Clover Needlecraft

Remember Craft Yarn Council’s first Big Apple Lemon Drive last year?

This week I went full-flower. I reveled in retro. I grasped at granny-style. That’s right, I embraced the tissue cozy. There was something in making motifs –for my weekly, Ask Me Monday live stream –using the Hana-Ami Flower Loom that had me feeling nostalgic. The sweetness of the finished blooms, the ease of their creation which had me thinking of kid crafting sessions with my mom  — I don’t know, I guess I’m a sap. A crafty sap, that is!

As many of you know, it is Anti-Boredom Month and our friends at Craft Yarn Council are helping us fight boredom! They are encouraging us to learn how to make granny squares. For this reason, we are letting a crochet beginner walk you through her first attempt at making a granny square. 

GIVEAWAY: Watch Vickie Howell’s Ask Me Monday and tell us what you would use the Mini Flower Loom for a chance to win one of your own.

The Supersize 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge is the perfect companion to the original 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge and is ideal for sewing, quilting and home decor.

By Stacey Williams

Some of you may not know it, but July is Anti-Boredom Month!

By Stacey Williams As you all may have noticed, I am no stranger to Clover hooks. I have been using Clover Soft Touch Hooks for the past couple of years.

  By Steve Butler Most of us are familiar with Lewis Carroll’s classic novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. You remember at one point she comes to a crossroads with two paths, each stretching out in opposite directions.