Because I Crochet

Do you want to know why I have been spending all my free time in the past 3 months crocheting?

I got a new job!

I’m working at a yarn company developing a new secret crochet project! I can’t tell you everything yet, but if you are a crocheter too, it would help me a lot if you would pop over to take this 5 minute survey about crochet.

After you do that (and you can enter to win a $100 Visa card when you complete the survey), come back and I’ll show and tell some of the crochet projects I’ve been working on lately!

My Crochet Show & Tell

I’ve been posting most of my projects on my Instagram and Ravelry profile, but here’s a peek at some of my crochet projects:

Crocheted Easter Baskets

I crocheted some quick Easter baskets for my four sons — each of these took about an hour.

Puff Stitch Beanies

I started crocheting hats to practice with different yarns and techniques, and discovered that puff stitch beanies are a lot of fun to make!

(I called my hat crocheting the Heather Hat Project and ended up making 20+ hats of various styles and yarns).

Granny Square Welcome Mat

I made a giant granny square welcome mat for my cubicle at work (it also kind of looks like a flag for Granny Square Nation).

Rainbow Ripples

My sons started making requests, and the 11yo asked me to make a “black and rainbow” neck warmer (aka cowl), and I loved how it turned out so much that I made the exact same design a second time but stitched the top up into a hat.

Epic Afghans

I started crocheting afghans a few years ago. I didn’t know if I would make it through ONE because it was such a big project, but I had so much fun changing colors and yarns that it kept me going.

And then I made TEN MORE. I call them my “Epic Afghans.”

So that’s where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to. Do you crochet too? Let me know in the comments, and please go take my survey!

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Do you use Pinterest yet? It’s a social media bookmarking/sharing site that is all based on photos – so you “pin” photos to your virtual pinboards to inspire you. And your friends can get in on the action too! You can follow your friends from Facebook, Twitter, or find new friends to be inspired by. If you would like to follow me, here I am on Pinterest: Heather Mann. I have a whole lot of virtual pinboards going on at once, including one just for Dollar Store Crafts, many different holidays, and even specialty topics like Granny Squares (check out the pretty Granny Square Bunting above, by Crochet with Raymond). If you haven’t signed up yet, let us know here in the comments, and we’ll try to get an invitation to you.

You will notice, we have recently added a “pin this” button to the top of each of our posts. You can click on these and easily add your favorite ideas and photos from Dollar Store Crafts to your pinboards.

Over at the Coffee Talk Community (hosted by International Delight), I am hosting a discussion all about Pinterest! Share your favorite pin with us. It’s easy – just log in with your Facebook account and join the conversation.

 
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