I know around the holidays many of us are hosting guests or visiting with family. I thought I’d share with you two of our festive holiday kitchen sets. You can use these to impress all your friends and family!
You can enjoy a refreshing “Wintermint” Wonderland with our new Peppermint Kitchen Set. Liven up your winter [...]

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As promised, here are the Snowman and Easter Bunny Toilet Tank Covers I was telling you about last time. They’re just in time for the upcoming holidays! They make a great addition to any bathroom set. I just think these are so cute and I hope you’ll enjoy them as much as I do!  Snowman [...]

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I’ve been getting so many requests from all of you about new ways to receive our patterns. We have finally started to make many of our most popular patterns available as a downloadable PDF file. Now you will be able to have our patterns and start on your projects almost instantly. I feel good being [...]

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     The year was 1989, Halloween was just around the corner.  We were living in Royal Oak, Michigan in an old house with a huge rocking chair front porch.  The sides of the porch were decorated with 6 foot crochet spider webs with huge hairy spiders.  The wide front section of the porch was decorated [...]

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     One day a week I meet at my home with two crocheters Fran and Karla who help me work up new designs.  This is great for me because I get to sit around, watch TV and crochet.  What could be better than that!  I guess having someone clean my house and cook meals would be a [...]

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     With Halloween just around the corner we have added Halloween Lace Décor, Crochet Patterns and FREE Halloween COOKIES to the MaggiesCrochet.com website.  These exciting new items are sure to the help you get ready for this amusing holiday. 
The large scenic Witch and Skeleton Panels are life-size, thoroughly repulsive and whimsically fun, to lend Halloween character to any [...]

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Heirlooms – Part 1 - Fibers
     In 1993 I had the pleasure of meeting my great Aunt Lil.   When I told her I designed crochet patterns, she told me about her sister Annie who crocheted beautiful doilies.  Three of Aunt Lil’s heirlooms were Annie’s doilies. They were beautifully done with tiny thread, roses and filet [...]

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     Thank you to everyone who left comments on our new blog.  We were so excited to see so many!
     I am truly touched by your appreciation of our designs and easy to follow directions.  It all gets done with lots of help from my great team of designers, pattern editors, customer service reps, webmasters and others.  All [...]

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What should I make first?
Find a project that lets your practice the same kind of stitch over and over.  Repetition will help you get really good at one stitch, and help you practice holding the yarn with constant tension.  Many people start with scarves or dishcloths, but what most people do not know is that [...]

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What does it mean when a pattern calls for a certain weight of yarn?
Yarn weight is becoming increasingly standardized, so the crocheter can know what kind of yarn works best for their pattern.  Most yarn labels now have a number symbol indicating their weight.  Patterns will tell you either what weight yarn to get or [...]

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