The latest issue of Crochet Today is hitting the streets! I think this is my favorite issue to date - I'm so psyched about our cover story, a collection of holiday decorations that are inspired by the kitschy christmas crochet of days gone by. We photographed the projects with a nod to Mad Men and mid-century fabulousness in general -- it was a super fun shoot with our photographer Rose Callahan and I'm really happy with how everything turned out.



I'm absolutely over the moon about this awesome crochet gingerbread house! It was designed by the talented Carolyn Christmas of Gourmet Crochet. I love how it's SO something that your grandmother would have had in her house, yet it's still totally cute today. Classic!





How bout this sparkly snowflake afghan by Kim Kotary - and I really love this shot of our cute cover girl livin' it up with her martini. You can't tell in this pic, but Don and Betty Draper are just off camera, and everyone is having a grand old time at their holiday cocktail party!





And I'm totally in love with these stockings by Lauren Osborne. They're so graphic and punchy, and I think they'd look just perfect in anyone's mid-century-inspired home, right next to the Eames rocker and Frank Lloyd Wright-esque fireplace.




Finally, I'm completely smitten by this chevron tree skirt by the fantastically creative Regina Gonzalez of Monster Crochet. I shouldn't admit this on the internet, but I've been using a depressing white sheet as a tree skirt for the past couple of years... and if this projects goes missing from our offices? Don't look at me. I didn't do it, honest!

Um, and if you come to my holiday party this year and I'm wearing a green striped dress and red stilettos, I don't know where those came from either. Merry Christmas!