Your Host and Keynote Speaker
So, You’ve Started a Crochet Business, Now What? The Power of Becoming ‘Boss’
Hi! I’m Pam, founder of the Crochetpreneur® Business Academy. I’m a psychotherapist turned crochet designer and business coach with a passion for helping fiber artists experience the personal and financial freedom that comes from building a profitable business.
As a creative spirit who built a bustling business doing it exactly my way – with lots of coffee, lots of adventure, and lots of roller coasters – I want to help you do the same in a way that feels perfectly right for you.
I created this summit to help you identify and implement strategies that not only feel good but work well so you can grow your profits more efficiently and turn yarn into money with confidence, purpose, and impact.
Meet Your Amazing Summit Speakers
Using Pinterest to Gain Visibility and Grow Your Crochet Business
Tonya Bush is the designer and creative force behind Nana’s Crafty Home, where she shares her love of crochet through unique and inspiring patterns since 2017. With a passion for storytelling through stitches, Tonya designs patterns that blend creativity, comfort, and whimsical charm. Tonya strives to inspire with detailed tutorials, thoughtful designs, and a warm, welcoming approach to crochet.
She resides in Kansas with her wonderfully supportive husband, their dog Loki, and their cat Lucky, while being just a short distance from their beloved grandchildren. One of her greatest joys is crafting handmade crochet gifts for her family and friends.
Whether you’re a seasoned crocheter or just starting out, Tonya’s tutorials and patterns are designed to inspire and guide you on your crochet journey.
Going viral: The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Chantal Miyagishima is the potty-mouth, purple-haired designer and owner behind Knitatude. With a specialty in size-inclusive and beginner-friendly designs, you can normally find her chatting on her Instagram stories or snuggled up with her two weiner dogs, reading a romance book.
Outsourcing and Delegation: Growing Your Crochet Business Without Burnout
Teri Houghton is a small business owner who has mastered the art of blending personal and professional growth. With a strong foundation in trust and support, she partners with clients to help them grow their businesses—all while raising her family of six.
Business-savvy and creatively driven, she excels at helping creative minds establish consistency in business operations while guiding linear thinkers to embrace intentional creativity for growth and delegation. Her unique blend of skills makes her an invaluable partner in driving business success.
The Multi-Crafter’s Guide to Building a Diverse and Sustainable Business
Lisa M Fox is the creative force and passionate designer behind Green Fox Farms Designs. Lisa has been crocheting and designing patterns since 2010. She specializes in designing amigurumi, crochet home decor, and storage patterns for guys, geeks and gamers. In her Etsy shop, she offers quirky and fun merchandise created for crocheters and knitters. As a Success Coach for Crochetpreneur Business Academy, she educates and fosters connections within the crochet community. Lisa also shares her crochet expertise through free patterns, tutorials, and other crochet content on her blog. When she’s not crocheting, Lisa spends her time gardening, reading fantasy novels, and playing tabletop games with her family. She and her husband live with their 5 children and 3 cats in central Minnesota.
Marketing Your Crochet Patterns: From Etsy to Ravelry and Beyond
Courtney is a Canadian size inclusive crochet garment designer and has had her crochet business, Tinderbox, since 2013. She is passionate about educating and empowering makers to build the the skills and confidence needed to create a beautiful, modern crochet wardrobe!
Next Steps to Success: Simplifying Your Business and Elevating Your Impact
Elizabeth Henson is the owner of Elizabeth Henson INC., founder of The Messy Success Podcast®, and The Community Growth Lab®. Elizabeth has become the go-to expert in community based marketing and leadership. She helps six and seven figure companies become pro’s at building and maintaining large communities that turn into marketing machines. Elizabeth’s signature system for building, nurturing, and monetizing communities has changed the landscape of digital marketing. She gets businesses out of the content generating hamster wheel and into relationships that leverage their authority. Elizabeth is also a BBD Plus Coach and Sales Pro for James Wedmore.
