Meet Janet Andersen

I'm so glad you found my website and hope it will be a source of delight, and inspiration for you.

My crochet journey began when I was a teenager teaching a small Sunday School class. One of the church moms invited the class over for a tea party* and crafting lesson one day. There she taught us the basics for making a simple Granny Square.

For years, I stuck with just the basic stiches I learned that day. I wasn't really aware of written patterns, and when I did come across one, all the abbreviations looked too complicated to decipher. I made lots of scarves and blankets--even selling some at craft fairs briefly--but eventually, I drifted away from crocheting.

Fast forward about 20 years, a husband, and two sons later: I walked back into a yarn store one day, and, wow, had the crochet world changed! Hello, amigurumi! I was blown away by the 3D creations people were making. I bought a Woobles kit and through it learned, for the first time, how to follow a written pattern. I also discovered that YouTube had thousands of crochet tutorials available. This combination opened up a whole new world of crochet for me, I am so happy to now have the skills to pass along the new things I'm learning and the fun projects I come up with. I hope you find as much delight in them and in these beautiful yarns as I do.

Hello!

* I still enjoy a good tea party.

Mother's Day, 2024, Queen Mary Tea Room, Seattle