Meet Your Host
Hi, I’m Beth McKee Elliott aka Betty McKnit
I’m a crochet designer, instructor and community leader, best known for the viral 6-Day Star Blanket and my signature style, 6-Day Crochet.
I’m also a Master Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator, and I bring my love of crochet together with my expertise in body-mind awareness to bring you this self-care experience to help you crochet longer, safely, with greater joy and intention, and in community.
Pam Grice
Crochet as Identity: Who You Become When You Create
Pam Grice is a crochet designer, business mentor, and psychotherapist who believes creativity has the power to shape not only what we make — but who we become. Through her design brand, Made with a Twist, Pam creates modern, approachable crochet patterns that invite makers into confidence and calm. Through Crochetpreneur, she coaches crochet business owners to build sustainable, aligned businesses rooted in clarity, resilience, and purpose.
With a background in psychology and a deep love for art and crafting, Pam weaves together emotional well-being, identity growth, and creative practice in a way that feels grounding and empowering. She’s passionate about helping makers to build personal, financial, and spiritual well-being through crochet and wholehearted living.
Lauren McElroy
Mindfulness meditation, creative alignment meditation
Lauren is a multidisciplinary fiber artist weaving spiritual and creative practices. Lauren is a guide helping people to connect to their own intuitive and creative wisdom.
They have been published in interweave knits, vogue knitting, making magazine, spin off magazine, Ply magazine knitstrips interactive knitting, and was a season 7 Knitstar. They have exhibited their work a many art galleries and, and has been awarded a fellowship and residency at craigardan.
Erin Toews
Stitch by Stitch: How Crochet Became My Lifeline Through Grief and Motherhood
Erin Toews is the crochet designer and educator behind Juniper & Oakes, where she specializes in overlay mosaic crochet and helping crocheters build confidence with colorwork. Through crochet-alongs, patterns, and online events, Erin creates welcoming spaces for makers to grow their skills and find joy in the creative process. She believes crochet is more than a hobby - it can be a steady anchor during life’s hardest seasons.
Elizabeth Okeyele-Olatunji
Craftivism and Teaching children to Create Changes.
Elizabeth Okeyele-Olatunji is a fiber artist, educator, author, and Chief Imagination Officer of Tunnizze Creation. Passionate about preserving and passing on needlecraft traditions, she designs innovative knitting and craft education programs that empower children, educators, and communities. Through her work, Elizabeth uses knitting and sewing as tools for creativity, confidence building, emotional wellbeing, and cultural storytelling. She is the author of Knitting ABC, 22 patterns for the young to explore,co-author of Crafting Minds, advocating for fiber arts as meaningful learning experiences in schools and beyond. Her mission is to inspire imagination, nurture creativity, and connect generations through the joy of handmade craft.
Kathryn Vercillo
Guided creativity exercises for crocheters drawn from my book Hook to Heal!
Kathryn Vercillo is a writer-artist-researcher who explores the complex relationship between art and health with particular focus on the healing powers of crochet. She is the author of Crochet Saved My Life: The Mental and Physical Benefits of Crochet and Hook to Heal!: 100 Crochet Exercises For Health, Growth, Connection, Inspiration and Honoring Your Inner Artist - work that's been cited in academic research about the power of craft and materials that have been used by therapists, teachers and healers in varied settings including rehab centers, prisons and classrooms. Kathryn has written for numerous online and offline crochet/craft publications over the years including 8 years writing the monthly column Crochet Heals for Happily Hooked Magazine. She is the display coordinator of the NorCal arm of the Liberty Crochet Mural (a nationwide craftivism project) and she created Mandalas for Marinke (a global collaborative project raising awareness about depression, suicide and crafting to heal). Her crochet art has been in exhibitions including 2025 displays at CCA Playspace and International Fiber Arts XII at Sebastopol Center for the Arts. Kathryn lives in San Francisco, CA with her partner, her large pups, and more large granny square blankets than any one person should own.
Amanda Woodbury
The Mindful Hook Method: Using crochet as an Intentional Healing Tool (The Creative Journaling Experience)
Amanda Woodbury is the founder of The Mindful Hook, where she helps women use crochet as a powerful tool for mindfulness, emotional wellness, and personal growth. As a certified crochet instructor and mindset coach, she empowers makers to build skill, confidence, and calm through intentional creativity and guided crochet experiences.
Ana Figueiredo
More Than a Hobby: How Crochet Brings Calm and Strength to Everyday Life
Ana is a crochet designer and the founder of Little Crochet Farm, where she shares free amigurumi patterns with a warm and engaged community of crocheters.
Through her designs, she helps women create meaningful handmade pieces for their children, grandchildren, loved ones, and for themselves. Her community includes retired women, stay-at-home moms, and busy professionals alike. Though their lives look different, they share one thing in common: crochet offers them a steady moment of calm, purpose, and reconnection with themselves in the middle of everyday life.
For Ana, crochet became more than a hobby. During challenging seasons, it turned into a quiet anchor, something steady she could return to each day. Today, she shares simple, practical ways to experience crochet not just as a craft, but as a grounding practice that supports emotional balance and well-being.
