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April 11, 2020April 11, 2020

Staying Safe, Entertained and Distracted During COVID-19

I hope this finds you and your loved ones doing well, both mentally and physically during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, no matter where you are in the world. I hope you’ve found some projects to crochet, knit, sew, etc to keep you busy, safe and mentally healthy during this trying time in all of our lives. Since my husband retired a year ago this month, our daily routine hasn’t changed that much. However, I know there are so many others whose lives have been turned upside down by this virus, the social distancing and the loss of their jobs (or the need to stay home from their usual work environment). The stress that can come during these times, even when we think we’re taking good care of ourselves, can be overwhelming at times. As for myself, I sometimes have waves of “fear of the unknown”, even without this current pandemic! When this happens, I often need to talk to someone (usually my husband) and pray that God will ease the fear in my heart and body. I pray that you’re taking good mental and physical care of yourselves and your loved ones during this challenging time in all of our lives.

Now for some crochet “eye-candy”!

I’ve been staying busy with various crochet projects during the past 3-4 weeks of the COVID-19 social distancing. I’d like to share photos of 3 projects that I’ve crocheted during these 3-4 weeks. Since I’ll be teaching the techniques of Irish Crochet and Bruges Lace Crochet at the IOLI Convention in Mesa, AZ in July (as long as it doesn’t have to be cancelled due to the virus), I decided to crochet a Bruges Lace top. Here’s a photo of me wearing that top:

As you can see, it fits me pretty well. Bruges Lace Crochet is a wonderful technique, made with narrow rows of crochet stitches (usually dc), called “tapes”. You can curve the tape around into various shapes, such as the circles in the yoke of this top and the long, narrow ovals in the body of the top. This pattern didn’t come with the lowest edge that you can see in this photo. When I was done with the pattern, I decided to add that round to lengthen the top slightly.

For this top, I used some yarn that was in my stash. I purchased this 100% acrylic yarn (it looks and feels more like cotton) at the 2015 CGOA Conference in San Diego, CA from the show floor vendor, Newton’s Yarn Country, located in Anaheim, CA. The pattern, called “Bruges Lace Shell”, can be found in the book, “Lacework for Adventurous Crocheters”, by Margaret Hubert. Amazon has the Kindle edition of this book for $11.99 here. This design is by Tatyana Mirer, who is a fabulous Bruges Lace Crochet designer! I won’t be teaching anyone to crochet a Bruges Lace garment in my IOLI class, but I’ll teach my students everything they need to know in the Bruges Lace Crochet technique to be able to crochet a Bruges Lace garment, if they so wish!

Here’s the 2^nd garment I crocheted:

This is a wonderful design! It’s called “Andromeda Peplum Vest”, and is designed by the very talented Doris Chan. You can find this pattern, along with many more, in her book, “Convertible Crochet”. Amazon has a Kindle edition of this book for only $7.99 here. I’ve had this book for 5 or more years and always meant to crochet this top, but never took the time to get started on it. Once I did, I found it a fun top to crochet! I used 9.2 oz/260 grams/6 balls of Patons Grace yarn, which is 100% cotton, for this garment. I had 9-10 skeins of this yarn leftover from editing crochet patterns for Rita Weiss and Jean Leinhauser many years ago and I’ve been wanting to make something with it for years! I’m very happy with how this top turned out!

Since I have a little “challenge” with gauge, I had to crochet the top part of this garment twice, once with the smaller G (4.0mm) hook and again with the larger #7 (4.5mm) hook. I tried the bodice on after crocheting all the motifs and it was somewhat snug, especially in the armholes. I knew I needed to make it larger or I wouldn’t be happy with it and possibly wouldn’t wear it, which would be a huge shame! I decided to rip out all the motifs and remake them (I was able to reuse most of the yarn because I could crochet the 5-sided motifs with the yarn from the 6-sided motifs without having to add more yarn, which would mean more ends to weave in!).

