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There is something about a fall project that makes it easier to pick up your hook and settle in for a little creativity. Checkout the Newsletter: A Little Fall Crochet Whimsy In this week’s edition of The Crochet Stitch, Yarn Over Hook shares one cheerful free fall pattern, spotlights Yarn for the Masses, and invites you to join the community for a fresh week of livestreams. You’ll also hear about this week’s quick community quiz: What would you like to make this fall? In this episodeA simple fall project to bring a little autumn indoorsA Yarn Over Hook featured shop: Yarn for the MassesThis week’s livestream scheduleA quick fall project quiz for the community Show notesRead this week’s newsletter: published in The Crochet Stitch archiveFree pattern: https://www.yarnspirations.com/products/red-heart-fall-leafy-bannerFeatured shop: https://yarnoverhook.com/vendors/yarn-for-the-masses/Take the quiz: https://yarnoverhook.com/crochet_quizzes/what-kind-of-fall-crochet-project-sounds-most-fun-right-now/Upcoming livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial/streamsListen to past episodes: https://the-crochet-stitch.captivate.fm/listenSubscribe to the newsletter: https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Could a little yarn lead to a whole new crochet adventure? This week on The Crochet Stitch, we are celebrating curiosity, confidence, and the joy of learning together. Our featured maker is Karen Whooley, crochet designer, author, and educator, whose work invites crocheters to explore new techniques and grow their skills. Checkout the Newsletter: A Little Yarn, A Lot of Possibility We also continue the Autumn Sock-a-Thon 2026, share Karen's Sock-a-Thon signup and freebie link, and invite you to tell us where you are on your crochet sock journey. Plus, we preview Square Up Saturday, the YouTube members-only Sock-a-Thon session, Crochet & Chat's fall decor conversation, Stitches, and a look ahead to Saturday Spins. Grab your current project and settle in. You do not need to master everything this week. Start with one small possibility and see where it takes you. Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. Show NotesExplore Autumn Sock-a-Thon 2026View the scheduled livestreamMeet Karen in the Yarn Over Hook Vendor DirectoryExplore Karen Whooley DesignsVisit Karen's Sock-a-Thon signup and freebie pageShare your crochet sock journey in our pollFind Yarn Over Hook livestreamsSubscribe to The Crochet Stitch This Week's ScheduleAll times are PST, as supplied and confirmed. Check the livestream listings for the latest details. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

October is here, and our hooks are ready for a little handmade cozy. In this edition of The Crochet Stitch, we explore fall wearables through three simple starting points: choosing a useful project, experimenting with texture, and finding colors you love to wear. We also spotlight Holly & Oak Yarn Co. in South Bend, Indiana, a participating shop in the Michiana Yarn Crawl running October 7 through 17. Then we preview Square Up Saturday, the members-only Autumn Sock-a-Thon, Crochet & Chat, and Stitches, where it is time to crown the WIP Queen. Bring your current project and settle in. What is on your fall hook? Show-note links: Holly & Oak Yarn Co.Michiana Yarn CrawlYarn Over Hook livestreamsSubscribe to The Crochet Stitch Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Yarn Over Hook is turning two, and we are celebrating with a full week of crochet, livestreams, games, giveaways, and community connection. In this anniversary edition of The Crochet Stitch, we reflect on two years of projects, livestreams, learning, laughter, and crocheters showing up for one another. Anniversary Newsletter: View the Issue We also share what the community told us it wants from Year 3. Among survey respondents, 49% selected Crochet-Alongs, community projects, and challenges. Forty percent selected livestreams and opportunities to crochet together, while 31% selected help learning new techniques. The comments revealed something even more meaningful. Members want Yarn Over Hook to remain welcoming, encouraging, and safe for unfinished projects, questions, mistakes, and real life. You will also hear the complete Anniversary Week livestream schedule, including the 9-Hour Anniversary Stream-A-Thon with Sammi, Alexis, and Drew, plus an invitation to take the new Crochet-Along Energy quiz. Are you a Cozy Co-Stitcher, Milestone Maker, Curious Explorer, or Community Cheerleader? Bring your WIP, listen in, and help us begin Year 3 together. Podcast Show NotesYarn Over Hook turns two on September 26, and Anniversary Week is officially