Hook and Needles: Knitting and Crochet Blog (cool stuff, techniques, and things I find)

I know you probably don’t want to read a long blurb about me, so here are the essentials:

Who am I?

•  My name is Alicia. Mexican by birth, Canadian by chance.

What’s my poison?

• I have been knitting since 2006.
• I knit mostly hats, scarfs, gloves, mittens and sweaters (stuff I can wear in frozen Canada).
• I have never knitted a sock, nor plan to in the near future (I’m not a big fan of tiny yarn and needles). I also don’t knit shawls. They look amazing, but can’t figure out when or why I’d wear one.
• I started crocheting in 2007. I only crochet amigurumi (stuffed toys) and hats.
• I can appreciate crocheted items, but I do prefer knitted garments (less bulky in my opinion).

What’s this blog about?

• This blog is a way to share interesting things related to knitting and crochet: techniques, patterns, weird items, etc.
• I learn something new almost every day, so I’ll be posting it here.

What’s this blog NOT about?

• I doubt anyone is interesting in the minutiae of my life and my projects, so I won’t be writing about them.
• I do have a gallery of projects in this blog, but that’s the extent of it. You can also check my profile in Ravelry (you need to have a Ravelry account, though).

How did you build this site?

• I used WordPress, and made my own theme (I’m a web designer by profession).
• For the gallery of projects I used SmoothGallery and the Ravelry API.
• You can find the Spanish version of this site at www.ganchoyagujas.com