adventure To Your Life; a Hook to Heal exercise
April was Stress Awareness Month and the Craft Yarn Council did really awesome things all month long to raise awareness about the heart health benefits of knitting and crochet – including a big lemon drop on tax day using the Twinkie Chan lemon stress ball free pattern!
My article about Anja’s Squares was featured in Happily Hooked issue 25
Spring Cleaning: Organize!!
I wrote a series of posts this month for the Craftsy spring cleaning project, helping crafters to organize and declutter their crafty spaces. I write a lot about this in Hook to Heal and consider it an important part of the process of crocheting for wellness so I was happy to be able to do some more writing on this for Craftsy!
How to Organize Your Crochet Hooks and Notions
How to Organize Your Crochet Patterns
Ways to Use Up Your Yarn Scraps: Knit, Crochet and No-Stitch Ideas
A Plan For Working Through All Your WIPs, from Hook to Heal
Crochet Patterns
60 free crochet patterns including this beautiful LillaBorn mandala necklace pattern
20 Fresh, New Crochet Flower Patterns including this pretty bracelet pattern sold by Little Treasures
15 Fun, Flirty, Free Crochet Skirt Patterns including this skirt by Josi Hannon Madera
15 New Free Animal Crochet Patterns for Pets including this dog sweater by Jenna Wingate
Crochet Tutorials
Everything You Can Do With Crochet Post Stitches
Woven Granny Square DIY Crochet Wall Hanging Tutorial
How to Single Crochet Two Together (sc2tog)
What is “PM” in a crochet pattern?
Other Crochet Inspiration
15 Fun Ways to Incorporate Braids into Your Crochet including braided scarves like this pattern from Rookie Crafter
Yarn Things
14 new things to learn about yarn, including the benefits of wool as shared by WATG
