Tales of a Techno-Hooker Crochet Blog by Amie Hirtes

Finally. A published pattern. FINALLY.
I’ve been sitting on this pattern for a year and a half. That’s right. You aren’t seeing things. I did say A YEAR AND A HALF. Designers are known to come up with a bevy of ideas and sit on some of them, but it’s not so usual to be near [...]

Here are some more details about the wedding…which is in 4 days!
Techno-Wedding Cards & Bouquet Extras:
Larry came up with the FABULOUS idea of having our guests be able to automatically upload pictures they take at our wedding using their cameras and phone cameras. Once someone takes pictures, they just send them to a prescribed email [...]

(If you missed Part 1, here’s a link. If you want to see where they wedding will be held or check out the color inspiration for everything, check out this post.)
While I’m a fan of the importance of the larger details of a wedding – the clothes, the wedding vendor, the food – it’s the [...]

Sorry to leave you “flat” as we used to say when I was 10 years old. I’ve been so busy with wedding plans that I haven’t had time to pop in here and write. But let me catch you up on all things wedding (with some crochet too!).
I decided early on that I was going [...]

Following on the heels of my big announcement, I’ve sent out all but 2 invites so I guess it’s safe to share what they look like. I started out by going online to see what’s going on in the world of weddings these day. Green Wedding Shoes provided endless inspiration for real weddings, some of [...]

It’s hard to believe that over 4 years ago, Larry proposed to me. It was our 5th anniversary and we were headed out to dinner at our favorite (dearly departed) restaurant, “Novita” (pronounced, No-vee-tah). I was looking forward to their Chilean Sea Bass dinner I so often got there. Melt in your mouth fish with [...]

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted. I think I just needed some time away alone with my thoughts. It’s been an emotional two months to say the least. I’ve kept most of my babbling to a 140 character count over at Twitter. Less is more these days. I do promise though, with the summer coming up, [...]

I remember being in 2nd grade and my step-father, Joe, came home with a motorcycle to my mother’s dismay. We were living in “Point” (as in Point Pleasant, NJ) down the street from my great-grandmother in a newly built duplex house. Joe came home with this mechanical embodiment of testosterone and took my brother for [...]

So, what are the components of a good crochet blog? Why are some bloggers able to retain a readership and others flounder? 
Last June (6/23/08), I received an email from Drew – which I think he sent to everyone he knew with a blog – asking in a sense, “What makes a good crochet blog and [...]

Not Everyone is a Picasso
So where are all the crochet bloggers and Twitterers, I’ve been wondering? Kim Werker postulates:
“If there were more riveting crochet blogs, more crocheters would blog. More people would want to participate in the conversation. More people would be inspired to share their own stories.“
Was I the only Project Runway fan who [...]