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The Craftys Awards – Nominations now open

By Yolanda on December 13, 2016 in Business, Crochet Projects, Giveaways / Contests, Home Decor, Kids Crochet, Knitting, Miscellaneous, Sewing Projects 0

Craftys Awards time

It’s time for The Craftys Awards and that means nominating your favorite crafter. The Craftsy Awards were created to celebrate the best of DIY and Crafts. The categories range from traditional such as knitting, crocheting, sew, and scrapbooking to a category known as “geek crafts.” The Craftsy awards were launched in 2014. This is such a great way to recognize our creative community. Crafters have submitted so many awesome projects that selecting a winner will not be an easy task.

Craftys award

I am so honored to have been selected as one of the judges for this year. Here is the list of the other judges. So many talented people on the judges panel.

The Editors of Babble
Marisa Pawelko – Modern Surrealist
Yolanda Soto Lopez – All Crafts Channel
Marly Bird – Yarn Thing Podcast
Beth Kingston – Kingston Crafts
Vickie Howell – DIY Network / HGTV
Ed Roth – Stencil 1
Mark Montano – Big Ass Book of Crafts
Galit Lebow – FoodStirs
Amber Kemp-Gerstel – Damask Love

The best in show winner will receive $1,000 and each category winner will receive $200.

Some of the Categories include the following. Please go to thecraftsy.com to a complete list and instructions/rules to enter:

Baby Crafts
Craft Blogger
Crochet
Knitting
Decorative Painting/ Mixed Medium
Edible Crafts
Geek Crafts
General Crafts
Sewing

The winners will be announced in a Live stream in February 2017 from New York City. There are so many great sponsors for the Craftsy Awards. If you are a creator and would like to participate you can nominate yourself or another person for an award. Please go to the website thecraftys.com in order to enter. and learn all about The Craftys awards. You will also be able to see the complete list of categories and sponsors. Each year this event has grown. with over 400,000 votes submitted.

Here is a link with the official rules: Official Rules

Good luck and get those nominations in. Let’s do our part to get recognization for all of those awesome crafters out there.

Crochet Fun Snood – Kids of all ages will love this

By Yolanda on November 5, 2016 in Baby Crochet Projects, Crochet Hats, Crochet Projects, Crochet Womens Garments, Kids Crochet 1

Kids of all ages will love this crochet fun snood. It works up quickly when using chunky weight yarn. I used the Bernat Blanket Yarn from Yarnspirations. It is soft and I really like the texture. I used the color: Pumpkin spice. The ears I used the chocolate color. The ears and the snood can be made in other colors if you prefer. I think this snood is a fun way to stay warm. The Bernat Blanket yarn is nice and warm. I made the adult/teenager size. You can purchase Bernat Blanket Yarn from your local Joann’s store or go online to Yarnspirations.com for more selection.

Crochet Fun Snood

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Autumn is here and it’s Pumpkin Hat time

By Yolanda on September 20, 2016 in Baby Crochet Projects, Crochet Hats, Crochet Projects, Crochet Stitches and Crochet Motifs, Holiday Projects, Kids Crochet 5

Pumpkin hat time is here. It seems everywhere I look traces of Autumn are finally arriving in my neck of the woods. OK, so I live in San Diego, California and there aren’t many signs of the seasons changing. However, stores are now decorated with items that remind us it’s Autumn. Pumpkins are making an appearance in windows and advertisements. Halloween is just around the corner. Pumpkin spice lattes are brewing and I am crocheting pumpkin hats.

I decided to design a pumpkin hat that can be worn by babies to adults. I used medium weight acrylic yarn for my hat. The hat in the photo I used an H hook however by adjusting the hook size the hat can be made for various sizes. Here is a suggestion for hook sizes. Please remember that everyone crochets with a different tension and these are just suggestions. I used a fpdc (front post double crochet) stitch to simulate the ridges on a pumpkin. You can choose any shade of orange and green for your hat. You could even choose a ten or brown color as pumpkins come in a variety of colors.

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Crochet S’mores… yummy yummy

By Yolanda on March 4, 2015 in Crochet Projects, Crochet Stitches and Crochet Motifs, Kids Crochet, Toys, Uncategorized 0

Crochet S’mores are so fun to make, look yummy and best of all have no calories. I enjoy making things just for fun and crochet food fits the bill for me. I wanted to make something that my granddaughter would like. I made her these Crochet Smores. They are easy and work up very quickly. I am sharing the written pattern along with a link to a free YouTube video if you are a visual learner or just prefer to watch a video tutorial. Enjoy!

Fun and easy to crochet S’more play food

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Crochet Owl Purse

By Yolanda on August 14, 2013 in Crochet Projects, Kids Crochet

Crochet Owl Purse for Children

Crochet This Owl Purse. It’s Easy and quick. Now is a great time to begin crafting your Christmas gifts. This little purse is a great gift item. It can be used with small amounts of yarn which is ideal for using up your yarn stash, especially those skeins that are not complete. Most projects have a major problem, most don’t use up their entire amount of yarn called for in the pattern. This project will let you use up those left over skeins.

You can choose your own colors. This project uses medium weight yarn, you can also make it in cotton yarn. Since this is for a child it is not lined. However lining it should not be too difficult. You use only basic stitches. It is a great way to learn to do some shaping and begin working in the round (as used for the eyes.) I hop you will enjoy this project.

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