Better late than never: my blogiversary was a over week ago and I’ve been so busy and unwell that I totally missed it! Still, I want to note this milestone: I can’t believe that I’ve been blogging for 5 years now. I owe so much to this blog; I wouldn’t have my crafty career without […]

Voting is now live for the 2011 Crochet Award from the Crochet Liberation Front (aka the Flamies) and I’m thrilled to have been nominated in three(!) categories this year: Best Instructional/Technical Crochet Book for my book Best Crochet Video (Amateur) for my YouTube channel Best Crochet Blog for this blog, of course! Please check out […]

…well, part of it, anyway. Last chance to buy… Due to my impending move to South Africa, I’ll be closing the Eyes, Tools and Accessories and Signed Books/Bookmarks sections of my shop on March 16th (next Wednesday). So, if you’ve been waiting to buy anything from those sections, don’t delay! I won’t have time to […]

Can it really be 2011 already?! The past year has just flown by. My second full year of self-employment, and I really didn’t know how things would go: could I build on my 2009 success and continue to grow my business? At the start of 2010, I was buried deep in writing (and illustrating, and […]

I have news. Big news. Mind-blowingly huge news. And it’s not directly craft-related, but will impact my entire life (including my business), so I need to share it with you… My husband has been offered a job at the observatory in Cape Town, South Africa, and he’s accepted it! I’m very proud of Dave – […]