10 Secrets to Perfect Planned Pooling in Crochet
Well, I’ve jumped in the deep end of planned pooling and I LOVE IT! Today I am going to share with you my 10 Secrets to Perfect Planned Pooling in Crochet. As many of you know, I published the BEST Crochet Tutorial Planned Pooling Video about the technique a couple weeks…
Mikey from The Crochet Crowd
Mikey from The Crochet Crowd made this a special episode of the Yarn Thing podcast. The Crochet Crowd started in 2008 under just a quick hobby YouTube Channel, for a fun hobby that quickly developed into a go-to resource for Crocheters. Mikey continued to see how far it would go. In October…
Corner-to-Corner Blanket in Half Double Crochet
Corner-to-Corner (C2C) blankets are a hot trend right now. I recently posted about my Snowflake C2C Blanket (a FREE pattern on Red Heart Yarn’s website) and today I am sharing with you the basics on how to make a corner-to-corner blanket in half double crochet. If you read the post…
Holiday Snowflake Corner-to-Corner Blanket
When you look around at the current trends in crochet you will see two that are popping up all over. One is the Planned Pooling Argyle obsession and the other is Corner-to-Corner (C2C) Blankets. I had already designed a C2C blanket for Valentine’s Day, my Heart Throb blanket which is a FREE…
Drop Dead Easy Knits with Gale Zucker, Mary Lou Egan and Kirsten Kapur
Drop Dead Easy Knits with Gale Zucker, Mary Lou Egan and Kirsten Kapur made for lots of fun on today’s Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird, like we can have at knit night, exploring great knits together. The three ladies took turns with sharing their background. Mary Lou Egan began…
Amy Herzog says You Can Knit That
Amy Herzog says You Can Knit That, and goes to prove it with a new book by that name, sharing it with us today on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird. Amy Herzog says she can’t remember a time she didn’t knit, it may have been in Kindergarten or…
Shannon Dunbabin shares 60 Quick Knits for Little Kids
Shannon Dunbabin shares 60 Quick Knits for Little Kids, a brand new book published by Sixth & Spring books with all projects featuring Cascade Yarns on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird. Shannon Dunbabin met the son, Rob, of the founders of Cascade Yarn, when they were at Cornell…
Knitting Short Rows by Jennifer Dassau
Knitting Short Rows by Jennifer Dassau is the book we learned about on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird, and we took up the challenge of a different technique with joy. Jennifer began her knitting experience about twelve years ago when she was at home with her kids, with…
Be So Brave with Kristin Omdahl
Be So Brave with Kristin Omdahl is more than this morning’s inspiration, it’s NEW YARN and Kristin shares it with us on the Yarn Thing podcast with Marly Bird. Kristin has been a guest so often we may not really need to hear how she started crocheting and knitting, so…