I learned something new with this pattern (besides getting and keeping gauge): what a “peplum” is! This top has 3 pieces: the top V-neck vest, the bottom “peplum” and the draw string that connects the two halves. I have a friend in CGOA who has made quite a few of these tops. Each one looks fabulous on her!

Here’s the 3^rd project I made:

This is the “Sweetheart Soiree” doily, designed by Julia Hart of www.draiguna.com. This is a fabulous doily design with lots of texture, due to the use of post stitches. Julia doesn’t just use FPdc and BPdc in this doily. She uses 2-FPdc decreases, 3-FPdc decreases, 4-FPdc decreases, special FPdc decreases, 2-FPdc clusters, as well as 3-dc clusters and 4-dc clusters! With all of these special stitches, the doily has lots of visual interest and lots of beautiful texture! Don’t you agree?

I didn’t find enough light pink cotton crochet thread in size 10 in my stash for this doily, so I chose some size 20 pink thread instead: DMC Cebelia in #818 Baby Pink and what I think is Ecru (I don’t have the color number with this ball, so I’m just guessing at the color for it). I used a #10 (1.3mm) steel hook, also. I blocked the doily afterward to give it a nice, crisp look!

If you’d like to make one of these doilies for yourself or a loved one, you can find a pdf of the pattern for $1.00 on Ravelry here. Or you can find the pattern for free on Julia’s website here.

I enjoy designing my own patterns, but I also enjoy crocheting/knitting other designers’ patterns! I learn so much from making others’ designs, which helps me be a better designer, too!

As you can see, I’ve been keeping myself busy this past month during the COVID-19 pandemic. What have you been doing to keep yourself busy while staying at home?

Happy crocheting,

Susan

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019

Another new Annie’s video!

I have another announcement for you this month! It’s my newest Annie’s crochet video class: “Learn Filet Crochet Using Thread and Yarn!”.

Filet Crochet is such a great crochet technique! I’ve been doing Filet Crochet for several decades now! I’ve designed a bunch of Filet Crochet patterns and taught this technique at the CGOA Conference many times, as well as at the 2018 Interweave Yarn Fest. I LOVE Filet Crochet! You can crochet so many different kinds of things with it! You can combine it with other crochet techniques, as well.

Here are a few of the designs I’ve done over the years, some simple and others more complex:

Filet Heart Coaster, published on TheCrochetArchitect website

Give Thanks Placemat Set, published in Oct. 2008 Crochet World magazine

Filet Coaster from my Annie’s class, “Learn to Crochet With Thread”

Lovely Decor in Filet Crochet book, published by Leisure Arts in 2010

If you’d like to see all of my published Filet Crochet designs in the past 20+ years, check out this Ravelry search. Most of these designs are done with crochet thread, but a few of them are done with yarn. If you’re interested in the Europa Scarf, which I designed in 2010 with Naturally Caron Spa yarn (a now discontinued yarn), you can download the free pattern here. You can also download several free Filet Crochet patterns on the Red Heart website.

No matter what you use for filet crochet, the technique is the same! It’s just the size of the yarn/thread and hook that makes the difference (and, of course, the pattern)!

This Filet Crochet video was filmed at the same time as my other new video, “Crochet ER: Fixing Damage & Mistakes”, which came out last month. You can read all about that video in my previous blog post here.

Here are a few photos from filming this new Filet Crochet video:

And here are the 2 class projects from my new Filet Crochet class that you’ll be able to make when you sign up for this class:

In this class, I teach how to work the closed mesh, open mesh and lacets that comprise Filet Crochet patterns. I also teach how to read and follow Filet Crochet charts, as well as how to calculate the number of chains in the starting chain for a Filet Crochet pattern that is only charted (not written). And I teach 2 ways to make your Filet Crochet mesh more square.

The first thing we work on in the class is a practice swatch. With this swatch, you will learn to work the open and closed Filet mesh, as well as lacets. You’ll also get practice following a Filet Crochet chart. Once you’ve mastered the swatch, you can move on to make either or both of the class projects: the Filet Elephant Baby Blanket and the Filet Name Banner.

