Wow, I can’t believe week one of the 2013 31 Days of Crochet Business Blogging Challenge has come and gone. That week focused on business planning. Week two is all about determining what you’re going to blog about and how often. So with that in mind, I begin Day Eight. DAY EIGHT Writing Prompt: The focus of my blog is …
Author: Patrice Walker
→I've been crocheting for over 40 years and blogging since 2004 - two of my favorite things in the world to do besides walking the beaches of windward Oahu, Hawaii.
My week one post for t he 2013 31 Days of Blogging Challenge was becoming unwieldy, so I am beginning a new one that includes the remaining days (four through seven) of posts for week one. DAY FOUR Writing Prompt: What’s important to you as a business owner? Ethically and philosophically? Write a 3 Things Every Crochet Business Owner Should …
Happy New Year, Everyone! I decided toward the end of 2012 that one of the things I was going to do in 2013 was blog more consistently. To me, that meant publishing on a schedule, on a regular basis. The challenge, however, was to decide how often I would publish. Because I tend to write long blog posts (i.e., 800+ …
Pinterest continues to be a wonderful source of ideas for crochet projects. In this instance, it’s the Granny Square Striped Bag, a free crochet pattern featured on the Japanese website, Gosyo. I figured I’d make it at some point, but wasn’t sure when. Then I visited my local yarn store, Aloha Yarn a month or so later and discovered that …
This post contains affiliate links. Read my Disclosure Policy for more information. Thanks for your support! I typically start thinking about the Christmas gifts I’m going to crochet in October, but, I don’t know what happened this year. It wasn’t until the first week of November when it finally dawned on me that I need to get cracking and start …
Note: I wrote this essay in the fall of 2009 and published it on a writing site I belong to. I’ve decided to remove it and re-publish it here, where I hope it gets a wider readership It’s been revised a bit with some updated information Enjoy! Photo credit: malczyk (Creative Commons) There seems to be a long-standing feud between …
have yet again been inspired by a pin that’s made its round on Pinterest among crocheters and knitters and anyone else who uses acrylic yarn. The pin links to a photo tutorial on how to soften acrylic yarn BEFORE you use it. Many of you are probably aware of the fact that you can soften a finished piece made from …
I’ve been thinking about switching from a wash cloth to a loofah for some time now, but the only ones I’ve seen for sale are the plastic ones, and they aren’t very appealing. Then I came across a free pattern for a crochet loofah on Pinterest called The Perfect Loofah and, of course, I had to try it. The Yarn …
Eco-Friendly Crochet – An Idea Whose Time Has Come After watching a documentary about the demise of the electric car and the movie, Thrive , produced by Proctor and Gamble heir, Foster Gamble, I’ve been trying to figure out what contributions I can make to ensure this planet is still here 20 years from now. Thinking about global warming and …
Several months ago, I came up with the idea to teach a “granny square” class at YarnStory, the local yarn store in Honolulu where I teach crochet. The class has a two-fold purpose: to teach students how to crochet granny squares and to illustrate the many ways granny squares can be incorporated into crochet projects. So I pitched the idea …
As promised in my post last week about International Yarn Bombing Day and Worldwide Knit in Public Day/Week, here’s more information about the spectacular yarn bombing installation in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii. (Photo by Hannasaurex, used with permission) Crocheters and knitters from around Oahu contributed pieces that now adorn the Honolulu Museum of Art’s Spalding House in a dazzling display of …
I had the distinct pleasure of teaching a woman who is left handed how to crochet so she could complete an afghan her grandmother, who had recently passed away, had started. I was extremely nervous going in to this project because I had not had a lot of experience working with left-handed crocheters. In fact, this woman was my first …
It’s great when two fiber-related events occur at the same time. June 2012 features two notable events for yarn lovers in general and knitters and crocheters in particular. Wordwide Knit in Public Day The first event is World Wide Knit in Public week, which occurs from the second Saturday to the third Sunday in June each year. Founded by Danielle …
No, there isn’t a “Round 1” post; you’ve arrived at the right place as I take you on an odyssey of adventure and discovery in my attempt to design and crochet a granny square cardigan for myself. I had this big idea a couple of months ago to design a shrug that incorporated a big granny square in the back. …
THE PROBLEM – GRANNY SQUARE “LEANS TO THE RIGHT” I received a comment the other day on my post about the granny square blanket I crocheted for a friend’s one-year-old son. The comment was from Brenda, the co-moderator along with Joan, of the popular Yahoo Group, Angel Wings Crocheting. Joan was having problems crocheting a granny square afghan, explaining that …
I was shocked to hear that, in this day and age, there are still states in this country that do not protect a mother’s right to breastfeed her baby in public. And while most states do have laws on the books, few actually enforce them with punitive sanctions, which means women, like Nirvana Jeannette, are often harassed or otherwise discriminated …