This Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Knitting and Crochet! – Fresh Fashionable Styles for Every Age

This Isn’t Your Grandmother’s Knitting and Crochet! – Fresh Fashionable Styles for Every Age

When you hear the terms crochet and knit at first you may think of it as a hobby for the older crowd, but the truth is that in 2020, thanks to crafters such as myself, we have transformed the yarn world with new modern patterns, yarns, and color choices.

Knit & Crochet wear is now not only trendy, it is fun to create and customize no matter what your age. With everything going on in the world today there has never been a better time to start learning or to advance your already existing skillset.

We all seem to have extra time on our hands, why not use it creatively?

Beautifully detailed knit/crochet wear bought retail can be very expensive, after all these are handmade artisan pieces on display in boutiques and craft shows. They are not mass-produced machine-made assembly line pieces from overseas. Often one of a kind, these beautiful lace-inspired shawls, drapes, dresses, swimsuit cover-ups, hats, gloves, shirts, skirts, and even handbags and other gifts are stunning attention getting conversation starters.

If you just aren’t up for paying that hefty price tag, that is where I come in! On my website www.kristinomdahl.com. I have created an all in one site for how-to education including my ever growing library of books for purchase as well as learning by way of free instructional videos that you can pause and replay as many times as you need until you have a specific stitch or pattern down.  It’s also a wonderful source for yarn materials (Be So Fine Yarn, Be So Fine BLING Yarn, Be So Sporty Yarn, Be So Sporty BLING Yarn, Be So Baby Yarn, Be So Lush Yarn, and Be So Bold Yarn) which are high quality, tried, and tested.

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From toddlers to teens, adult to senior, these timeless patterns can be made in any size, texture, and color. They make amazing gifts. Life has become so commercialized in recent years that receiving a beautiful hand made gift makes a huge impression. Not just that you took the time to really think about them as a person, their tastes and likes, but you followed through and spent your free time making something as wonderful and wearable or usable just for them. Adding your thoughts, intentions and love to every stitch is a very powerful gift.

Take a look around the site and find what inspires you!

Once you find your goal, I am here to help guide you every step of the way.

Ready to get started? Great, Let’s Go!

This is an ideal place to start with the basic knitting stitch library How to Knit and crochet stitch library How to Crochet. These are close up videos of individual stitches that you can easily pause and replay at your own speed until you have them down pat, plus right hand and left hand instructions are shown visually in the crochet stitch videos, too. You can browse my knitting and crochet patterns here: Kristin Omdahl Knitting Patterns and Kristin Omdahl Crochet Patterns . Each pattern shop has lots of filters, too. You can narrow down your search by weight or yarn or type of project, like shawl, scarf, bag and so much more. Once you find a project you are excited about making, you will be even more excited and open to learning something new.

Get Involved! See You There!

I host a livestream podcast Monday – Friday on my YouTube Channel called Create Share Inspire Podcast. You can join the audience LIVE and even ask me questions LIVE! I often do a show and tell or quick demo and I always interact with the live audience. It is a lot of fun! You can browse through over 600 previously recorded episodes HERE: Create Share Inspire Podcast Playlist . Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel to get reminders when the next episode airs LIVE. I also created a private Facebook group called Create Share Inspire to allow my audience to continue the podcast party throughout the rest of the day. It is a wonderful and safe place to share your photos of finished projects in my knitting or crochet patterns or yarns, and to see what others are making, too. I would like to invite you to join this private group Create. Share. Inspire on Facebook where you can interact with me as well as many other members who have a love of knitting and crochet just like you!

Every project you complete boosts your self-confidence in what you can create as well as your skill level. Let’s get inspired!

Shop Kristin Omdahl Yarns HERE

Shop Kristin Omdahl Crochet Patterns HERE

Shop Kristin Omdahl Knitting Patterns HERE

I would love to see your creations. Just as much fun as making these myself is the satisfaction I get from seeing my designs come to life and other crochet fans wearing them too. There are now 2 ways you can share what you have done!

• Share yours by joining  Create. Share. Inspire on Facebook where you can interact with me as well as many other members who have a love of knitting and crochet just like you! It is a wonderful and safe place to share your photos of finished projects in my knitting or crochet patterns or yarns, and to see what others are making, too.
• I have recently added a wonderful new interactive section to the website which I invite you to take part in, it has been a smashing success and such fun so far. It is the new “Share Your Project” section. You, my creators, can upload images and descriptions of your creations to share with the ever growing community! To upload simply click here. 

Additionally, I host a livestreaming podcast weekday on my YouTube Channel called Create Share Inspire Podcast. You can join the audience and even ask me questions LIVE! I often do a show and tell, or quick demo and I always interact with the live audience. It is a lot of fun!

You can browse through close to 1000 previously recorded episodes HERE: Create Share Inspire Podcast Playlist . Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube Channel to get reminders when the next episode airs LIVE.

I look forward to seeing what you create!

Kristin donates a portion of every sale to her charity Project Kristin Cares, which supports survivors of domestic violence. Learn more at KristinOmdahl.com/PKC 

xoxo,
Kristin