The BHooked Podcast for Crocheters & Knitters

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to earn a living with crochet?

It seems crazy, I know, but you can make a supplemental income with crochet. Whether your goal is to make yarn money, family vacation funds or a full time living, it’s possible. There are hundreds (dare I say thousands?) of people out there who are making a full or part time income with their crochet skills.

In this episode of The BHooked Podcast you’ll hear from one of those people. Meghan from the blog, Meghan Makes Do, shares her startup story and we chat all things crochet businesses.


About The BHooked Podcast
Brittany's primary goal is to inspire you and help you grow in your craft with The BHooked Podcast. Through her own stories and the stories of each special guest, you'll discover tips and tricks to improve your crochet and knitting skills and find inspiration to achieve your hobby goals. When you want to kick back and learn from yarn industry experts, grab some yarn and turn on The BHooked Podcast. There's never a shortage of all things crochet, knitting or yarn.

Support the Show on Patreon | You decide what the show is worth to you.

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Need help choosing Colors for your next project?

Whether it’s a matter of indecisiveness or simply not knowing which colors go together, choosing colors for projects is often a struggle for a lot of people. Did you know you can use color theory to help you? Now you don’t have to have an artistic background or be a pro, but knowing the basics will help out a lot.

In this episode of The BHooked Podcast I’ll walk you through the important aspects of color theory as it relates to knitting and crochet and how you can use a few basic principles in your next project.

About The BHooked Podcast
Brittany's primary goal is to inspire you and help you grow in your craft with The BHooked Podcast. Through her own stories and the stories of each special guest, you'll discover tips and tricks to improve your crochet and knitting skills and find inspiration to achieve your hobby goals. When you want to kick back and learn from yarn industry experts, grab some yarn and turn on The BHooked Podcast. There's never a shortage of all things crochet, knitting or yarn.

Support the Show on Patreon | You decide what the show is worth to you.

Are you trying to balance your full time job and your side hustle business?

This is no easy task. Finding a balance usually involves is a ton of trial and error, lots of help from your friends and family and a little inspiration from others trying to balance it all too. Today I’m joined by, Melissa, side hustle maker behind the website and Instagram, Woods and Wool. Melissa has a full time job that she loves and chooses to balance that with her passion project and side hustle.

In this episode of The BHooked Podcast you’ll hear some of the strategies Melissa uses to juggle these areas of her life while still maintaining happiness as well as a few stories I’m sure you’ll relate to as someone working full time while building a side hustle yarn business.


About The BHooked Podcast
Brittany's primary goal is to inspire you and help you grow in your craft with The BHooked Podcast. Through her own stories and the stories of each special guest, you'll discover tips and tricks to improve your crochet and knitting skills and find inspiration to achieve your hobby goals. When you want to kick back and learn from yarn industry experts, grab some yarn and turn on The BHooked Podcast. There's never a shortage of all things crochet, knitting or yarn.

Support the Show on Patreon | You decide what the show is worth to you.

Not sure how to make your patterns available in more than one size (without making them all)?

Whether you aspire to be a professional tech editor, need to learn how to tech edit your own patterns or simply have no clue what gauge is, there is something valuable for you in this episode!

I’m joined by professional tech editor, Emily from Fiat Fiber Arts and we made it our personal mission to help you with gauge. She’ll help you understand what it means to tech edit a pattern (for those of you who design patterns) and understand what gauge is (for those of you who follow patterns for fun). Emily started tech editing professionally after realizing this was her passion. She is a wealth of knowledge and she doesn’t hold anything back! You might want to grab a notebook for this one – it’s a goodie!

About The BHooked Podcast
Brittany's primary goal is to inspire you and help you grow in your craft with The BHooked Podcast. Through her own stories and the stories of each special guest, you'll discover tips and tricks to improve your crochet and knitting skills and find inspiration to achieve your hobby goals. When you want to kick back and learn from yarn industry experts, grab some yarn and turn on The BHooked Podcast. There's never a shortage of all things crochet, knitting or yarn.

Support the Show on Patreon | You decide what the show is worth to you.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a crochet blogger?

Maybe it’s your goal to start a crochet blog but you’re just not sure if it’s right for you. Starting a crochet blog is the best thing I have ever did. It gives me purpose, keeps me on my toes and provides a creative outlet for my endless ideas. That’s a common theme with this week’s guest, Meg, from Megmade With Love.

Meg started a crochet blog not long ago and she shares the successes, the failures and the lessons she’s learned throughout the first years of her blog. Sit back with a cup of your favorite warm drink and hear the real life story of a crochet blogger.


