Hello! I hope everyone’s cardis are coming along nicely. I know the armhole pattern was a bit of stumbling block, but we’ve worked through it by helping each other and can move on to the sleeves themselves soon. I hope a week was enough time for your blocking sweater to dry — I know the…

For the second time, we’re honored to have been selected by the Crochet Liberation Front as their most crochet-friendly yarn company of the year. Crocheters are an important part of our community, and we’re happy to provide over 1,300 free crochet patterns on our website, as well as video tutorials on YouTube, stitch patterns, FAQs,…

Hope you have all had a great week of crocheting! It’s been great to see so many of you active in the comments and in the Ravelry group — this is the beauty of a crochet-along for sure! I’ve certainly made progress this week – the body length is done and it’s time to talk…

It’s been great reading all of your comments and hearing how excited you are about this crochet- along. I’ve sure been making progress this past week, creating the front and back panels then joining them to work the majority of the body. Traditionally beginning a crochet project means creating your starting chain then working your…

We would like to invite you to an online Show & Tell event with the theme of “Spa Gift For Mom.”  Use some of the free patterns we offer to create washcloths and other hand-made bath accessories.  Add some soaps, body wash, and maybe some scented drawer liners, or even your famous chocolate chip cookies,…

Spring is in the air here in NYC and I’m already dreaming of trips to the beach–you must be too since the Beach Cardi won in the vote! I’m so excited to be hosting this crochet-along and ready to get started – so let’s talk planning, including yarn choices and swatching. Based on the pattern…

Each season we host a knit- or crochet-along, a virtual event in which yarncrafters 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. We asked you what crochet garment you’d…

I always love to hear about new charities that incorporate yarncrafting for hope. Rupali Saiya was inspired to help women in India learn to crochet in order to earn their independence and support themselves. She founded Crafts of Hope in 2008 and has received an overwhelmingly positive response. Thank you, Rupali, for doing such fantastic…

It’s really interesting to see how artists who work in other media can still be inspired by yarncrafts and what yarncrafts like crochet and kniting represent for these artists. For instance, artist Shana Anderson has created graphic fabric prints inspired by the crochet doilies and needlepoint projects of her aunt and grandmother, invoking a sense…

Get involved in the Earth Hour movement! Turn off your lights for one hour on Saturday, March 27th, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm local time.  Click here to say you’ll be a part of this effort and join hundreds of millions of people around the world who have pledged to save energy.  The savings of…