Authors

Brenda K.B. Anderson

Brenda K. B. Anderson crochets, knits, and sews into the wee hours after her kids have gone to bed. She loves designing stuffies that make her laugh, and accessories that beg to be worn over and over again by her friends and family. Brenda is the author of Beastly Crochet and Crochet Ever After and also teaches a Craftsy Class: Crochet Mittens and Fingerless gloves. She has contributed to several books and numerous magazines and is the managing editor of the Creative Crochet Corner. She lives in a little house in Saint Paul, MN where it is sweater weather nine months of the year and blogs about her crafty adventures at Craftsplosion.com.
15 Classes 183 Videos

Marly Bird

Marlaina "Marly" Bird fled the world of financial services to launch her Yarn Thing podcast and hasn't looked back. To Marly, a bi-craftsy girl who both knits and crochets, the yarn is the star. She's National Spokesperson for Red Heart Yarns and the co-author of "Curvy Crochet" (Leisure Arts, 2011). You've seen her designs in Knit Simple, Interweave Crochet, Knitscene, Inside Crochet, Wild Fiber and Petite Purls, and in the books "Perfectly Plus" and "Knitting Plus."
2 Classes 4 Videos

Corrina Ferguson

​Corrina Ferguson is a knitting designer, instructor, and technical editor based in sunny Florida where 60 degrees is sweater weather. A lifelong crafter with a love for math, Corrina is the author of two knitting books and enjoys using math to create better knitting patterns. Corrina has published designs in a wide variety of magazines, books, and knitting websites, and has collaborated with several yarn companies. She also publishes designs under her own brand Craftstar Studios.
40 Videos

Mary Beth Temple

Mary Beth Temple is a long-time designer of knit, crochet and sewing patterns, and lover of any other type of craft that comes across her path! She can often be found crafting by the beach near her home in Wilmington, North Carolina, and makes no guarantees that there won’t be sand in her samples. With more than a dozen books to her name, Mary Beth is a prolific designer whose independent work can be found under her brand name Hooked for Life. You can check out her doings at HookedforLifePublishing.com/blog, and from there visit her various social media outlets.
5 Classes 73 Videos

Rebecca Velasquez

Rebecca Velasquez first learned to crochet from her grandmother at a very young age. As an adult, she revisited the art of crocheting and quickly fell in love with the craft, soon expanding her skills to include knitting and spinning. She has been published in Inside Crochet, Crochet World, and Petite Purls, and has created designs for Classic Elite Yarns, Bijou Basin Ranch Yarns, Quince & Co Yarns, Caron Yarns, Webs, and South West Trading Company (SWTC). Rebecca has also contributed designs for Simply Crochet published by Interweave Press. Rebecca can often be found working on original designs for various publications while creating knitting and crocheting design books of her own.
5 Videos

Kim Werker

Kim Werker is a writer and editor who started her career by founding the popular website CrochetMe (which, sadly, no longer exists). As an avid maker, she spends at least a few minutes every day making something, even if it's just a few stitches or macaroni and cheese from a box. Kim has served as the editor for Interweave Crochet magazine and authored six crochet books, including "Make It Mighty Ugly: Exercises and Advice for Getting Creative Even When It Ain't Pretty." Visit her website, kimwerker.com, to learn more.
4 Classes