Julie has been crocheting since 1996 and created I Can Crochet That back in 2020. That’s where you’ll find modern crochet and Tunisian crochet patterns for both beginners and experienced crocheters, stitch and technique tutorials, and a whole lot of crochet fun and community (details below).
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Bobble + Puff is a natural extension of this established ICCT brand.
With this new brand, we are stepping into the physical products space to create unique storage and organization products that are created BY crocheters FOR crocheters, to help make your crochet life more organized and less chaotic.
(The YARN, oh my goodness.)
Todd is leading the charge on product research and development (the “nitty gritty” stuff of communicating with manufacturers), marketing and generally working to improve operations as we grow. He has experience in building two other ecommerce brands over the past decade, so this is kind of his sweet spot.
A Little More About Julie (the important one)
I’ve been crocheting for 28 years and during that time have never once gotten tired of it and stopped.
Even when Todd and I moved into an RV with our three kids to travel full-time for nearly 1 1/2 years (2017-18), you can bet I brought all the yarn I could squeeze in there with me. Under our RV bed, I had a bucket of shoes, a bucket of winter sweaters, and two buckets of yarn.
Because priorities, right?
Todd had been nudging me for years to start a crochet blog and I resisted over and over again. Why? Probably a lot of reasons, but a few I can think of are:
- I was afraid of turning a passion into a business
- I didn’t have the confidence I could design crochet patterns
- Crochet blogging is the most challenging blogging I’ve ever done
I’ve been blogging for a living for 18+ years (hi there, I’m old) and just like crocheting, it’s something I’ve stuck with. It fits me like a glove.
And come to find out, so does blogging about crochet!
Like many, during the 2019-2020 pandemic, crocheting became something that saved me. It kept me busy and it kept my mind at ease when the world felt strange and intimidating.
And just like that, I felt ready to turn it into a business and created I Can Crochet That.
I could feel that the timing was right, so I committed 100% and found myself crocheting for 10+ hours a day, as well as dreaming about pattern ideas as I slept.
And here we are, more than four years later, and a second crochet brand is being born!
We are both very excited to be on this journey and want to thank you for joining us as we build this brand from the ground up.
Believe us, we want to hear your feedback all along the way as we develop new storage and organization products for crocheters. We will be picking your brains and finding out how to make these products perfect for your needs.
If you want to follow along and receive emails about all of the details of growing this brand (and this is where we will also be asking for your input and feedback on products), be sure to sign up for the mailing list today!
And you can check out our Amazon store and our first two products now available right here.
This is going to be a BLAST!