What have you been doing for National Crochet Month? I’m about to design a quick iPad cozy. I’ve been in dire need of one. I figure I’ll use up some yarn in the process and make room for some other yarny goodness. Speaking of patterns, if you’re not already a member of the NexStitch Facebook [...]
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August 30 2010
Another Busy Week on the Staycation (Graphics Galore!)
I have a habit of disappearing. I’m no Houdini, I promise you that. I might exist on a social media blitz high – posting on my Facebook group, Ravelry, Twitter, yada – for a couple weeks and then disappear for awhile. That’s the nature of my existence, for now anyways, due by in large to [...]
August 20 2010
I’ve HAD IT with PayPal & Their Lopsided Business Practices (RANT)
Six years of doing business selling online crochet patterns. SIX. I love what I do, but I don’t love dealing with PayPal. Matter of fact, I dislike them with a passion. In the last six years, I’ve had to make several phone calls to PayPal to work out claims and disputes. Every time it’s involved [...]
August 2 2010
Reducing My (Crocheted) Footprint (And a few questions for my readers)
It’s been in my head for awhile now to update and revamp the layout for all the NexStitch patterns. With the last published patterns (Rhiannon Tote and Dandelion Neck Cuff), I had done some updating to the layout to eliminate the “intro” page and rework the materials page to include more product pictures and edit [...]
April 1 2010
Wouldn’t that be awesome? A site called, “Crocehtbook” for all the crocheters out there. Guess that’s like Rav in some ways, huh? Anyways, have I mentioned my Facebook fan page here? I don’t think I have. I’ve had one for awhile now, I just haven’t used it until recently. Come join me on Facebook! My [...]
February 28 2010
Design Coma, It’s Not What’s for Dinner
It’s been a long time since I’ve written a blog post. It seems that I’ve contained my socializing to Twitter these days. It’s fast. It’s easy. And it requires very little of me. I’ve been a lazy blogger stuck in a coma of sorts. And a lazy designer to boot. OK, that’s not entirely true. [...]
October 18 2009
An Ear Lowering, We Will Have.
Sometimes it’s important to assess what you currently have going on in your life and make changes, updates, and improvements. New clothes. A new hairdo. Repaint the bedroom. Assess and downsize personal inventories. And sometimes it’s important to realize what you have is so far outdated that it needs to be scratched and started over. [...]
October 7 2009
Playing Catch Up
Finally. A published pattern. FINALLY. I’ve been sitting on this pattern for a year and a half. That’s right. You aren’t seeing things. I did say A YEAR AND A HALF. Designers are known to come up with a bevy of ideas and sit on some of them, but it’s not so usual to be [...]
April 4 2009
SFTD: Strapped for Bags, Vol. 3 – RELEASED
SCRATCH THAT: But it here! We’re oh-so close to releasing the 3rd and final volume of the Bag Book series from SFTD Online. (I will update this post when we go live). Strapped For Bags, Volume 3 featuring: A Crocheter’s Backpack by, Amy O’Neill Houck Hip Hoppin’ Backpack by, Dee Stanziano Knot Bag by, Doris Chan Scrap Yarn Bag [...]
April 3 2009
Craftzine.com Mention: So Cool!
Natalie Zee Drieu from Craft Magazine posted some link action to my Adobe Illustrator tutorials. It’s always nice to get some link action from the crafty mavens at Craft. It’s kinda funny, and yet amusingly odd to see my computer’s desktop for all the Internets to see over at Craft… Tweet
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