You can find Elizabeth working from home while jamming to 90s music! She loves hot yoga, and her core values are simple: To be creative and operate from her highest good, while inspiring others to do the same. Our Community Based Marketing Agency and online course is built around a unique 5 step framework that masters community building and Email marketing.
Using Passive Crochet Income to Enable a Digital Nomad Lifestyle
Tuula is a YouTuber and crochet designer based in Finland. She spends several months each year living and working in new destinations, embracing the “slomad” form of digital nomad lifestyle, extended stays in one place. This approach allows her to explore new locations while running her crochet business remotely. Tuula is trained as a textile designer and digital media teacher and has combined those skills to run a fully online crochet business. As a young adult, she lived in several European countries for 15 years and after a long career as a teacher wanted to get back to the travelling lifestyle. She now balances travel times with time spent in Finland where she has a family of three grown daughters and five grandchildren.
Transform Your Existing Skills into a Thriving Crochet Business
Hunter Mae is the owner of Mae Crochets, where she combines her love of fiber arts with her skills as a software engineer. She’s known for creating innovative tools, such as her interactive and dynamic “Mae to Measure” patterns, which allow fiber artists to customize patterns to their exact measurements.
Hunter is passionate about inspiring crochet business owners to think creatively, use their unique talents, and grow profitable, thriving businesses.
Navigating Canva with Ease: Streamlined Design & Product Creation for Crochet Business Owners
Dvorah Lansky, M.Ed., is an author, professional crocheter, and content creation specialist with decades of experience crafting high-quality printable and digital products. As the owner of Yarn Arts Press, she equips crocheters, whether they crochet for fun, gifting, or business, with thoughtfully designed templates, tools, and training. Her offerings include planners, project and material trackers, product enclosures, branding tools, and marketing resources. Dvorah’s mission is to help crocheters elevate their creations and enrich their creative journey.
Tag line Resources for Crocheters Who Create for Fun, Gifts, or Business
Save Time, Make More: Using ManyChat to Drive Sales While You Crochet
Erin is a wife, mom, nurse, and a crochet enthusiast who’s been hooked on this craft since she was a kid. At Juniper & Oakes, Erin loves hosting crochet-alongs where she help adventurous crocheters learn new stitches and techniques. Her current obsession is overlay mosaic crochet. Erin is thrilled to share what she’s learned about automating pattern & CAL sales using ManyChat.
Managing Your Life & Business at the Same Time
Hi! I am a homeschooling mom to 6 great kids ranging from 31 to 13 years old – (1 boy & 5 girls). The majority of my inspiration comes from my 5 daughters who have been supportive and encouraging on this crazy journey.
I began designing my own patterns in 2007 when a friend of mine had a baby 10 weeks premature. I spent 2 weeks looking for a preemie blanket I liked, but couldn’t find what I was looking for. So, instead I set out on a journey to create what I wanted. I realized I loved designing and have never looked back.
Hooking into Abundance: Cultivating a Prosperity Mindset for Crochet Entrepreneurs
Beth McKee Elliott, also known as Betty McKnit, is a crochet and knitting designer, instructor, community leader, and Master Somatic Movement Therapist and Educator. Her signature style, 6-Day Crochet, is showcased in the viral crochet patterns the 6-Day Kid Blanket and 6-Day Star Blanket.
Beth/Betty is passionate about designing quick, adaptable, go-to crochet and knitting projects, and is committed to being accessible to assist crafters in bringing their dream projects to life.
She specializes in Somatic Crochet and Knitting, a mindfulness practice that combines crochet/knitting with body awareness techniques to prevent injury and promote well-being and creativity in crafting.
Strategies to Increase Revenue & Create Raving Fans for Pattern Sellers
Hi y’all! My name is Chanel and I’m the amigurumi designer and crochet blogger behind cbfiberworks! I’m passionate about educating crocheters and encouraging innovation in our craft through my designs while fostering a community of kindness.
Teaching Crochet: How to Get Started
I’m a passionate crochet and sewing teacher and pattern designer dedicated to introducing people of all ages to these creative crafts. My journey began with a YouTube channel where I shared my tips and techniques. Over time, I expanded my offerings to include in-person classes and online crochet courses. My mission is to empower individuals to discover a new passion and hobby through the joy of crafting.
