Wednesday, March 5th Presentations
8am MT/10am ET
So, You've Started a Crochet Business, Now What? The Power of Becoming Boss
Join Pam Grice for an inspiring and actionable keynote where she’ll guide you from hobby crocheter to confident crochet CEO. Discover how to build unshakable confidence, craft a bold vision, and balance people and profits with practical strategies that hundreds of her clients have use to build their own crochet empires...and you can, too. Leave with a free Crochet CEO Starter Kit to kickstart (or give a boost to) your journey to a thriving, professional business!
9am MT/11am ET
Community Based Marketing and Diagnosing Your Next Best Step
In this session, Elizabeth Henson, a business coach and former six-figure photographer, shares her community-based marketing approach to help crochet entrepreneurs simplify growth and boost profits, drawing from her experience at the Crochetpreneur Summit and beyond. She reframes success as authenticity over perfection, urging quick decisions to focus on delivering value—whether you’re a 'Hot Mess Express' or 'Perfectionist Patty'—and outlines four key phases: branding, marketing, sales, and visibility. You’ll leave with a quiz at elizabethhenson.co/next to pinpoint your next step, plus insights on aligning your purpose, skills, and income through magnetic energy and small, purposeful actions.
10am MT/12pm ET
The Multi-Crafter's Guide to Building a diverse and Sustainable Business
In this session, Lisa Fox from Green Fox Farms Designs draws on her 12 years as a multicrafter—spanning crochet, sewing, digital art, and more—to guide crochet entrepreneurs in building a diverse, sustainable business using existing skills. She explains how relying on one revenue stream risks instability and burnout, then shows how blending crafts like woodworking or graphic design with crochet can stabilize income, reach new customers, and keep creativity alive. You’ll leave with a worksheet to brainstorm your skills, actionable steps to integrate them into your brand, and a 30-day challenge to launch a new revenue stream in just 5-20 minutes daily.
11am MT/1pm ET
Teaching Crochet: How to Get Started
In this session, Eleonora from Elendipty walks crochet entrepreneurs through the essentials of starting a teaching business, sharing insights from her experience as a Milan-born, London-based designer and instructor since 2018. She covers knowing your craft, understanding your students’ demographics and skill levels, choosing class formats—online, in-person, group, or one-to-one—and setting prices that reflect your costs and expertise. You’ll leave with practical steps to create an effective curriculum and a free Crochet Teaching Planner checklist to organize your classes, ensuring a rewarding experience for you and your students.
12pm MT/2pm ET
Save Time, Make More: Using ManyChat to Drive Sales While You Crochet
In this session, Erin Toews from Juniper and Oakes shares how crochet business owners can save time and increase sales using ManyChat’s automated marketing, drawing from her experience as a busy mom and mosaic crochet designer behind patterns like the Nordic Star and Mosaic Gingerbread Blanket. She explains what ManyChat is, why it boosts engagement and drives pattern sales, and walks through setting up a simple Instagram automation with triggers and keywords—debunking myths about it being tacky, costly, or complex. You’ll leave with a practical way to streamline customer interactions and a free crochet-themed automation template from her Crochet Besties newsletter to kickstart your own profit-focused setup.
1pm MT/3pm ET
Using Passive Income to Enable a Digital Nomad Lifestyle
In this session, Tuula from Finland, a crochet designer and YouTuber broadcasting from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, shares how to blend a digital nomad lifestyle with a crochet business. She defines digital nomads as workers who travel—full-time, part-time, or seasonally—and explains why crochet fits perfectly, from designing and blogging to running virtual events, all doable anywhere with planning. You’ll learn key traits like flexibility and resourcefulness, practical tips for starting small, managing costs, and integrating travel into your content, plus get a PDF of her top six tips to kickstart your nomad journey without burnout.
2pm MT/4pm ET
How the Crochet Blogging World Has Changed and What to do About It
In this session, Tamara Kelly of Mooglyblog.com, with over 12 years of crochet blogging experience, explores how the craft blogging landscape has evolved—from intimate journals to algorithm-driven businesses—and offers strategies to adapt and thrive. She covers the shift from simple sharing to a crowded, trend-driven space shaped by social media, monetization debates, and audience expectations, then shares practical tips: find your niche, embrace video, prioritize quality, diversify income, master SEO, and build community. You’ll leave with insights to navigate oversaturation, maintain passion, and grow sustainably, staying true to your unique voice in a changing digital world.
3pm MT/5pm ET
Stitching Together a Profitable Future: How to Make Decisions That Pay Off
In this session, Debbie from Madame Stitch shares lessons from her journey as a crochet designer and CEO, offering a framework to make decisions that boost profitability and align with long-term goals. She explains how seeking community, setting measurable goals, reviewing progress, saying no, and shifting mindset from doubt to confidence can transform your business, drawing from her own shift to consistent profits. You’ll leave with practical steps to cut through isolation and uncertainty, plus a free checklist to guide your next moves toward a thriving, sustainable crochet venture.