underway. In this episode: Celebrate two years of the global Yarn Over Hook crochet communityHear the top priorities shared by survey respondentsLearn what Yarn Over Hook is carrying into Year 3Get the full Anniversary Week livestream scheduleDiscover the four Crochet-Along Energy stylesFind simple ways to participate, share, and invite another crocheter Links From This EpisodeRead the anniversary newsletterTake the Crochet-Along Energy quizSubscribe to The Crochet StitchSee all Yarn Over Hook livestreamsJoin the 9-Hour Anniversary Stream-A-Thon Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Yarn Over Hook is getting back into the swing of things, and before we decide what comes next, we want to hear from you. It’s been a little quiet around Yarn Over Hook. Before we get back into our usual rhythm of crochet inspiration, community stories, resources, events, livestreams, and everything else happening across the global crochet community, we wanted to take a moment to say something simple: Thank you for sticking with us. In this episode, Sammi shares a quick update on where Yarn Over Hook has been, why community continues to be at the center of everything we’re building, and why this next chapter starts by listening to you. View the Newsletter: A Quick Hello From Yarn Over Hook We also have something worth celebrating: Yarn Over Hook turns two on September 26. As we head toward Year 3, we don’t simply want to decide what Yarn Over Hook should become behind the scenes. We want to build it alongside the crocheters who watch, read, participate, share projects, ask questions, teach one another, support makers, visit local yarn shops, and keep this craft moving forward. Help Us Shape What Comes NextWhat would make Yarn Over Hook more useful to you? More tutorials or stitch guides? New patterns and project inspiration? Better ways to discover local yarn shops and crochet events? More livestreams? Designer and maker spotlights? Resources for learning new techniques? Something completely different? We want to hear it. Take a few minutes to complete our new community survey and tell us what you’d like Yarn Over Hook to focus on next. Your responses will directly help us decide where to spend our time, what to build, and what experiences we create for the community in Year 3. Because Yarn Over Hook has always been about more than patterns, videos, or another place to scroll. We’re building The Global Home of Crochet, a place where makers can Create, Learn, and Connect. And this is our first stitch back. Keep creating. Keep learning. Keep connecting. — The Yarn Over Hook Team ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet. View this week's newsletter: The Hardest Stitch Isn't the One You Think. If you've ever looked at a ball of yarn and wondered... "What if I mess this up?" You're not alone. This week we're talking about one of the biggest obstacles nearly every crocheter faces, not learning stitches, choosing yarn, or reading patterns... It's simply making that very first chain. Whether you're picking up a crochet hook for the very first time, starting a challenging new pattern, or returning to crochet after a long break, this episode is a reminder that you don't have to feel ready before you begin. You'll hear why beginner mistakes aren't failures, they're some of the best teachers you'll ever have. Every loose stitch teaches tension. Every crooked edge teaches stitch count. Every project teaches something you'll carry into the next one. We'll also ask this week's community question: What's stopping you from starting your next crochet project? Fear of making mistakes?Confusing patterns?Not having the right yarn?Waiting for "next weekend"?Or something else entirely? Plus, we'll highlight one of Yarn Over Hook's favorite beginner resources—the Crochet Stitch Library—filled with tutorials, stitch guides, inspiration, and educational resources designed to help crocheters build confidence one stitch at a time. This week's featured episode from Exploration Crochet dives even deeper into overcoming the fear of the first chain and reminds us that every experienced crocheter started exactly where beginners are today. We'll also cover everything happening this week across Yarn Over Hook, including: 🧶 The Great Summer Mosaic CAL Part 6 (Zesty Citrus)🎉 The 200th episode of Crochet & Chat🧺 Summer Stash Bash recap👕 Luther Top Check-in🟪 Square Up Saturday🎁 ReRe's Summer Stash Bash WIP Bag Giveaway We'll finish with a reminder every crocheter needs to hear: You don't become a crocheter because your first project is perfect. You become a crocheter because you begin. Explore the Crochet Stitch Library: https://yarnoverhook.com/crochet-stitches/ Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet. View