If you want to see some of the cutest dolls that are full of color, please check out My Kinda Thing. I just love her work.
I’ve been using lots of neon colors lately. While experimenting with unique color color combinations, I created “Neon Nancy”!
I love the purple touching the neon yellow! I love how bright and exciting the neon yellow is against the calm of the purple, and of course blue always adds an extra dose cool! I think she’s really cute!
It’s all about hooking, don’t get it twisted.
Hooker Alley, The Crochet Crowd
Our fans are always asking me why I keep choosing Creativ Festival as one of the only places where The Crochet Crowd comes out to play. It’s simply due to location and the amount of people that show up. Attending shows are extremely costly and though we would love to attend more… we simply cannot afford it.
We take the show extremely seriously as brings out 10’s of thousands of guests who will walk past us during the 2 or 3 day show. It’s held every April and October. It’s an opportunity to showcase creativity to people who think crochet is just for old ladies in rocking chairs, complete with kitty cats on their lap. The Crochet Crowd defies the stereotype and I am pretty proud of that.
Mikey preparing to yarn bomb his bike. He was taking notes and writing down dimensions to aim…
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Technology has gotten away from us. All I want to do is crochet from patterns and what I see. Nowadays, that can’t be done without you breaking some type of copyright and trademark law. I’m speaking about large companies not the crochet lady who makes character hats for you. Yes, companies want to turn a buck but for the little people who want to do the same give them a break. It should be an honor if someone wants your character on the their crocheted item. Think about it as free advertising. This could be a win win situation for all.
Let me try to explain.. 
This is my personal experience. I’m still on the Minion hat scenario. Since I don’t have little kids at home I’m clueless on the latest and greatest characters for the year. Thanks to my favorite crochet groups and blogs I’m able to keep up on the latest fashion for kids. With me, one thing leads into another. Next thing I know I end up on Pinterest and Raverly searching for more. Eventually I know more about the character than I wanted to know, lol. To put it bluntly, by me making the Minion hat it sparked my desire to purchase official Minion gear. So this time the company wins and I’m giving back for crocheting their design on my crocheted hat.
Hmmmmmmm, if it’s already posted online who is in violation the person who posted it or the designer?
This post is debatable and will require more research. Great another task added to the list 
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UPDATE:
I was doing my usual routine of checking Facebook which led me to a contest, the contest sent me to a Stitch & Unwind’s blog, I browsed the blog and I ended up finding 10 Free “Despicable Me” Minion crochet patterns.
Tonight was a great night, found new blogs to read and new patterns, all this from entering a contest.
I’m sort of new to blogging. I can’t tell you how many blogs/sites I’ve started and not followed through with. I went as far as paying for a hosting service thinking that would motivate me. Many ideas flow through my head on the set up but I get discouraged when I can’t get my ideas to appear on the screen. Within a month I should have this WordPress down to a science. Blogging is not something that you can do in one day. It takes time and PATIENCE.
Like building a building you have to do it one layer at a time.
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