With craft show season quickly approaching, I wanted to provide a list of my favorite things to have available for buyers. I hope that this can serve as a guide for crafters of all types! Please keep in mind that these are the items I provide as a crocheter, resin artist, and sticker maker, but …
Combining Different Crafts to Create One Great Brand
Growth and adaptation. If I have learned anything so far during this isolation it is that we as makers must learn to embrace these two words. It took me a few weeks to actually figure out what I was going to do from this point on. I had to decide where I wanted the future …
How COVID-19 is Affecting My Crochet Business
Quarantines, toilet paper shortage, mass hysteria; these are a few of the things currently affecting the globe and causing a disturbance to our lives. Some of us are out of work. We’ve all had events, appointments, and plans cancelled. Some of us are having issues finding the basic necessities we need for our families. But …
Pattern Review: Mommy and Me Seahorse Amigurumi by Loops & Love Crochet
I find hundreds of patterns online that I just adore. Only a small percentage of those patterns that I save are ones that I actually make some day! Out of that small percentage of patterns that end up on my to-do list, one designer shows up more often than the others. That person is Amanda …
Growing My Crochet Business One Step at a Time
When life gets crazy it’s easy to fall behind on projects that are important to us. I’m going through this right now. I have just a couple months to decide if I want to get out of the Army, and without a job lined up it makes my decision extremely difficult. I’m having troubles finding …
What Am I Doing Wrong? Mistakes We Make as Crocheters
Ah, crochet. A good old-fashioned art that is still quite popular! You can’t go to a craft show without seeing at least one crochet vendor. Like I tell my friends; everyone crochets! Even though it’s not true that everyone crochets, it’s easy to feel that way when trying to sell crochet items in a world …
Crochet Pattern Review – Octopus XXL by Oli Mori
Like many crochet enthusiasts, I have quite the collection of patterns both paid and free. I keep them all stored in binders with plastic sheet protectors and love to just flip the pages and decide which one I will try next. Many of the patterns I end up buying are for commission work from friends …