Pinch Me

I just can't believe this is happening to me. I got to see what my pattern, La Mer, looks like in print! While at TNNA in Columbus last week, I got to see the layout for the summer issue of Interweave Crochet, and right there in front of me was my scarf pattern. Follow the link and scroll down to the bottom of the page - La Mer is there!

Kim Werker, the editor of Interweave Crochet, is a bundle of crochet energy, a genuinely nice person, and someone who goes above and beyond to assist and promote crochet as well as the people who design and create the items for the magazine. She encouraged me and gave me the confidence to try my hand at design. I am eternally grateful to her. Go to the Interweave website and check out all the new patterns in this next issue.



My crochet design heroine is Robyn Chachula. Again - one of the world's nicest people, she is also one of the most prolific designers in the crochet industry. She is the crochet motif queen and the things she designs are amazing. She worked with Mission Falls and designed all the patterns in their new "Mission Falls Goes Crochet" book due out this fall. She has also written her own book of designs, also due out this fall, call "Blueprint Crochet."

I made my plane reservations to fly to Manchester, New Hampshire to attend Chain Link, the annual meeting of the Crochet Guild of America.I'll be attending Professional Development day and taking some classes. I'm hoping to snag some time with Robyn to just hang out and get to know her. Check out her blog, she is doing a series called "A day in the life of ...." featuring well known crochet folks.

Amy has noticed that I get all jazzed about crochet every year around show time. I get to see the folks that I admire and see all kinds of great crochet. I come home and have a hard time keeping the momentum going. I think it is partially because I spend the rest of the year surrounded by knitters. I need to hang with more of you creative crochet folks. Come on out of the closet - I know you are there.