As you know, I’ve been participating in Sara Duggan’s 2013 31 Days of Crochet Business Blogging Challenge. Today’s post at her site is about the social media website, Pinterest, and how to increase traffic to your crochet blog with “pin-able” photos. It just so happens that I wrote a post about this very subject as a guest blogger on Sara’s …
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Because of a family emergency, I’m four days late posting the third week of the 2013 31 Days of Crochet Business Blogging Challenge. Things are slowly settling down at home so I finally have some time to focus on week three of the challenge which is all about social media marketing. Days 15-21: What the Social Media Marketing Writing Prompts Cover …
Pinterest continues to be a wonderful source of ideas for crochet projects. In this instance, it’s the Granny Square Striped Bag, a free crochet pattern featured on the Japanese website, Gosyo. I figured I’d make it at some point, but wasn’t sure when. Then I visited my local yarn store, Aloha Yarn a month or so later and discovered that …
have yet again been inspired by a pin that’s made its round on Pinterest among crocheters and knitters and anyone else who uses acrylic yarn. The pin links to a photo tutorial on how to soften acrylic yarn BEFORE you use it. Many of you are probably aware of the fact that you can soften a finished piece made from …
Several months ago, I came up with the idea to teach a “granny square” class at YarnStory, the local yarn store in Honolulu where I teach crochet. The class has a two-fold purpose: to teach students how to crochet granny squares and to illustrate the many ways granny squares can be incorporated into crochet projects. So I pitched the idea …