The Filet Elephant Baby Blanket pattern includes written instructions and a Filet Crochet chart. In the video, I demonstrate how to make the elephant blocks, as well as how to join the blocks to create the blanket. There are 2 edging options, which are both demonstrated in the video, along with the special stitches used in each edging. Because this blanket is made with yarn, it’s a great way to learn to do Filet Crochet (without any intimidation that using crochet thread and small steel hooks might present!).

Seaming/joining blocks for Filet Elephant Baby Blanket

The Filet Name Banner pattern includes a chart for the whole alphabet, as well as the edging, so you can make any name or word you’d like for your Filet Banner. In the video, I demonstrate how to make your customized chart for the name or word you choose to crochet. Then I demonstrate how to crochet several of the rows, following your custom chart.

Making Filet chart for Filet Name Banner project

You can get creative with how you’ll use your Filet Name Banner. You may want to use it as is or mount it in some way. To give you an idea of how you may want to mount your banner, here’s a photo of another Filet Name Banner that I crocheted many years ago showing how I mounted the filet piece on some fabric and hung it on the wall with a painted wooden dowel:

If you’re not comfortable using crochet thread and you’d like to learn to crochet with thread, you may want to check out my other crochet video class with Annie’s called “Learn to Crochet With Thread”. In this thread crochet class, my goal is to help you feel comfortable using crochet thread for your crochet projects. Who knows? You may come to love thread crochet as much as I do!

I hope you’ve enjoyed this look at my new Filet Crochet class for Annie’s! If you’d like to take a look at this video class, as well as watch the free class overview and introduction segments, check it out HERE (Note: This is an affiliate link, so if you click on this link and purchase the video through the link, I’ll receive a small commission to help compensate me for my hard work! It won’t cost you any extra to purchase the video through this link and I would appreciate your support!).

I hope you’ve enjoyed this look at my new Annie’s video class!

Happy Filet Crocheting,

Susan

July 18, 2017

Crochet Toys for Babies and Toddlers

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer and enjoying lots of sun, relaxation and a vacation or two! A few weeks ago, my husband, middle son, daughter-in-law, granddaughter and I went up to Idaho to visit my dad and step-mom. We stayed at Zion National Park on the way up and at Yellowstone National Park on the way back. It was lots of fun, we saw some beautiful animals and we made some great memories! One of the memories was more scary than fun, though! The 2 propane tanks came off our travel trailer while driving to Yellowstone! One of the tanks disappeared completely and the other was hanging on, scraping on the road and sparking! We feel very blessed that God had His angels keeping us safe. This could have had disastrous results, since propane can explode!

Now that I’m back from vacation, I’m busy getting ready for the CGOA Conference, where I’ll be teaching 5 (or 6) crochet classes next week! Since one of the teachers can’t make it to the conference, several of the teachers with sold out classes were asked if they could teach another class to fill in for her classes, which were cancelled. I said I’d be happy to teach my sold out Invisible Repairs class a 2nd time, so I’m scheduled to teach it both Friday morning and Friday afternoon at the conference! If you weren’t able to get into the Friday morning class, you are in luck! Now you can sign up at the conference for the Friday afternoon class (a repeat of the morning class) and pay the pre-registration price there! If you’re planning to take my new Friday afternoon class, please check out the homework for the class and get it done before the afternoon class. You can find the homework here. I hope to see you at the conference!!!

I thought I’d take a little break from printing class handouts today and share some fun baby toys to crochet with you! I crocheted 3 baby toys in the past few months for my granddaughter, Rubekah (Ruru for short)! They were all lots of fun to make.

First is the “Into the Jungle” stacking animal rings designed by Cindy Cseh. The pattern was available in the April, June and August 2013 issues of Crochet World magazine. I knew when I saw the pattern that I wanted to make it for a grandchild some day! So earlier this year, I set out to make it. It’s not for the faint of heart, but it’s a lot of fun to see my granddaughter play with it! You can see more photos of this fun project on my Ravelry project page here.

