Needles, Hooks & Dirty Looks

This week is National Small Business Week! All small businesses start out with big goals, let’s talk about them. Where do you start? Join us!

Why not throw in a new craft to learn?! What harm could happen? This week we fall down the embroidery and needlework rabbit holes. How are people so creative?

Have you ever shown up to a craft show only to find another vendor nearby selling the same kind of craft for a tenth of the price? How do you combat competition that sells out and cheapens your craft because “I just do it for fun” or “I just want to earn my yarn money back”. It’s frustrating for sure, let’s talk about it!

This week we’re talking about frogging projects out or cutting you losses. No one ever willingly wants to rip out thousands of tiny hard worked stitches, but what do you do if you find a mistake? Or if you don’t like the way the project is working up? Cut the yarn and chuck it or frog it all back? Join us to talk about it all!

Welcome back friends. This week we’re diving down the path of if you should or shouldn’t prewash your finished item. For a newbie, it may sound scary but we’re covering all the reasons why or why not. Join us!

Let’s talk quick working gifts. Easy ways to stock up on fast items. This week we’re talking about easy pack and go projects, join us!

Happy first day of Spring! Finally the sunsets are later and warmer temps are ahead! What items do you stock up on during “off season”? Do you have any favorite spring patterns? Join us for all of it!

Today is National Working Moms Day! We’re here to talk about working 9-5 (you sang it, didn’t you?) and having a side hustle or hustles. How do you manage it all and not get burnt out? Join us, let’s talk about it!

Welcome back everyone! This week we are diving into spring, poncho season! And spring forward this weekend with daylight savings. Let’s talk about everyone’s two favorite parts of spring!

Are you down with IGP? We are diving into the joy that instant gratification projects bring us. Something easy to knock out or maybe a favorite pattern, what’s your favorite? Join in as we cover all things IGP and maybe travel down the rabbit hole of small town fraud, too.

Welcome back! This week we’re here to talk all things crafting for the classroom. Do you have a go to craft or pattern for groups or classes that you love? Whether holiday parties or just because kids need a treat, we’re going to talk about all the possibilities including the easy and last minute kind. Join us!!

Mardi Gras is here and we’re digging deep into traditions of the holiday. Do you celebrate with king cake? What if you get the baby? Join us as we cover it all for the festive week in the French Quarter!

This week we travel down the rabbit hole of color psychology in crafting. How do you choose the color ways to work with? Does one color brighten your mood more than another? Join us and let’s talk about it all!

It’s finally happened. Injured while crocheting or knitting. A workers comp claim is coming. Oh wait, we are our own artistic boss. Guys no claim can be filed hahaha. Join us this week as we cover over doing it. How do you handle when your handles are injured?

This week we talk about taking control of your works in progress. Wrangling in your WIPs. How do you keep them organized and easy to pick back up when you’re ready? Join in as we cover it all!

Valentine’s Day is sneaking upon us quickly. This week we discuss fun and easy projects to work up in a last minute pinch if cupid’s arrow strikes you!

This week we dive into being professionals, sort of. Creative control, customer expectations and criticism. Join us as we work through professionalish crafting.

Happy New Year! Let’s talk last minute goals for 2024. Do you have any last minute changes or additions to your goals? It’s not too late to get a plan for the year. Even if it’s a small plan, it’s a start! We are also here to discuss a mini bomb shell over at the house of mouse. That’s right. Join us for all of it!

As we come in on the final approach to 2024 we’re here to cover all the bases. Are you ready? Do you have a plan and goals in place? Are you rolling into the new year on a whim? Let’s talk about all!

This week we are diving down the rabbit hole of trademarks and copyrights. Did you see the recent Luke Combs drama? Glad he is making it right, but got us to talking about some major corporations that freak out if you use their likeness in image even if you created the pattern yourself! We’re looking at you mouse house!

As we approach year end, let’s work out how to clean our slates and start fresh for the new year! Tying up loose ends is such a great feeling, but where do you start? Join us this week as we cover it all!

It’s finally December and usually everyone falls into one of two categories this time of year; ready for the holidays, or sheer panic has set in. This week we’re taking small last minute projects for gifting. Maybe someone is coming to your event that you didn’t originally account for, do you have something small you could work up quickly? Join us this week as we cover all the gifts and panic.

Hard to believe the new year is so close! This week we are jumping into project planning goals for the new year. Sometimes we bite off more than we can chew and this year we’re aiming for attainable goals. Dlotw is a wild one this week. Tune in for more!!

Hard to believe it’s Thanksgiving week! Are you working hard to close up a final project for the year? Join us as we discuss our works in project along with our endless shoutouts to Dollar Tree this week.

How is it possible that Thanksgiving is upon us already!!?? This week we’re here to talk all things prep. By planning ahead you can still squeeze in time to knit and crochet during the holidays!