Recently I told you about the Caron Country Yarn Giveaway, where they are giving a free skein if Caron Country Yarn to any one who mails them 3 Caron Simply Soft yarn labels, their receipt, and a 3 x 5 card with their mailing information.

However, it looks as if they are not requiring you to mail your receipt anymore. This is great if you’re like me and lose your receipt or just never keep it! Also, notice that it is limited one skein per request, and not per person. That’s interesting…I wonder if you can get more than one skein? Either way, get your old yarn labels in the mail for a free skein of yarn!

You can click here for more information regarding the giveaway.

I’ve been meaning to tell you this a couple weeks ago, but YES it is official! There will be three (not one, but three) 30 feet tall crocheted lions at the 2012 Olympics. A while ago I wrote about the possibility of Crochet Art at the 2012 Olympics, and now the committee chose a crochet piece. Shauna Richardson is the crocheter and will be crocheting for 2 years to get those lions done.

If you’re not a fan of the Olympics, maybe you’d at least be a fan of seeing giant crocheted lions?

You can take a look at the other decorations that have been chosen for the 2012 Olympics in London here. They seem very odd yet still fun!

You may have noticed that Crochet Spot was temporarily unavailable today and you may have gotten a page with some funny error message. But no worries, because if you’re reading this on the site right now everything is working again!!!

So thanks for being so patient, I know it was hard for me to do! The people that hosts Crochet Spot on their server had to work out a few kinks. Whatever they were doing is beyond me. I’m just glad that it’s all fixed.

Now that everything is back to normal how about enjoying some…

• Free Crochet Patterns
• Crochet Tutorials
• And of course more of my Ramblings

Just as friendly reminder, if you purchased patterns in the Crochet Spot Store they will not be mailed to you. Instead, you can download them immediately after you purchased them. No waiting needed!

If you paid per pattern, just log into your store account and there will be a “My Purchased Patterns” tab at the top of the page. Click on the tab and it will show you all the patterns that you purchased and links for you to download them. Simple as that!

If you are a Premium Pattern Member, just log into your account and all the patterns in the store will be listed as FREE with links for you to download each one.

You can also learn more about shopping in the store by reading the post: What You Ought to Know About Shopping in the Store

As always, you can ask me for help anytime!

Here is a video from ABC that talks about “new” crochet fashion for the fall/winter. The pull tab bags remind me of my City Hat with Brim Crochet Pattern, since it uses pull tabs as well. The jewelery is pretty neat and gets me thinking about starting to crochet jewelery!

Take a peak at the video for yourself:

What do you think?

So you thought granny squares where just for blankets? Yea, right. Cate Blanchett, an actress you may recognize from hit movies such as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Hot Fuzz and The Lord of the Rings, was photographed on the red carpet wearing a crocheted granny square dress!

Although the dress is definitely not my style, I do enjoy seeing crocheted fashioned. The granny squares are nicely colored and give a nice contrast with the black outlining. The dress is made of several granny squares and is bordered by ruffles. And before you ask, I do NOT have the pattern to make this awesome dress. But I do have the granny square crochet pattern: How to Crochet A Granny Square.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Lisa Gentry (shown to the right) holds the title of the world’s fastest crocheter. In 2005, she broke the record at the Michaels Arts and Crafts Store in Monroe, LA. She crocheted at the speed of 170 sts/min, which is almost 3 stitches per second!!! She used TLC Essentials yarn and created an 8″ mega flower (very similar to my Crochet Flower Pattern: Carnations) while she was being timed.

I don’t know about you but I consider myself a slow crocheter and only in my dreams would I be lucky to crochet 3 stitches per second! What about you? Do you crochet fast?