The 2nd is the Amish Puzzle Ball by Dedri Uys. This pattern is so much fun to make and put together! This is a FREE pattern that you can find here. I LOVE this pattern and I’ll probably make several more, just for fun!

The 3rd project that I crocheted for my granddaughter is also by Dedri Uys. It is the Crochet Dinosaur Puzzle that is in Dedri’s book, Amamani Puzzle Balls, by Annie’s. This project was somewhere between the complexity of the Amish Puzzle Ball and the Into the Jungle stacking animals! The pattern was great and easy to follow! You can see all of the patterns in this book here.

I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing these 3 crochet baby toy projects and are inspired to crochet some toys for your favorite baby very soon!

Happy crocheting,

Susan

May 19, 2016

More Crocheting for my First Grandchild!

It’s been a while since I last blogged and for good reason (in my mind!). I’ve been doing more knitting and crocheting for my first grandchild! I feel bad that I only kept this New Year’s Resolution (to blog every week) for 4 months, but I’m having the time of my life with these cute baby projects! Here’s a few photos of a crochet sweater and hat that I made this past week for my granddaughter, who’s due to arrive in our lives in less than a month:

I just LOVE this set! It’s made from a FREE Red Heart pattern called Twin Sweater Set. You can find this free pattern here. One of the ladies (Rae) at my weekly knit/crochet group was making this exact sweater last month and I immediately fell in love with it! She shared the location of the free pattern and the yarn name/color with me that day. The sweater and hat in the pattern are made with 2 skeins of Red Heart Baby TLC. However, Rae and I made our sets from 1 skein of Lion Brand Baby Soft yarn in the color, Parfait Print. After seeing Rae’s adorable baby sweater and hat, I immediately got to work finding the yarn and purchasing it so I could make my own set for my granddaughter. I think it turned out great and I look forward to seeing my granddaughter wearing this sweater and hat this fall/winter!

In the past few months, I’ve designed a few other things for my granddaughter, which I hope to be ready to self-publish later this year, when my life slows down a little. I think most of you know that my mom passed away earlier this year. Well, I’m the executor and trustee for her estate, so I have plenty to do to get all that squared away. And I’ve never done this before, so I have lots to learn!

I can’t show you the other 2 designs that I’ve made for my granddaughter, but I can tell you that one of them is a knit blanket and the other is a crochet bib. I’m not quite sure if the bib is large enough around the neck, so I’ll try it on my granddaughter when I see her next month.

I’m getting very excited about the BIG DAY coming soon! I really look forward to being a grandma and spoiling my grandchild!!! I promise to share photos of her in about a month from now, if not sooner. I just hope I don’t bore you with TOO MANY photos of her (I’m sure you know how proud grandparents can be)!!! For now, here’s a photo of her from a recent ultrasound:

Happy crocheting,

Susan

April 18, 2016April 18, 2016

Crocheting for My Grandchild!

As you can tell from the title of this blog post, I’m going to be a grandma! Yahoo!!! My husband and I are expecting our first grandchild, who is supposed to be a girl, at the beginning of June, which is quickly approaching! We are thrilled that we’re going to be grandparents! So in preparation for my first grandchild (granddaughter), I’ve been crocheting and knitting lots of things for her (that’s why I’ve taken some time away from designing lately)! Here are some of the things I’ve made:

I really enjoy crocheting baby booties and thread baby booties always look so adorable to me! So for the past few weeks, I’ve made these 4 pairs of baby booties and sandals. The patterns are all from a Leisure Arts book called “Booties by the Dozen”, by Kay Meadors. Here’s a photo of the front of that book:

Last year, after finding out that we’re going to be grandparents, I made a few other pairs of baby booties with yarn. Here’s a photo of those booties:

As you can tell, we didn’t know if it was going to be a boy or a girl at that time! According to the latest ultrasound from a few weeks ago, there is a 90-95% chance that it’s a girl!!! Since my only daughter is in heaven and I have 3 grown sons, a granddaughter is exactly what I was hoping to get (of course, it’s my son and daughter-in-law’s baby, but I’ll be one of her 2 grandmothers)!

