Crochetville

02/13/2025

08/26/2024

Several friends from the olden days when we used to travel to all the Crochet Guild of America, The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA), The National NeedleArts Association, and Stitches conferences have recently said how much fun it would be to get together again.

Well, I have an opportunity for all my : Whether I knew you during or after the conference heydays, you're invited to SPARKLE Studio's free Witches Collegium 3 and Mill Kat Healing Arts' Witches Ball ($20 per ticket) in Huntsville, AL.

While it's not a fiber arts retreat, it's still a great opportunity to have a reunion! Leave a comment or send me a DM if you're interested in trying to make it. If there are enough people coming, I'll try to arrange a good room discount at a local hotel.

When you're not doing witchy things, you can work on projects in the seating area at SPARKLE Studio. We can hang out together in the evenings and mornings in the hotel lobby. Remember how fun it was taking over the hotel lobby at all the conferences???

This is the week before Halloween, so you can come have fun with all your fiber friends then be home in time for Halloween festivities with your family! You can even drag your family along to Huntsville: the Witches Collegium is very family-friendly plus there are lots of fun places for other family members to experience: U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville Botanical Garden, Burritt on the Mountain, Stovehouse, Campus No. 805, Shoppes of Historic Downtown Madison, The Earlyworks Family of Museums, Monte Sano State Park Huntsville, AL, and a whole lot more fun stuff.

This is Alabama, so it may either be unseasonably hot or unseasonably cold. You never know what you're going to get around here.

09/04/2023

It’s important to remember the value of crochet labor. Even mass-produced crochet is made by hand, as crochet cannot be made by machine.

03/31/2022

A giveaway 🎉 on our NatCroMo Designer Blog Tour 2022 from featured needlework historian & crochet artist/designer Karen C K Ballard! Karen is giving away 3 lots of vintage publications, which are duplicates from her collection. The giveaway will be hosted on the Crochetville blog, and runs from March 31, 9:00 am through April 9, 9:00 pm Central Time.

Head over to our blog post to enter: https://crochetville.com/vintage-needlework-publications-giveaway-natcromo-2022

Please note: Open to residents of the United States who are 18 years of age or older.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Meta, Facebook, nor Instagram.

03/31/2022

For years now – and today – our final featured designer of the NatCroMo Blog Tour has been the award-winning, CGOA Hall of Fame member, Karen C K Ballard. She is primarily a needlework historian and she focuses on writing about and giving presentations on needlework and textile history. She is also a crochet artist/designer. ✨ Read our blog post about her here: https://crochetville.com/karen-c-k-ballard-featured-crochet-designer-2022/

Karen's blog tour pattern showcase includes:
Gears Neckpiece
On Golden Sands
NC Necklace

For our blog tour theme – Pawprints on Our Hearts – Karen tells us about pets throughout her life and shares photos of her cat Feodora who she had for 17 wonderful years. 💕

Karen is giving away 3 lots of vintage publications, which are duplicates from her collection. The giveaway will be hosted on the Crochetville blog, and runs from March 31, 9:00 am through April 9, 2022 @ 9:00 pm Central Time. Enter here: https://crochetville.com/vintage-needlework-publications-giveaway-natcromo-2022
This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Meta, Facebook, nor Instagram.

03/30/2022

25% off 🎉 all self-published patterns with coupon code from our featured designer MoCrochet Makes through April 30, 2022 @11:59 pm. Visit our blog post for complete info and links! https://crochetville.com/melinda-miller-featured-crochet-designer-2022/

03/30/2022

Our featured crochet designer today is Melinda Miller of MoCrochet Makes on our NatCroMo Designer Blog Tour 2022. ✨ Read our blog post about her here: https://crochetville.com/melinda-miller-featured-crochet-designer-2022/

Melinda's blog tour pattern showcase includes:
Winter Songbird Afghan
Scrappy Dachshund Blanket
Harlequin Romance Afghan

Melinda is offering 25% off all her self published patterns – no limits. Must use coupon code at checkout. Offer valid through April 30, 2022 @ 11:59pm. Visit our blog post (link above) for all the info!

For our blog tour theme – Pawprints on Our Hearts – Melinda tells us about and shares photos of her cat. 💕

✨ Remember to support our NatCroMo designers with visits, likes, and follows!

03/29/2022

Another giveaway 🎉 on our NatCroMo Designer Blog Tour 2022! In keeping with our theme, Pawprints on Our Hearts, we’re giving away this “Feline Good” pink spiral-bound notebook! It has cat face illustrations and shiny little gold fish on the hard cover and 160 lined pages inside. Head over to our blog post to enter: https://crochetville.com/giveaway-feline-good-pink-spiral-notebook/

Please note: Open to residents of the United States who are 18 years of age or older.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Meta, Facebook, nor Instagram.

03/29/2022

Our featured designer Ana D has extended her 40% off coupon through March 31! So there's still time to save on her beautiful patterns! Visit our blog post for the coupon code and the links to her shops: https://crochetville.com/ana-featured-crochet-designer-2022/

On the day Ana was featured on our blog tour – that day of all days! – her web site was down, and she worked hard with her web host for a couple of days to sort it all out. I think we can all relate to struggling with technical issues that seem to pop up at the worst times!

So now when you visit our blog post featuring her, the link through to her blog will work correctly. ❤️

03/27/2022

27% off patterns 🎉 with coupon code from our featured designer Kathryn Clark Crochet through April 4, 2022 @11:59 pm MST. Visit our blog post to shop Kathryn's patterns on her website, Ravelry, and Etsy! https://crochetville.com/kathryn-clark-featured-crochet-designer-2022/