the Newsletter: What Does Your Favorite Yarn Color Say About You? Before you choose your next skein… Pause for a second. Have you ever noticed you almost always gravitate toward the same colors? Maybe your shelves are filled with soft sage greens. Maybe every blanket somehow becomes rainbow. Maybe your favorite color changes every season. Color is one of the most personal choices we make as crocheters. Two makers can create the exact same pattern using the exact same yarn and end up with projects that feel completely different simply because of the colors they choose. In this episode, we're exploring how color influences the feeling of a crochet project, sharing simple ways to make choosing color palettes less overwhelming, and introducing the newest free Yarn Over Hook Cheat Sheet: Choosing a Color Palette. You'll also hear about our newest community personality quiz, "What Does Your Favorite Yarn Color Say About You?", where you'll discover whether you're: 🌈 The Color Adventurer 🌿 The Nature Maker ☁️ The Cozy Minimalist ✨ The Creative Mixer Plus, we celebrate another milestone in the Summer Stash Bash with 1,381 donated soap sacks, preview Part 5 of the Great Summer Mosaic CAL, and look ahead to another week of crochet shows, Crochet & Chat, Summer Stash Bash with Stitches, the Luther Top Crochet Along, and Square Up Saturday. Whether you love bold complementary colors, calming monochromatic palettes, earthy neutrals, or joyful rainbow combinations, this episode will help you approach your next project with a little more confidence and hopefully a little less second-guessing. Download the free Choosing a Color Palette Cheat Sheet: https://yarnoverhook.com/product/choosing-a-color-palette-crochet-guide/ Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet. View the Newsletter: Take the “What’s in Your WIP Bag?” Challenge Before you listen any further, grab the WIP bag closest to you. Do not clean it. Do not organize it. Do not remove the mystery receipt, loose yarn tails, or project you forgot was in there. This week, we are opening our project bags and taking an honest inventory. In this episode, we introduce the “What’s in Your WIP Bag?” challenge, where crocheters can calculate their score based on the tools, supplies, yarn tails, backup projects, and mystery items currently hiding inside their project bag. We also talk about what your score might say about your WIP bag style, whether you are a WIP Bag Minimalist, a Prepared Maker, a Crochet Problem Solver, or fully operating out of a Traveling Yarn Room. Plus, we introduce the newest Yarn Over Hook community personality quiz: What Kind of WIP Bag Crocheter Are You? Are you: The Light Packer? The Prepared Project Planner? The Cozy Crocheter? The Mobile Yarn Studio? There is only one way to find out. This week, we are also celebrating 1,290 donated soap sacks for the Summer Stash Bash soap sack challenge, continuing the Great Summer Mosaic CAL, and previewing a full week of Yarn Over Hook shows, including Crochet & Chat, Summer Stash Bash with Stitches, a YouTube Members Exclusive, and a special guest episode with Drew about learning how to spin yarn. So open your bag, count your points, laugh at what you find, and remember that every WIP bag tells a story. Take the WIP Bag Quiz: https://yarnoverhook.com/crochet_quizzes/wip-bag-crochet-personality-quiz/ Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet, where makers come together to Create, Learn, and Connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet. View the Newsletter: Save This: Free Crochet Cheat Sheets for Your Next Project This week, we’re talking about the little crochet moments that can make a project feel more confusing than it needs to be: pattern abbreviations, chart symbols, yarn fiber choices, hook sizes, gauge, and color palettes. That is exactly why Yarn Over Hook created the new Crochet Cheat Sheet Hub. The Crochet Cheat Sheet Hub is a free collection of Yarn Over Hook resources designed to help crocheters feel more confident before they begin, while they make, and when they are helping another crochet friend figure something out. In this episode, we walk through the new free cheat sheet hub, including resources for reading crochet patterns, understanding crochet chart symbols, choosing yarn fibers, substituting yarn, and building intentional color palettes. We also share this week’s community question: Which crochet moment makes you reach for help first? A. Pattern abbreviations B. Chart symbols C. Picking the right yarn D. Choosing colors E. All of the above, respectfully Plus, we look ahead to the week of July 6 on Yarn Over Hook, including Crochet & Chat, Summer Stash Bash