Here are 2 baby blankets that I’ve crocheted for her, too:

The top blanket in pastels is the one that I finished for my mom after she passed away in February. It was a “labor of love” to finish it for her. You can read all about this blanket in my previous blog post here.

The bottom blanket is the turquoise blanket that I designed last year before I knew if it was going to be a boy or a girl. I think turquoise can be used for either one and it’s one of my daughter-in-law’s favorite colors! I used almost a full skein of Lion Brand Pound of Love yarn, which has 1,020 yards in it! The contrasting white sections in the edging didn’t take much yarn, though.

Here are a few sweaters that I’ve knit for the baby, too:

Baby's First Sweater — Baby’s First Sweater

The top sweater is knit with half of a skein of Lion Brand Ice Cream in color #206 Tutti Frutti. I really enjoyed knitting this sweater because of the colors of the yarn! And I have enough yarn left over for another sweater or possibly matching booties!

The bottom sweater is knit with half of a skein of Moda Dea Tweedle Dee that I had leftover from years ago (I don’t think this yarn is made any more, though). It’s a bulky yarn and this sweater knits up in just 2-3 hours (from the top down)! It’s a really quick project and I like the final sweater. My youngest son went to China in February and took this sweater, along with a couple of other baby items that I made, to my middle son and daughter-in-law for me. My daughter-in-law said that this sweater reminds her of ewoks from Star Wars! It doesn’t look like what the ewoks wore in the movie, but the colors do kind of look like ewok colors. If you’re a knitter and you’d like to knit one of these quick baby sweaters, you can find the free pattern on Ravelry here. It’s called “Wee Speedy”.

And here’s a bib that I crocheted for her from a pattern than I designed years ago:

This is a Tunisian baby bib. If you’ve never tried Tunisian crochet before, you should check it out! It’s a lot of fun! I find it rhythmic to do and the resulting texture lends itself very well to cross stitching on top of it!

And last, but not least, here is a diaper cover and coordinating hat that I crocheted last year for her:

This diaper cover and baby hat were from the book, “Baby Brights” by Kathleen McCafferty. You can see that book on Amazon here. I have no idea how well this diaper cover will work, but my son and daughter-in-law are planning to use cloth diapers, so I may be making more of these, if they work out well for them.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this look at the things I’ve made (so far) for my granddaughter. Of course, I’ll share photos of her after she arrives (which will be in China because my son and daughter-in-law are living there and attending a Chinese university to learn Chinese/Mandarin). I’m planning to fly over there for the birth of my first grandchild, God willing! So until then, you’ll probably find me knitting and/or crocheting more things for our little “bundle of joy”!!! Yippee!!!!!

Happy crocheting,

Susan

April 11, 2016

More Skinny Scarves!

Since my last blog post, I’ve used up 2 more single skeins of yarn by designing 2 more “Skinny Scarves”! These are really fun to design and crochet! And they take almost no time at all!

I thought you might like to see my 2 newest skinny scarves, so here they are:

You’ll probably recognize the yarn that I used in the Windows Skinny Scarf. It’s the yarn that I showed you in my last blog post: Plymouth Yarn Stained Glazz. It’s a worsted weight yarn made of 51% wool and 49% acrylic fibers with only 99 yards in this skein, so I had to be careful what stitch pattern I used to make it long enough. This stitch pattern worked perfectly! I really like the colors in this yarn. I think it will coordinate with lots of outfits in my wardrobe.

The yarn that I used in the Bruges Lace Skinny Scarf is Berroco Cirrus. It’s 42% superkid mohair, 40% nylon and 18% merino wool extrafine. There are 114 yards in this skein of yarn. I really enjoyed working with this yarn (I like mohair yarn, but I realize that not everyone does)! It’s very soft!

