Welcome back everyone! We’re getting so close, at this point our sweaters actually look like sweaters, just a few finishing touches! This week we will focus on the edging. For the edging a surface slip stitch is used first to create a foundation then later as a design element. A surface slip stitch makes a…

Welcome back! We’re half way through the CAL this week, now that we’ve gotten our start and worked out the kinks it’s time for the rows to start flying by. After working through the raglan, the body of the sweater follows suit. As you go you can try it on just as you did before…

Welcome back everyone! I hope you all had a good week of swatching and are ready for the real fun to begin! There were some great questions and comments on last weeks post. It’s great to see everyone jumping in to help each other out so keep those questions coming. This week is all about…

Welcome all to the 2014 Fall Crochet Along! I’m Grace and I will be guiding you through the Top Down Crochet Jacket. This is a great project that should give most a little challenge. Throughout the next 5 weeks we will explore swatching, raglan shaping, working with multiple colors and much more. If you are…

Several times a year we host a crochet- or knit-along, a virtual event in which knitters and crocheters come together here online to work on one pattern together, share their experiences, and to learn together. There’s no need to sign up! Simply follow along with the blog posts at your own pace as you crochet…

We heard you loud and clear — you’re looking for a bigger challenge! Thanks to all of your feedback, we revisited our selections for this year and picked out a more challenging line-up to choose from! So let’s do a hard reset and try that again — vote for the Fall Crochet-Along now! Voting ends…

Maggie Weldon is a crochet expert who loves to share her expertise with those wanting to master the art of crochet. Make beautifully textured colorwork projects with this simple stitch! Maggie Weldon illustrates how to do front and back post double crochets, half double crochets, and single crochets. Watch the video below to learn these…

If you’re still working on your crochet-along project, don’t fret! There’s no time limit and the blog posts stay up here on our blog. But just in case you need a little more motivation, here are a few finished projects to inspire you! Angie, amood on Ravelry, made her chic version in heathery Heartland yarn: Another…

We’ve teamed up with Kara at the Petals to Picots blog to bring you a new crochet-along with one of our newest patterns, in one of of our newest yarns!  Kara has just announced she’ll be hosting the crochet-along for the Little Boy Blue Blanket made in Heartland.  Kara starts the official CAL instructions tomorrow,…

Hi guys! I see a lot of you have finished your cardigans already. Looking good! Don’t forget to post pictures. [Editor’s Note: Click here to see photos in our Ravelry group, and if you’d like to leave a photo here on the blog, click in the commenting box and you’ll see a little “mountain range” icon. Click it…