with Stitches, the Viscountess Top members-only project, and Square Up Saturday. Whether you are learning to read your first crochet pattern, practicing crochet charts, choosing yarn from your stash, or deciding whether those colors really do go together, this episode is here to help. Browse the Free Crochet Cheat Sheets: https://yarnoverhook.com/crochet-cheatsheets/ Download the Reading Crochet Patterns Cheat Sheet: https://yarnoverhook.com/crochet-cheatsheets/ Subscribe to The Crochet Stitch Newsletter: https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet, where makers come together to Create, Learn, and Connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet. View the Newsletter: Could You Write a Crochet Pattern? Let’s Talk About It This week, we’re talking about something that can feel surprisingly intimidating: writing crochet patterns. Not just following them. Not just saving them. Not just saying, “I could probably figure that out.” Actually writing one. Recently, Roman’s Skinny Scarf™ became an official Yarn Over Hook pattern. And yes, it is technically a pattern made mostly of chains. But it also became something bigger. It started as a community joke. Then it became a call to arms. Then it became a reminder that sometimes the first pattern you write does not have to be complicated to be meaningful. So this week, we’re asking: What makes a crochet pattern good? And what stops more crocheters from writing one? In this episode, we talk about why a good crochet pattern does not have to be fancy, 40 pages long, perfectly photographed, or filled with complicated stitches. But it should help another maker feel supported. Because a good pattern is not just a set of instructions. It is a guide. It is a little voice saying, “You’ve got this. Here’s what comes next.” We also invite you to take this week’s Yarn Over Hook quiz and find out what kind of crochet pattern person you are. Are you The Pattern Follower, The Pattern Modifier, The Pattern Collector, The Pattern Tester, or The Pattern Editor? Then we look ahead at this week’s Yarn Over Hook livestream schedule, including tips for crocheting blankets in the summer, Summer Stash Bash with Stitches Featured Pattern No. 4, a YouTube Members Exclusive session continuing the Viscountess Top by MJ’s Off The Hook Designs, and Square Up Saturday with mystery granny squares and community choice. This week’s latest video features Mosaic Sunglasses by Remington Lane Crochet and five things Sammi has learned so far about mosaic crochet. We also celebrate Furls Crochet Hooks’ 14th birthday and spotlight Roman’s Skinny Scarf™ as an official Yarn Over Hook pattern. It is simple, mostly chains, and somehow full of community lore, beginner-friendly confidence, and heart. Writing a crochet pattern can feel intimidating because it asks you to share not just what you made, but how you think. It asks you to slow down, explain your choices, count your stitches, and support someone you may never meet. That is generous work. Maybe your first pattern will be a blanket. Maybe it will be a bag. Maybe it will be a granny square. Maybe it will be 503 chains and a dream. Whatever it is, we are glad you are here. Keep creating. Keep learning. Keep connecting. Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet. View the Newsletter: Crochet Goes Global: Australia, Market Bags & Summer Stash Bash This week, crochet is taking us to Wollongong, New South Wales, as we spotlight Crochet Guild Australia’s 2026 Crochet Convention, happening from 19–21 June 2026. Centered around the theme Made to Last, this three-day convention brings together crocheters, fiber artists, educators, and makers for workshops, a yarn market, guest tutors, and community connection. The featured educator lineup includes Toni Lipsey of TL Yarn Crafts, Krisztine Anna Edömér of K.A.M.E. Crochet, Rhondda Mol of Oombawka Design Crochet, Arunima Goel of KnitterKnotter, Abbey of Abbeymade, Jenny King, and Linda Dean. We also ask this week’s community question: which crochet situation would you rather survive? Losing at yarn chicken with only three stitches left, discovering mismatched dye lots halfway through, frogging three rows, weaving in 47 ends, finding a knot at the worst possible moment, or realizing you used the wrong hook size? Plus, we share this week’s Yarn Over Hook livestreams, including Crochet & Chat with the French Market Bag, Summer Stash Bash with Stitches, a YouTube Members exclusive project, and Square Up Saturday with granny squares and crochet charts. We also highlight the latest video, Joining a Fun Summer Mosaic CAL, and feature Yarn Me Calm, a fibre art studio based in Portarlington, Victoria, on Australia’s beautiful Bellarine Peninsula. Whether crochet shows up for you as a convention, a CAL, a market bag, a granny square, a soap sack, or ten quiet minutes with your hook and yarn, it all counts. Grab your project and join us for this week’s stitch. Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet. View the Newsletter: Happy Worldwide Crochet in Public Day Today is Worldwide Crochet in Public Day, and we are celebrating one of the simplest, most joyful ways to make crochet visible: taking your current project somewhere out in the world. You do not need a big plan. You do not need a perfect project. You do not need an official event. You just need your yarn, your hook, and a place where crochet can be seen. In this special episode, we talk about what Worldwide Crochet in Public Day is, why it matters, and how crocheters can participate from almost anywhere. Maybe you are stitching at a local yarn shop, a coffee shop table, a library chair, a park bench, or your favorite crochet-friendly community space. Wherever you are, one crocheter in public still counts. We also invite you to take the Yarn Over Hook Crochet Spot Quiz to find your perfect public crochet personality. Are you a Library Stitcher, Park Picnic Maker, Café Crocheter, Local Yarn Shop Loyalist, or Creative Wildcard? Then we share simple ways to make the most of Crochet in Public Day, including visiting a local yarn shop, bringing a portable project to a park, inviting a friend for a mini sit-and-stitch, checking local event listings, or creating your own small crochet moment. We would also love to hear where you are stitching today. Share your project, your setup, your yarn shop visit, your café table, or your favorite public crochet spot. Tag Yarn Over Hook on Instagram and invite a crochet friend to take the quiz too. Worldwide Crochet in Public Day is a beautiful reminder that crochet is community. Every stitch, every conversation, every curious question, and every project shared helps make crochet more visible in the world. So grab your yarn, take your crochet somewhere public if you are able, and let the craft be seen. Keep creating. Keep learning. Keep connecting. Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet. View the Newsletter: 62 Soap Sacks and Counting: Help Us Reach 1,000 This week, Summer Stash Bash is officially underway, and the Yarn Over Hook community has already created 62 soap sacks toward our goal of 1,000 handmade soap sacks, each donated with a bar of soap. That means we are on the board, the hooks are moving, and every finished sack is helping turn extra yarn into something useful, handmade, and deeply human. In this episode, we share the latest Summer Stash Bash community count, invite you to join the challenge, and talk about how small crochet projects can become a shared act of creativity, care, and kindness. Grab your cotton yarn, make a soap sack, include a bar of soap, and help us move closer to 1,000. We also ask this week’s community question: Which crochet stitch do you enjoy making the most? From granny stitch and moss stitch to shell stitch, bobble stitch, puff stitch, and Tunisian simple stitch, we want to know what stitch you are currently loving. Then we look ahead at this week’s Yarn Over Hook livestream schedule, including more progress on the Pandora’s Box Blanket by Mickey from The Crochet Crowd, the first featured Summer Stash Bash with Stitches! soap sack pattern, a YouTube Members Exclusive session continuing the Rosa Tee by Lola Crochets, and Square Up Saturday with mystery granny squares, color play, and crochet chart reading. This week’s latest video is all about Sammi’s summer crochet wearable lineup, featuring the crochet wearables queued up for the season. We also spotlight TL Yarn Crafts, the creative home of designer, instructor, and author Toni Lipsey. Known for modern crochet patterns, approachable teaching, and practical projects, TL Yarn Crafts is a valuable resource for crocheters looking for inspiration, confidence-building instruction, and beautiful things to make. Plus, we celebrate the launch of the new Crochet Maker Language Tees in the Yarn Over Hook shop. Whether you are a peaceful Stitch Sage, a generous Heart Crafter, a joyful WIP Warrior, or a creative Pattern Alchemist, there is now a tee for your crochet personality. Whether you are working on a soap sack, a blanket, a tee, a granny square, or your latest WIP, we are glad you are here. Keep creating. Keep learning. Keep connecting. Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet. View the Newsletter: Summer Stash Bash is kicking off! ☀️🧶 This week, Summer Stash Bash is back, and we’re turning stash yarn into kindness. Yarn Over Hook is partnering with S.A.C.K., which stands for Supporting A Community with Kindness, for a community challenge with one big goal: crochet and donate 1,000 soap sacks, each with a bar of soap, to local communities around the world. In this episode, we share details about the Summer Stash Bash kickoff livestream happening Wednesday, May 27 at 1:30 PM PT, including a giveaway for two handcrafted resin crochet hooks from Yarnbow, a family-run business based in Austin, Texas known for handcrafted Glissando resin crochet hooks. We also ask this week’s community question: What are your favorite stash-busting crochet projects? From soap sacks and granny squares to dishcloths, scrap blankets, amigurumi minis, and the yarn that has been waiting the longest in your stash, this is your chance to share what you love making when your stash gets a little too powerful. Then we preview the full week at Yarn Over Hook, including a new blanket WIP with the Pandora’s Box Blanket by Mickey from The Crochet Crowd, the Summer Stash Bash with Stitches! Kickoff & Giveaway, a members-only Rosa Tee session by Lola Crochets, and Square Up Saturday with mystery granny squares, color play, crochet charts, and Claire Montgomerie’s decks. Plus, we highlight Sammi’s latest video, I’m FINALLY Learning Tunisian Crochet!, for anyone who has had Tunisian crochet on their “one day I’ll learn that” list. Trying something new can feel awkward at first, but that is part of the fun. This week’s featured pattern maker is Remy A Crafty Hedgehog, created by Alexis Kavros, with playful crochet patterns, fiber art, creative storytelling, videos, community, and beginner-friendly crochet inspiration. We also spotlight the free Mini Jellyfish Crochet Pattern in the Yarn Over Hook marketplace. We also share a new episode from Exploration Crochet, titled Crochet’s Long History of Being Problematic — to Somebody, a thoughtful listen for anyone interested in crochet’s history, culture, and complexity beyond the hobby itself. Whether you are joining Summer Stash Bash, working through a blanket WIP, learning Tunisian crochet, playing Name That Stitch, listening to Exploration Crochet, or simply crocheting a few quiet rows today, we’re glad you’re here. Grab your cotton yarn, your favorite hook, and your summer crochet energy. Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.

Welcome back to The Crochet Stitch, the weekly crochet podcast from Yarn Over Hook, the global home of crochet. View the Newsletter: What would you tell your beginner crochet self? This week, we’re asking a simple but meaningful question: What would you tell your beginner crochet self? If you could go back and start your crochet journey again, what would you change? What would you keep the same? Would you worry less about perfect stitches, buy different yarn, try new techniques sooner, or simply remind yourself that every tangled skein and uneven row is part of learning? In this episode, we reflect on the beginner crochet journey, the lessons we learn over time, and the little pieces of advice that can make the craft feel more joyful, less intimidating, and more connected. We also share what’s happening across Yarn Over Hook, including community updates, crochet resources, upcoming events, shop submissions, and ways for makers to get involved. Whether you’re joining a livestream, catching up on a replay, submitting an event, sharing a crochet-friendly shop, or working through your latest WIP, there’s a place for you here. This episode is a reminder that crochet is not about being perfect from the beginning. It’s about learning, experimenting, making mistakes, finding your rhythm, and becoming part of a creative community along the way. So grab your hook, think back to your first stitches, and join us for this week’s episode. Yarn Over Hook helps crocheters create, learn, and connect. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔗 LINKS & RESOURCES Explore Yarn Over Hook 🧶 https://yarnoverhook.com/start-here 📅 Explore Crochet Events https://crochetevents.com 📬 Subscribe to The Stitch Newsletter https://yarnoverhook.com/the-stitch-newsletter/ Play Name That Stitch 🎮 https://namethatstitch.com Watch on YouTube 📹 https://youtube.com/@YarnOverHookSocial ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT YARN OVER HOOK Yarn Over Hook is the global home of crochet — a platform built to help crocheters create, learn, and connect through tutorials, podcasts, livestreams, events, stitch libraries, crochet games, and community resources. Built by makers, for makers. 🧶 🌍 https://yarnoverhook.com/about The Crochet Stitch is a weekly crochet podcast hosted by Sammi Jai and produced by Yarn Over Hook. © 2026 DesignOps as a Service DOaaS LLC d/b/a Yarn Over Hook. All rights reserved.