These skinny scarves are lots of fun to make and I’m going to enjoy wearing them! They’re both about 4″ wide, so they’re the perfect width to wear as more of an accent than a functional scarf to keep you warm! But that was my intention for them: looks over function!

I’ll be shifting my focus for a little while away from designing. I’ll tell you why in my next blog post (in about a week).

Happy crocheting,

Susan

April 23, 2015

Crochet a Shawl for Less Than $5!

Are you looking for a crochet project that won’t break your bank? I have just the thing for you. Here’s my “Keepsake Lace Shawl” that was originally published in the May/June 2010 issue of Crochet Today magazine. The pattern is available for FREE through the Coats & Clark archives here:

In the past 3 weeks, I’ve crocheted 2 of these shawls with just one skein of yarn each from Michaels! The yarn is called “Loops & Threads Woolike”. It is a light fingering weight yarn with 678 yards in the skein, made with 85% acrylic and 15% nylon fibers. And the best part is it retails for just $2.99! Yes, you heard me right. You’ll get 678 yards for just $2.99 (plus tax)!!! Now that’s a great deal for yarn!

Here is one of the shawls I crocheted last week. It’s for my Mom for Mother’s Day:

Mom's Keepsake Lace Shawl front — Mom’s Keepsake Lace Shawl front

Mom's Keepsake Lace Shawl back — Mom’s Keepsake Lace Shawl back

To read more about this shawl, you can see my Ravlery project page here. If you’re looking for a relatively quick, inexpensive shawl to crochet, you might want to consider this shawl and yarn!

The original pattern is for a 60″ long shawl. This shawl is about 42″ long with 9 pattern repeats across. I started with a foundation chain of 251 chains so I wouldn’t run out of yarn (I knew I wouldn’t have enough yarn to make it the full length and I didn’t want to go buy more yarn). I think the length is very nice! This color of yarn is called “beige” and the other shawl I made was with the color “mauve” (which is much more like burgundy).

I really like this yarn AND the amount of yards you get for only $2.99 (or less with a 40% off coupon)! If you don’t have a Michaels store near you, you can always order this yarn through their website here!

I hope you’ve enjoyed this look at this crochet shawl pattern and this wonderful yarn!

Happy crocheting,

Susan

February 27, 2015

Perfect versus Good Enough

Have you ever been working on a crochet project and run into a mistake you made? All of us have (maybe not on every project we make, but on some of them). If the mistake is just a few stitches back, it’s an easy fix. But what if the mistake is many rows, rounds or inches back in your work? Now that’s more difficult and time-consuming to fix! Do you want to take the time to go back and fix that mistake, making the project take longer to finish or do you just want to finish up the project and ignore the mistake? I’ve been in this position many times and I don’t always make the same decision on what to do. I ask myself, “Does this project need to be perfect or is good enough sufficient?”

In my mind, the answer to this question lies in the time-frame that I (or you) have for the project and the intended use/recipient of the project. If this project is made for a family member or friend, I probably want it to be just about perfect. If the project is going to be photographed for a publication (such as in a crochet book or magazine), then I don’t want to have ANY mistakes in it. There is an unwritten Murphy’s Law that says, “If there is a mistake in a crochet project for photography, then that’s the exact spot where the photograph will be taken!” I’ve seen it happen before and it’s not a pretty picture (plus it can be confusing for those who are making that particular project because the project in the picture doesn’t look like what they’re making)!

What if the project is given to a charity and the person who will receive it won’t know who it came from? I guess it’s a matter of personal pride in your work or the ever-present “time constraint” that says “You don’t have the time to go back and fix that mistake; it’ll be good enough”. In my mind, the mistake isn’t as important in this situation and I can live with a mistake a lot easier than I can if the project is going to be photographed for publication. But it’s not always easy for me to leave the mistake alone because I’m a perfectionist (and a recovering perfectionist when it comes to housework, but that’s another story!).

