Me crocheting; when I crochet using dark-colored yarns, I often use a light-up crochet hook like the one you see pictured. It helps me see my stitches better.
Crochet was the craft that first sparked my interest in textile design.When I first learned to crochet, it wasn’t because I specifically set out to do so. No, [...]

It’s amazing what you can find for free on the Internet. Case in point: check out all these free afghan patterns. The list includes patterns for just about any kind of afghan you can think of. I’ve contributed several of the free patterns on this list. I’m hoping to get some more crocheted afghans completed [...]

Happy Valentine’s Day! I’ve been busy crocheting hearts in pretty Valentine-friendly colors — red, pinks and white. A few of them are pictured here. Free crochet patterns for these designs are posted at crochet.about.com.
Heart at Top of Picture: Here’s a two-color crocheted heart square worked from a charted design.Click here for a larger heart picture [...]

I am not a football fan. Not even a little bit. Here are my tips for ways to enjoy the Super Bowl Sunday, even if you hate football:Things to do on Super Bowl Sunday if you hate footballAnd, for those of you who do like football, check out these football patterns. My favorite: the team [...]

This baby afghan was the best project I crocheted in 2010. I made it for my husband’s cousin’s new baby girl. So excited to have a little one to crochet for! I did post the free crochet pattern for others to use, so if you’d like to make a similar afghan, please be my guest. [...]

Over at crochet.about.com, I asked crocheters the following question: Do you use knots in your crochet work? The poll was prompted by a reader named Jessica, who knots her crochet work, and can’t understand why knotting is often seen as a no-no. The poll responses have been fascinating!Another current conversation: What’s the best size for [...]

I’m feeling so inspired right now! I just took a look through Tammy Powley’s fab list of fiber necklace projects. She has created some amazing designs in a variety of different techniqes; you’ll find beadwork projects and macrame projects, plus some of her pieces incorporate crocheting.Which reminds me, I never shared my latest bead crochet [...]

Update: These positions are no longer available.
About.com is seeking contributing writers for a number of different craft topics; several of the available topics might be of interest to the creative people who frequent this blog:

Crochet
Digital scrapbooking
Machine quilting
There are plenty of other topics too, but these are the craft topics I know of that are [...]

I’ve been doing some housekeeping over at crochet.about.com, and I thought I’d mention some of my newest pages here as well.Yesterday, I started compiling all of my crochet tutorials into a list. Now you can access all of them from a single page. Woohoo! I’ll be adding more tutorials to the list as I publish [...]

Do you enjoy reading crochet blogs? I do. I’ve been working on compiling a list of good blogs on the topic of crochet. I’m sure I missed plenty, but I’m planning on adding to the list at every opportunity.Do you blog about crochet? If you do, and you would like more blog visitors, you’ll want [...]