On Sunday, my best friend and I went to a “Home and Garden” show in Everett, WA. We went with money in our pockets and dreams of finding design inspiration for our garden spaces or at least some neat plants. Boy, were we disappointed. Now, we didn’t expect it to be as good as the shows in [...]
About Laurie A. Wheeler
Laurie A. Wheeler is a blogger, crochet addict, yarn designer and champion for independant artisans and crafters. She is also known as Fearless Leader of the Crochet Liberation Front.
Special Announcement: CLF Indie Pro Plus Member Press Release.
I’m so excited and proud to write this article about Indie Pro Plus member Karen Ratto Whooley. I met Karen six years ago at the Seattle Knitting Expo back in the days when I was creating and selling premium art yarns. Since then we’ve both come a long way! It’s been a joy to watch [...]
And the winner is…
Dena W. is the lucky winner of Urban Edge! We had soooo many entries and I have one more copy to give away, so since it’s Easter weekend I thought I’d let you hop over to Hookey.org and enter for one last chance to win a copy of Urban Edge. This is better than an [...]
Urban Edge Blog Tour: Win a Free Copy!
I’m just going to come out and say it. ABOUT DAMN TIME! Finally, we who love crochet and who have championed the cause of crochet fabric and garments have cause to celebrate. In this book, Urban Edge, we have everything we as a crochet community have asked for in garments, pattern layout, and photography! Editors [...]
Super Excited! Urban Edge Blog Tour
I almost can’t stand the wait! It’s time for the Urban Edge Blog Tour and this blog is the stop for April 5th! I love this book so much I can’t even begin to tell you how much and I have to wait! What I can tell you is that I will have a [...]
Rant: Publishers what do you want?
If you hadn’t noticed, besides being a crochet nut and loving to geek out on my websites, I am a bit of a Sci-Fi and Fantasy buff. If you follow me on Twitter you will know that the highlight of last week for me was having “Hook On! Live Long!” translated into Klingon. (It’s “SIrgh [...]
Crochet is a business
I thought I would expand upon the post I wrote yesterday and fill in some necessary blanks. There are many more professional aspects to the “crochet industry” than design and pattern writing, we tend to just talk about designers and I think that really does the industry a disservice. I think it’s important to the [...]
Independent Business People… Definitions
It appears that I may have a different opinion of what it means to be Independent than many hand crafters and designers. So, I’m going to spell out my definition and explain why I believe this to be true. Independent = you work for yourself, own a small business (under $200,000 a year profit). [...]
The 4th Annual Crochet Awards Noms round 2 have closed.
Nominations are closed for Round 2… stay tuned to find out about voting for your favorite Crochet of 2012.
What are the rules? Crochet Community
Sponsored by Craft Foxes The Secret Rules of Crochet Etiquette Every community or clique has a set of unspoken rules and craft circles often do, too. Chances are when you first started crocheting you weren’t sure about how to introduce yourself or what questions were alright to ask without seeming foolish (“What’s the difference [...]
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