How about errors in crochet patterns? Some designers come up with lots of patterns and quickly self-publish them or sell lots of designs to publishers for their books and/or magazines. They type up the pattern quickly and never proof-read their patterns. Then they move on to the next design and work on it at lightning speed! Well, I can’t work that way and I think that’s wrong (unless you’re the sole bread-winner in your household and need all that income). I think there should be more pride in what we do as designers and/or crocheters (or ask ourselves “Why am I a designer and/or a crocheter”?).

Being a perfectionist, as I am, has its good points and bad points. I don’t design as many projects as some other designers, but I design what I like and I hope others enjoy making my designs. I don’t want to have errors in my patterns, which often confuse those who purchase and make those designs, so I give my patterns my utmost attention to make sure they’re correct before I sell them.

Note: If you find a mistake in one of my patterns, please let me know so I can correct it and forward the corrected copy to everyone who has purchased that pattern. I strive for “perfect” patterns, but I’m only human and an error can creep in from time to time.

If you have a question about one of my patterns, please e-mail me and ask me your question(s). I love to help others understand crochet patterns and I learn a lot about how patterns can be interpreted differently. This, in turn, helps me write my patterns better! If you’ve purchased one or more of my crochet patterns and you like the way it’s written, please let me know (or write a review on this website). I like to know both the good and the bad!

So what do you do when you find a mistake in your crochet project? Do you go back and fix it? Do you leave it alone and say to yourself, “The Amish intentionally make a mistake in their handwork because only God is perfect”? Do you make the same mistake over and over to create a “design element” in the project? Do you hide the mistake by crocheting a flower and sewing it right onto the mistake?

How about when you find an error in a crochet pattern? Do you give up, ask a friend for help, or try to figure it out on your own? With the plethora of free crochet patterns available these days, there are lots of errors in crochet patterns, making it difficult and often frustrating to finish the project with enjoyment. It’s truly enjoyable to find and work with error-free patterns!

We’re all human and mistakes/errors happen. So how many mistakes/errors are “acceptable”? I think that answer is going to be different for different people.

I’d love to hear from you about how you deal with mistakes in your crochet projects and errors in crochet patterns! Let’s all learn and grow together!

Happy crocheting,

Susan

P.S. Voting is now open for The Crochet Awards! You can cast your votes here.

And Crochetville is holding their annual National Crochet Month Blog Tour again during the whole month of March (that’s just 2 days away now!). You can read all about the designers who are participating and the daily prizes here.

June 2, 2013June 12, 2013

Customer Reviews and Gallery Pages

We’ve added two new pages to The Crochet Architect website. The first page is called “Reviews”, where you can let us know what you think about our crochet patterns. If you’ve bought one of our patterns and you like it, please let us know. If there is anything unclear about the pattern, please let us know, as well. To write a review on the pattern you’ve purchased on this website, simply go to the page for the pattern you’ve purchased. Then scroll down, click on the button that says “Click here to submit your review” and fill in the appropriate spaces. Once your review is approved (everything has to me moderated these days due to all the “spam” out there!), it will show up on the website. It’s that easy!

The second page we’ve started is a “Gallery” page (in the dropdown menu below “Reviews”). This is where I share customer project photos that you’ve made from our patterns on The Crochet Architect website. If you’ve bought one of our patterns and finished your crochet project, we’d love to see your project and show it to others. Please share it with us by contacting me through this website (on the “Contact Me” page in the dropdown menu below “About Me”). I’ll reply to your message and arrange to post your project photo here at The Crochet Architect on the “Gallery” page. I love to see the finished projects of my customers and students, and I’d love to share your project photos with the world!

I hope you’re enjoying our patterns here on The Crochet Architect. I strive to create crochet patterns that are clear, accurate and easy to understand. I’ve been crocheting for over 35 years, designing crochet patterns for 15 years and editing crochet patterns for almost 10 years. I love what I do and I hope you enjoy the crochet patterns here at The Crochet Architect.

Happy crocheting everyone!

Susan