Day 1 of “Texting Mitts” Tour

Today’s host for my blog tour is the talented Susan Lowman.  Susan and I met in Buffalo, NY at my first official Chain Link show (also known as the Knit and Crochet Show) in August 2009.

Shari White, Susan Lowman, Me, Joyce BraggWaiting for Editors at Meet & Greet
Shari White, Susan Lowman, Me, Joyce Bragg
Waiting for Editors at Meet & Greet

We immediately got along because we both have a quirky sense of humor. We are also both crochet crazy.

Last year on my flight to Manchester for the summer Chain Link show I had a great surprise when I boarded. Susan was already on the plane. Since it was a Southwest flight it was open seating and we got to sit together the whole way. I’m sure the folks around us were wondering what sort of party they had stumbled upon.

Susan and I were both crocheting and talking about crochet pretty much the entire flight. Best flight I’ve ever had.

Susan is a talented designer, technical editor and inspiring crochet teacher.  So hop on over and take a look at what Susan has to say today on her blog, The Crochet Architect.

It’s in the Stores!

My “Texting Mitts” booklet is available in Jo-Anns stores now, a few stores will be getting it on their shelves in the coming week.

Photo courtesy of Leisure Arts Publishing
Photo courtesy of Leisure Arts Publishing

In celebration I’m having a blog “tour” with some of my online crocheting friends. Each day I’ll have a post with a link to the tour blog of the day, but if you want to check out their blogs before then the links are below.

Susan Lowman, The Crochet Architect

Kathryn of Crochet Concupiscence

Jocelyn Sass of Cute Crochet Chat

Lindsey Stephens of Poetry in Yarn

Karen Whooley of KRW Knitwear Studio

Ellen Gormley of Go Crochet

Julia of Aberrant Crochet

As additional celebration of the booklet being in stores I am going to be giving away a signed copy to one lucky winner.  Just leave a comment on this post before Noon (Mountain Time) on February 16th and I’ll announce the winner on February 17th. Unfortunately I do have to limit this prize to folks in the United States.

Valentines Day is Coming!

Luv Bug - M2H Designs
Luv Bug – M2H Designs

February is rocketing along already and Valentines Day is only a week away.  So I have released a new version of my Luv Bug pattern that is easier to use on a Tablet Device.

This is a quick little toy to work up as a gift for your Valentine. Depending on the weight of yarn you use it can be barely palm size 2 inches or a snuggly handful of 7 inches. The bugs feet, antenna, and nose are all worked as you crochet the pieces, so there are only 4 main pieces to sew together at the end. Add eyes and a bit of stuffing and you are finished.

Blog Photo of Tablet V

I was inspired to make this version by my own experience of reading my patterns on my tablet.  In the original version I had laid out the pattern so that it could be printed out as a 2 page booklet.  This new format has 4 pages instead of 2. All the diagrams, instructions and photo tutorials are the same.

You can purchase it in my Ravelry Shop by clicking Here.