August 14, 2019August 19, 2019 - CKCJennifer 4 Comments

Sing-a-long with Bonnie Barker

Bonnie and I love to make music and write parodies – new funny words to well-known songs. So, for this year’s conference we worked on a fun event together – the “Friday Night Sing-a-long”. We had a great time singing songs and laughing with our lively audience – they were wonderful! Bonnie played the guitar skillfully and two of my daughters sang along with us encouraging the audience to join in. You can see a video of one of the[Read more]

December 14, 2017December 15, 2017 - CKCJennifer Leave a comment

5 Great Gifts for Crocheters

This post contains affiliate links – to read our complete disclosure policy, click here Today I want to share with you 5 items that I use almost every day when I am crocheting because they make my life easier and my crocheting time more efficient. I realized that since this is the season for giving, they would make great gifts for any crocheter you know or they would help you (the crocheter) have some ideas of what to put on your[Read more]

December 23, 2016December 2, 2020 - CKCJennifer 4 Comments

Trinity Knot Christmas Tree – Celtic Knot pattern

Several Christmases ago I posted a photo of a lacy Christmas tree I had crocheted from an out-of-print leaflet. It is one of my most asked about posts! I had made the Christmas tree as part of a display I had put up at my local craft store to advertise for my upcoming crochet classes. Since so many people have asked for the pattern (and it is very hard to find), I decided to create my own Celtic[Read more]

May 16, 2013October 3, 2017 - CKCJennifer Leave a comment

Currier Museum of Art and Yarn Bomb at Art Fest

Who says that museums and crochet are just for grandmas? Well, hopefully no one who came to the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH this weekend for their annual ART FEST. All ages had a great time connecting with art and crochet. It was a pleasure to watch families have a good time together and children searching around the museum courtyard to find our yarn art highlights. There were artists demonstrating their craft and selling their beautiful creations. Teachers from[Read more]

April 14, 2013October 3, 2017 - CKCJennifer Leave a comment

Celtic Necklace

This Celtic Necklace design is now in the Spring issue of Interweave Crochet. I designed this necklace while sitting next to a sparkling river in the mountains of NH while on vacation last summer. The necklace is crocheted with an Egyptian cotton crochet thread, size 10. There are many beautiful designs in this issue of Interweave and I am honored to be published in the same magazine as so many talented designers. Please see the[Read more]