4pm MT/6pm ET
Transform Your Existing Skills Into a Thriving Crochet Business
In this session, Hunter Mae from May Crochets reveals how crochet entrepreneurs can turn existing skills—like her software engineering background—into a thriving business, sharing her journey as a full-time coder and creator of made-to-measure patterns. She explains how interactive, size-inclusive patterns and a service converting other designers’ work into dynamic PDFs became unique income streams, then offers examples like video editing, photography, or teaching to spark ideas for your own talents. You’ll leave with steps to identify your skills, brainstorm solutions to crochet community challenges, and test new offerings, making your business stand out without copying others.
5pm MT/7pm ET
Hooking into Abundance: Cultivating a Prosperity Mindset for Crochet Entrepreneurs
In this insightful presentation, discover a somatic approach to building an abundance mindset that boosts profitability and well-being for crochet entrepreneurs, led by an expert in mindful fiber arts. You’ll explore how shifting from scarcity to abundance—using practical tools like the 'face and replace' technique—can transform negative self-talk into confidence, creativity, and resilience, directly impacting your business success. By the end, you’ll gain actionable steps and somatic practices to feel good now, fostering a prosperous mindset that attracts opportunities and enhances your entrepreneurial journey.
Thursday, March 6th Presentations
8am MT/10am ET
Navigating Canva with Ease: Streamlined Design & Product Creation for Crochet Business Owners
In this session, D'vorah Lansky from Yarn Arts Press guides crochet business owners through using Canva to simplify design and product creation, covering its key features and tools like templates, fonts, and AI capabilities. She shares practical ways to apply Canva—think social media graphics, printable tags, planners, and marketing materials—while offering tips to streamline workflows and keep projects organized. You’ll leave with action steps to start designing, plus a free guide, '21 Ways to Use Canva to Boost Your Crochet Business,' to spark ideas and grow your brand efficiently.
9am MT/11am ET
Strategies to Increase REvenue & Create Raving Fans for Pattern Sellers
In this practical session, Chanel, the amigurumi designer behind CB Fiberworks, shares proven strategies to boost revenue and turn customers into raving fans by adding unique digital products to your crochet pattern business. Drawing from her journey of publishing over 40 patterns and a Harry Potter crochet book, she reveals how free, supplemental, and paid digital offerings—like care tags, coloring pages, and project planners—elevate customer experience and diversify income. By the end, you’ll learn how to leverage your niche, skills, and ideal customer insights to create standout products that drive sales and loyalty, with a free PDF resource guide to get you started.
10am MT/12pm ET
Writing Crochet Patterns That Sell and Reduce Questions
In this session, Edie Eckman, a crochet and knitting designer with over 30 years of experience and author of books like "The Crochet Answer Book," shares how to craft crochet patterns that sell consistently and cut down on customer questions. She breaks it into three parts—concept (the idea), execution (making it), and communication (writing it)—urging you to design what you’re good at, use best practices, and take detailed notes, then write clearly, consistently, concisely, and correctly with photos, charts, and schematics. You’ll get a free Canva pattern template, a worksheet to refine your process, and a discount on her $95 Crochet Pattern Writing Workshop to boost your skills and confidence."
11am MT/1pm ET
Managing Your Life and Business at the Same Time
In this session, Kristine from Ambassador Crochet shares her journey as a mom of six and crochet designer since 2007, offering a practical system to balance family life and a small business without burnout. She explains why rigid methods like time blocking and the Eisenhower Matrix didn’t work for her chaotic life, then introduces her 'to-do list planning' approach—using one planner to combine personal and work commitments with flexibility for interruptions. You’ll leave with steps to map out your week, prioritize what matters, and adapt to surprises, plus a look at her two-in-one planner designed for work-from-home parents to streamline both worlds.
12pm MT/2pm ET
New-Tuber who Took the Leap
In this session, Dena Whittington, the visionary behind Heritage Hooks and Hoops, reveals how she built a brand new YouTube channel with 100 crochet videos in just nine months, reaching 5,000 unique viewers from her small Arkansas town. She shares actionable strategies for leveraging YouTube’s 2.5 billion users to gain free exposure, establish expertise, and create revenue streams through tutorials, shorts, and live videos—using only a smartphone and minimal equipment. By the end, you’ll be equipped with practical tips and a personal checklist to launch your own channel, transforming your craft into a global passion-driven platform.
1pm MT/3pm ET
Overcoming Fear and Getting Into Action
In this session, mindset coach Tammie Bennett shares a practical tool rooted in cognitive behavior therapy to help creatives overcome common fears like failure and procrastination that stall their businesses. Using her C-T-F-A-R model, she shows how shifting thoughts about challenges—like releasing new crochet patterns or writing newsletters—can turn dread into action and lead to better results. You’ll leave with a simple framework to rewire your brain, boost confidence, and get back to growing your creative venture with less stress.
