Author: Tiffani

Thank you for stopping by! I have been a freelance writer since 1996. My essays and articles have appeared in all kinds of cool places, like Yahoo! News and Pennsylvania Magazine. My prose and poetry has been in Toe Good Poetry and The Feminine Collective. I am the author of two novels, a novella, several short stories, and one nonfiction book on freelance writing. I love vintage books, old movies, crochet (sometimes, knitting), good coffee (especially if it comes from Hava Java Cafe' in Allentown, PA), and writing. I'm always writing, which is how you got here in the first place. You followed my words from some other place to here. Thanks for that! I see characters and plots in true stories and everyday people. I teach English, ESL and crochet and a local community college and online. And if this sounds a little like yourself, make yourself at home here. Share your thoughts and opinions. Your art and your words. Everyone is welcome here, but comments are modified, and if you're a jerk, you're out.

Pattern Work

by Tiffani on April 13, 2021 in Crochet • 0 Comments

Needle Arts for Sanity

by Tiffani on April 12, 2021 in authors, Crochet, friendship, inspiration for needlework, knitting, women, writing • 2 Comments

When I think of her today, this is how I pray for her–that she will find joy and see the light where I believe she often sees only boredom and struggle. She often complained about things I hadn’t even noticed or ever thought of. Perhaps, she’s simply a deeper thinker than I. There’s something hidden away about her, or was. She smiled a lot, but she could turn furious on a dime and go cold at the strangest things.

A mid-week rest with coffee, Galway wool, and sunshine.

by Tiffani on April 7, 2021 in Crochet • 0 Comments

Netflix and Knots

by Tiffani on April 2, 2021 in Crochet, movie reviews, Patterns, tiffanilynnecrochet • 2 Comments

If I have a long project I’m working on, I knit or crochet in front of the TV or listening to an audiobook. Two years ago, I did a Friday film review series. I want to reprise that, adding a quick pattern with each review. What do you watch when you have a lot of crocheting or knitting to do?

The V-Stitch Blanket: A free pattern

by Tiffani on March 30, 2021 in Crochet, free patterns, tiffanilynnecrochet • 0 Comments

I know that I’ve promised a lot in the last year, but let’s just blame my time constraints on the pandemic, okay? Whether or not my busy life has anything to do with that is a discussion for another time. 😉 To make up for my lack of productivity, however, I’m adding a very simple, bare-bones, crochet pattern for you…

Dropping this free pattern today. It’s super easy and fun to do.

by Tiffani on March 30, 2021 in Crochet, free patterns • 0 Comments

Part and Parcel

by Tiffani on January 24, 2021 in Crochet, knitting, tiffanilynnecrochet • 0 Comments

Did you get confused by the new website name? I figured “A Good Yarn” explains the writer/maker bit pretty well. The web address is still the same, tiffanilynnecrochet.com. It’s been quite a four years in America, hasn’t it, friends? How did you cope? I knitted, crocheted, wrote, published, taught, took a lot of walks with my dog, took naps with…

A New Year, A New Hope

by Tiffani on January 4, 2021 in Crochet, crochet sweaters, grandmothers, knitting, love, memories, women, writing • 2 Comments

Happy New Year, pals. Yes, the pattern book is still on the burner, but as you know, we are all just climbing out of the remains of 2020, hoping for a much better 2021. Right now, at least in the United States, the coronavirus is still raging and has taken a good many lives and livelihoods. I would be telling…

Book Update

by Tiffani on October 4, 2020 in Uncategorized • 0 Comments

Dear pals, I’ve been dealing with some health issues, so the pattern book has been pushed back to December. It should be available then, and I will continue to updatw everyone soon. Thanks for your patience. I hope everyone is enjoying autumn. What are you all working on.

Memories

by Tiffani on August 28, 2020 in family, knitting, memories • 0 Comments

I woke up this morning really missing my aunt, who passed away suddenly in June. I feel like, when I knit (but only with good yarn), I’m talking to her. I think about my childhood in Oregon and California and how much I miss the Pacific Ocean, the Redwoods, the Cascades, and I remember that the last time I was…