About FreshStitches

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The idea for FreshStitches began in 2008 when crochet designer, Stacey Trock, noticed a distinct lack of patterns for big and cuddly stuffed animals. A handful of adorable designs later- FreshStitches was born! Since then, FreshStitches patterns have become legendary for their cuteness, detailed instructions and step-by-step photos. Using the abundance of help and information in the patterns, numerous crocheters have crocheted a FreshStitches animal as their first crochet project! ...more

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What does the number in parentheses mean in a crochet pattern?

Have you ever looked at a crochet (or knitting) pattern and wonder what those numbers at the end of the line are? Those numbers ...

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Tips for Making your Knitting/Crochet Patterns into Kits

Since I started selling amigurumi kits, I've gotten lots of questions from other designers about how to do it. And you know what ...

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Crochet Buzz: 1/22/12

Happy Monday! I've got a busy week ahead of me... but I just love starting out my week with some crochet excitement! There ...

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2012: A new year of amigurumi!

Howdy, folks! It's a new year, so I'm excited to announce that I'm rolling out some bonus super-awesome features in this year's FreshStitches ...

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Happy birthday to me! (and goodie for you!)

Happy Birthday to me! Time to celebrate! Since it's my 29th birthday, I thought it would be super-awesome to offer 29% off all FreshStitches ...

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Gettin’ ready for a birthday party!

Guess what? I have a birthday coming up! I have the privilege of having the super-awesome birthday of December 31st! Of course, now that ...

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Review of Knitting Pleats by Olga Pobedinskaya

I got a chance to peek at Knitting Pleats while at TNNA in June (a big needlework trade show), and I was instantly ...

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A new owl is born!

Do you know what my most popular pattern is? That's right... it's Nelson the Owl. Rounding out the top 10 is Russ ...

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Crochet Buzz: 12/5/11

Happy Monday! Here's a few of the latest happenings and tips from the crochet-world! Bullion Stitch Have you met this stitch before? I hadn't... and ...

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What’s holding you back from crocheting the cutest owl ever?

Nelson the Owl is my most popular pattern (because he's so adorable!)... but he's not the easiest. I know there are a ...

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