2pm MT/4pm ET
Going Viral: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
In this session, Chantal from Knititude walks you through the realities of going viral—drawing from her experience with over 20 viral moments, including a reel that hit 39.7 million views for her sweater scarf design. She covers the upsides like increased views, followers, and sales, alongside the downsides like harsh comments, burnout, and copycats, offering practical steps to capitalize on the momentum and protect your mental health. You’ll leave with a clear understanding of how to navigate the aftermath of viral success, turning a fleeting spike into lasting growth for your crochet or knitting business.
3pm MT/5pm ET
Outsourcing and Delegation: Growing Your Crochet Business Without Burnout
In this session, Terri Houghton, an operations expert with a background in accounting and virtual assistant services, shares how outsourcing and delegation can grow your crochet business without burnout. She explains the overwhelm of juggling tasks solo—marketing, customer service, shipping—and how holding onto everything caps your potential, drawing from her own ebb-and-flow experience managing a VA team. You’ll learn to pinpoint tasks like social media or bookkeeping for delegation, find help through platforms like Fiverr or local contacts, budget smartly, and shift your mindset to trust others, with a free Seamless Support Guide at the link below to streamline the process.
4pm MT/6pm ET
WooCommerce for Creative Businesses: Build a Website That Sells
In this session, web designer Rebecca Inkrote, with 14 years of experience and a knack for teaching creatives, guides you through building a WooCommerce website that sells for your crochet or handmade business. She explains why owning a site beats relying on Etsy—control, brand value, and stable growth—then covers five key strategies: design, user experience, conversion, content, and tech setup. You’ll learn the three core website components (domain, hosting, platform), steps to launch WooCommerce on WordPress, and how to pick the right platform, plus get a free blueprint worksheet at bexmarie.com/cbs to plan your site with confidence.
Friday, March 7th Presentations
6am MT/8am ET
Using Pinterest to Gain Visibility and Grow Your Crochet Business
In this session, Tonya Bush from Nana’s Crafty Home, a crochet designer since 2017, shares how to harness Pinterest to grow your crochet blog’s traffic and business. She explains Pinterest’s power as a visual search engine—unlike fleeting social media—offering evergreen reach through optimized pins, boards, and keywords, then walks you through updating your profile, crafting eye-catching pins with Canva, and scheduling via Tailwind for consistency. You’ll leave with a six-week Pinterest Traffic Growth Challenge worksheet, plus strategies to fine-tune your SEO, lean into seasonal trends, and mix new and old content for steady, long-term results.
7am MT/9am ET
Your Crochet Along Roadmap: Plan, Launch, and Maximize Your Profits
In this session, Lynne Rowe, a knitting and crochet designer with over 15 years of experience, walks you through planning, launching, and profiting from a crochet along (CAL) to grow your business. She explains why crocheters love CALs—community, skill-building, and stash-busting—and how they boost visibility, loyalty, and revenue through tiered offerings like patterns, bundles, kits, or eBooks. You’ll get a step-by-step roadmap covering audience targeting, project scheduling, pre-launch marketing, live engagement, and post-CAL review, plus a free workbook at knitcrochetcreate.co.uk to map out your own profitable CAL.
8am MT/10am ET
Marketing Your Crochet Patterns: From Etsy to Ravelry and Beyond
In this session, Courtney from Tinder Box walks you through marketing crochet patterns across platforms like Etsy, Ravelry, and beyond, drawing from her experience as a Canadian designer of size-inclusive garments since 2016. She covers essentials like niching down, knowing your audience, and optimizing listings with SEO, alongside four key places—sales platforms, email, social media, and search engines—and six actions to boost visibility and sales. You’ll leave with practical steps to refine your strategy, retain customers, and automate tasks, plus a free launch checklist to streamline your next pattern release.
9am MT/11am ET
Planning for Productivity: Kicking of Implementation Day with Strategy and Intention
Get ready to turn inspiration into action in this hands-on session, where you’ll take the ideas sparked from the Crochet Business Summit and, with the power of AI as your co-pilot, transform them into clear, actionable plans tailored to your crochet business. Together, we’ll break down your goals, schedule them on your calendar, and set you up to implement with intention—ensuring your momentum doesn’t fade but fuels real change!
Live Sessions
10am MT - 5pm MT
12pm MT - 7pm MT
Implementation Day
Join us for a dynamic finale to the Crochet Business Summit where inspiration meets action! After our Planning for Productivity session, we’ll hop on Zoom for three live sessions: a networking call to connect with fellow crochetpreneurs, a co-working session to tackle your action plans together, and a hot seat coaching call with Pam Grice for personalized guidance. We’ll cap the day with the exciting announcement of the Crochetpreneur Business Academy scholarship winner, followed by Pam’s masterclass, 'Seven Secrets Profitable Crochetpreneurs Know: My 3-Step Framework for Outrageous Crochet Business Profits,' before swinging open the doors to the Crochetpreneur Business Academy—your step-by-step roadmap to sustainable profitability, complete with coaching, resources, and a vibrant community for artisan entrepreneurs ready to level up. Then, we'll wrap things up with our summit closing call and Grand Prize giveaway winner. Don't miss it!
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