Your Crochet Along Roadmap: Plan, Launch and Maximise Your Profits
Lynne has worked in the heart of the knitting and crochet sector for over 15 years and is passionate about helping others enjoy the wellbeing benefits that both knitting and crochet can bring.
She left her prominent environmental career of 20 years to turn her hobby into her business and hasn’t looked back since. After venturing into the world of knitting and crochet she is now an established designer, editor and author and has written 9 popular craft books including best seller ‘Fairytale Blankets to Crochet’. Lynne has both edited and featured in many of the UK’s knitting and crochet magazines and is seen as an expert in her field.
By sharing her business knowledge, Lynne now aims to help knit and crochet business owners to build strong foundations for their business and go from flustered to focussed, so they can create a successful, profitable, and reliable business.
New-Tuber who Took the Leap
My name is Dena Whittington and I’m a retired Chief Business Official with an accounting degree from California. I now embrace life on a serene ranch in Central Arkansas, where I run my crochet business. As a lifelong crochet teacher and designer, my mission is to inspire creativity and joy through clear detailed patterns and calming tutorials. I strive to make crochet accessible, relaxing, and rewarding for everyone with projects that are quick, beautiful and functional. When I’m not crocheting, I’m outside tending to the horses and goats on the ranch. My goal is to empower others to craft with confidence, fostering a sense of accomplishment and connection – one stitch at a time.
Overcoming Fear and Getting into Action
Tammie Bennett is a certified mindset coach, podcaster, speaker, artist, and educator. She is obsessed with helping creators grow their businesses without burnout. For over 15 years, she has helped people accomplish more than they ever thought possible by teaching them to feel safe in putting their work into the world. She frequently teaches workshops for creative organizations, including the Craft Industry Alliance, Proof to Product, and Contemporary Ceramic Studios Association.
She combines her experience owning a product-based business with her B.S. In Journalism to help creators get more eyes on their work. When she isn’t laughing with her husband and three teenagers, you can find her making awkward dance moves and finding things to celebrate.
How the Crochet Blogging World Has Changed and What to do About It
Moogly is world-famous for fresh. modern, and approachable crochet designs – as well as a little knitting and crafting! On Moogly you’ll find over 500 free crochet patterns, right and left-handed video tutorials, giveaways, and more. Designer and crochet instructor Tamara Kelly is the author of Quick Crochet for the Home, and a leading industry expert.
In 2025, Moogly is leading Craftours Crochet Adventures to Scotland, and to Austria & Bavaria – and you’re invited!
WooCommerce for Creative Businesses: Build a Website That Sells
Rebecca “Bex” Inkrote is a web designer, WordPress expert, and educator for handmade business owners. She helps creative entrepreneurs expand beyond Etsy to launch their own e-commerce websites through workshops, tutorials, and a signature training program.
With an art degree in graphic design and over 14 years of web design experience, Rebecca has designed and built websites for many small businesses using a wide variety of platforms.
As a craft lover immersed in creative communities, Rebecca noticed a common struggle for handmade sellers: website design and e-commerce setup. Driven by her passion for educating and empowering business owners, Rebecca simplifies website tech and teaches handmade sellers to leverage the world’s most popular website platform to excel online!
Writing Crochet Patterns That Sell and Reduce Questions
I create confident crocheters! I do this by designing patterns, blogging, coaching and teaching virtual classes to help crocheters (and knitters) learn the techniques they need to problem-solve and think for themselves. And through tech editing and professional instruction, I help designers learn the skills they need to provide clear, correct, concise and consistent patterns. You may be familiar with my best-selling crochet books, including Around the Corner Crochet Borders and The Crochet Answer Book. And my decades of experience in the yarn industry means I have performed many roles and have a ton of knowledge to pass along!
Stitching Together a Profitable Future: How to Make Decisions That Pay Off
As a designer, I honor the simple elegance of the timeless granny square through innovative designs that every busy crafter will love crocheting.
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