About The BHooked Podcast
Brittany's primary goal is to inspire you and help you grow in your craft with The BHooked Podcast. Through her own stories and the stories of each special guest, you'll discover tips and tricks to improve your crochet and knitting skills and find inspiration to achieve your hobby goals. When you want to kick back and learn from yarn industry experts, grab some yarn and turn on The BHooked Podcast. There's never a shortage of all things crochet, knitting or yarn.

Support the Show on Patreon | You decide what the show is worth to you.

Have you been thinking about designing and writing up your own patterns?

Great! It’s an incredibly useful skill whether you strive to be a full or part time crochet designer or you just want to record a pattern for your own reference. When you understand the process of writing patterns, following patterns becomes a whole lot easier.

In this episode of The BHooked Podcast, I’ll share some of the tips I wish I heard when I started writing patterns. I’ll also let you in on some of the lessons I’ve learned over the last six years! Whether you want to be a professional crochet or knitting designer or not, I think you’ll find some golden nuggets in this episode.


About The BHooked Podcast
Brittany's primary goal is to inspire you and help you grow in your craft with The BHooked Podcast. Through her own stories and the stories of each special guest, you'll discover tips and tricks to improve your crochet and knitting skills and find inspiration to achieve your hobby goals. When you want to kick back and learn from yarn industry experts, grab some yarn and turn on The BHooked Podcast. There's never a shortage of all things crochet, knitting or yarn.

Support the Show on Patreon | You decide what the show is worth to you.

Pretty doesn’t have to be complicated

When was the last time you looked at a crochet or knit piece and thought to yourself, “that looks way to complicated for me”? Well, I’d be willing to bet it’s not nearly as complicated as it looks.

In this episode of The BHooked Podcast, Jessica from Mama In a Stitch is here to tell you just how easy “complicated” projects can be. She’s been doing it for years and her website is centered around the idea of making easy yet pretty pieces in crochet and knitting.


About The BHooked Podcast
Brittany's primary goal is to inspire you and help you grow in your craft with The BHooked Podcast. Through her own stories and the stories of each special guest, you'll discover tips and tricks to improve your crochet and knitting skills and find inspiration to achieve your hobby goals. When you want to kick back and learn from yarn industry experts, grab some yarn and turn on The BHooked Podcast. There's never a shortage of all things crochet, knitting or yarn.

Support the Show on Patreon | You decide what the show is worth to you.

Want to learn more about colorwork knitting?

It is such a beautiful way to shake up your knitting routine and although there are certainly advanced colorwork knitting techniques, there are some simple ones too. When you’re not sure how to make your next project stand out, use simple stitch patterns and let the color shine.

In this episode of The BHooked Podcast you’ll learn important lessons in colorwork knitting from the very basic to the more complex. Ella Austin, author of the book, Beginners Guide to Colorwork Knitting: 16 Projects and Techniques to Learn to Knit with Color, is here to be your colorwork knitting coach. She discusses different ways to incorporate color into your knitting projects and shares where she gets her color inspiration.


About The BHooked Podcast
Brittany's primary goal is to inspire you and help you grow in your craft with The BHooked Podcast. Through her own stories and the stories of each special guest, you'll discover tips and tricks to improve your crochet and knitting skills and find inspiration to achieve your hobby goals. When you want to kick back and learn from yarn industry experts, grab some yarn and turn on The BHooked Podcast. There's never a shortage of all things crochet, knitting or yarn.

Support the Show on Patreon | You decide what the show is worth to you.

Have you tried Tunisian Crochet before?

It's one of my favorite forms of crochet. Using a different style of hook, with Tunisian crochet, you're able to create stitches that are completely unique. You can even create stitches that look like knit!

If you haven't tried this wonderful form of crochet before, I hope this episode will inspire you to give it a try. You'll hear from, Toni Lipsey, of TL Yarn Crafts and she shares her wisdom and enthusiasm for Tunisian crochet while giving you a good foundation and starting point.

About The BHooked Podcast
Brittany's primary goal is to inspire you and help you grow in your craft with The BHooked Podcast. Through her own stories and the stories of each special guest, you'll discover tips and tricks to improve your crochet and knitting skills and find inspiration to achieve your hobby goals. When you want to kick back and learn from yarn industry experts, grab some yarn and turn on The BHooked Podcast. There's never a shortage of all things crochet, knitting or yarn.

Do you struggle to finish your projects? It’s so hard to get them all done. There’s an old saying that goes “failing to plan in planning to fail”. I have this posted on my wall as a daily reminder that in order to finish my projects, I must have a plan. I’m convinced that the only way you will be able to finish all the projects you set out to create this year is to have an action plan in place – a rigid yet slightly flexible way of keeping yourself accountable for the projects you want to make. That’s 

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