Nichola Griffiths
From Stash Stress to Soulful Stitching
Hi, I'm Nichola - the designer behind Elimee Designs. I specialise in colourwork blanket patterns for adventurous crocheters. My designs focus on clear guidance and supportive structure, helping crocheters build skills while creating a calm, enjoyable making experience.
Huipei Zhang
Finding Your Crojo Again
Gentle Ways to Reignite Creative Joy
Hi, I’m Huipei, the crochet designer behind Pocket Yarnlings. I’m also a practicing family physician and a mom of two little ones who inspire many of the characters and stories I create. Crochet started as a creative outlet for me — a way to unwind and make something joyful with my hands. Today, I design amigurumi characters inspired by everyday family moments, turning small memories into handmade stories and playful creations.
Kirsten Joel
From Chaos to Calm: Build a Daily Crochet Practice that Works
Originally from Los Angeles, Kirsten moved to Charleston, SC, with her husband and quickly planted roots. Even though she has since moved back to Southern California, she started her family in Charleston and will always feel connected to the marsh & sea that inspire her pieces. She designs versatile knit & crochet pieces that keep up with everyday life. Her patterns strike the perfect balance between comfort and intrigue; the pieces that you will reach for and cherish for years to come. She loves working with wool, silk, cotton, and linen in classic, neutral colors.
Marie Segares
Crafting with Intention - Positive Psychology
Marie Segares is the Proprietress of Underground Crafter. Marie shares crochet, knitting, and sewing patterns, crafty tutorials, recipes, and more creative inspiration on her blog. She also hosts virtual make alongs throughout the year. You may be wondering about the Underground Crafter name. Marie isn't part of a secret society of crafters (though that would be pretty cool), but she got her start crocheting and knitting underground while commuting on New York City's subway system. These days, she commutes above ground via bus in Burlington, Vermont.
Kari Lawton
The Power of Positive Crochet in Correctional Settings
Hello! I’m a crochet instructor and community‑builder who is passionate about creating spaces where people feel seen, supported, and connected. Teaching crochet to the men at a minimum‑security prison has become one of the most meaningful parts of my life- it genuinely fills my spirit to witness how the practice brings them calm, mindfulness, and a sense of belonging. I also bring this same heart for community to The Yarny Social, the crochet conference I organize in Boise, where creativity, connection, and a welcoming atmosphere shape every part of the experience.
Salena Baca
Criticism 101: How to Handle Negative Comments, Bad Reviews, and Rejection
I picked up a crochet hook at age 5 — and honestly, I’ve never put it down. Since 2009 I’ve published over 500 patterns, authored 17 crochet books (including Crochet NOW: A Beginner's Guide to Essential Stitches and Techniques), taught 2 courses with Craftsy, and launched the American Crochet Association. My goal is to help pass crochet to the next generation in better hands than we found it. If you love crochet as much as I do, let’s reach our goals together!
Agat Rottman
How to Crochet Different Stitches from Corner to Corner
My name is Agat, I named my business after my nickname, which my family and friends are still calling me by. I live in Haifa, a city in Israel near the Mediterranean sea with my husband and our 2 daughters.
I love designing modern crochet patterns, my specialty is designing unique and different stitches in corner-to-corner method, which spares you the long beginning chain!
Helen Wilkinson
Break the Cycle: Releasing Comparison and Burnout to Rediscover Confidence in Your Crochet Journey
Helen is the crochet designer and educator behind Sunflower Cottage Crochet, where creativity meets calm. She designs mindful, texture-rich patterns that invite crocheters to slow down, settle into the rhythm of their stitches, and enjoy the process just as much as the finished piece. Through her teaching, Helen gently encourages makers to build confidence, trust their hands, and embrace crochet as a grounding, restorative practice—because sometimes, a bit of yarn and a hook can do wonders for the soul.
Mishra Keller
Intro to MELT Method: Heal Your Hand Pain From Crocheting
I’m Mishra Keller, a crochet artist and holistic wellness coach dedicated to blending creative expression with healing. Through teaching crochet and MELT Method techniques, I help women heal chronic pain and embrace Creative Wellness. I also host NutrisultsCommunity, where women connect and grow together through restorative practices and creativity.
Deb Ward
The Emotional Roller-coaster Of Colour - How to Choose the Right Colours To Enhance Your Mood and Your Making!
Crochet designer behind Hookanory. Deb trained in Textile Design specialising in machine knitting and was an Art, Textiles and Photography teacher for over 10 years. She also has, in past incarnations, had her own streetwear label and co-owns a handmade geeky clothing business with her partner Scott in Bournemouth Uk. She took up the hook around 8 years ago to help combat PTSD and has never looked back!
She is a fan of all things retro and loves to design fun, cute and quirky makes inspired by her vintage collections. Her work usually involves some form of colour-work, whether that be a cute amigurumi or a complicated tapestry crochet bag or more recently crochet wall art. Her favourite colour is every, any, and all, and is a subject she has endless enthusiasm for! Her work has been published in Simply Crochet Magazine, Crochet Foundry Magazine and The Knitcraft website, and has been at guest speaker at the Mosaic Crochet Summit 2025 with her presentation workshop on colour theory in crochet. When She’s not juggling mum-life, crochet design, and sewing, you can find her down at the family beach hut after a bracing sea dip chilling out with a hook and a cuppa!