The Crochet Crew is a close-knit membership community for crocheters who are ready to learn, grow, and create alongside  someone who has been doing this for 3 decades!

You love to crochet. You have projects lined up, yarn in your stash, and ideas that keep you up at night. But maybe you are working through all of it alone — figuring things out as you go, wishing you had someone knowledgeable to answer that one question that is holding you back. 

 That is exactly why the Crochet Crew exists.

This is not a pattern subscription or a video library you scroll through by yourself. This is a living, breathing community where you show up, stitch alongside real makers, and have direct access to me — Karen Whooley — every single week. In person. Live. The real thing.

Every week, Crew Members gather with me live for our Crochet n Chat. We talk technique, share what we are working on, troubleshoot the tricky bits, and sometimes we simply stitch together and enjoy the company of people who understand why we have seventeen skeins of fingering weight yarn and absolutely zero regrets. 

 Here is what makes it unlike anything else out there: I do not record it. Not because I cannot — because I will not. The Crochet n Chat is meant to be a real, live, candid conversation. When you know it is not being recorded, something shifts. People show up fully. They ask the questions they were embarrassed to ask anywhere else. They share the projects that did not quite work out. It is honest and warm and exactly the kind of community I have always wanted to build. 

 You either show up or you miss it. And trust me — you will not want to miss it.

One of my favorite things about being a Crew Member is something easy to overlook at first. Every month you stay, your personal library grows. Mini class replays, pattern companion videos, CAL recordings — all of it builds over time into something that belongs to you as long as you are part of the Crew. 

A Crew Member who has been here for a year has something a brand new member does not — a curated, growing collection of technique videos and resources that reflect exactly where her crochet journey has taken her. That is not a subscription. That is an investment in your craft that compounds every single month.

Beginning in 2027, I will host a multi-day virtual event featuring educational sessions, guest speakers, yarn company features, and more. 

Public tickets are $97 for the weekend. Crew Members get in for $47. Half price, every time. 

You also get free 30-day access to the event recordings that the public pays extra for, plus something no public ticket can buy; a private session with me before the event begins and another one after it wraps, just for the Crew. 

Do the math: your $47 event admission plus free recordings plus private sessions means your Crew membership has already more than earned its keep — before a single weekly Crochet Chat, free pattern, or mini class.

I am Karen Whooley; an award-winning crochet designer, author, and instructor. 

I have taught at Stitches West, Chain Link, Fiber Fusion NW, Interweave Yarn Fest, and yarn shops all over the country. 

I have written 27 books and designed more patterns than I can count. 

But more than any of that, I love teaching. I love that moment when something clicks and a crocheter who was frustrated suddenly feels confident and proud. That is what the Crew is built around; your growth, your confidence, and your joy in this craft. When you join the Crew, you are not getting access to a content library. You are getting access to me. Every week.

The Crochet Crew membership is $250 a year — less than $21 a month for weekly live access to me, free patterns, a growing video library, and a community of makers who genuinely get it. 

Not quite ready to commit? Come aboard for 30 days at $25 and feel it for yourself. Your trial gives you full live access to the Crew member experience. If you love it — and I believe you will — your membership continues automatically on day 30. 

Either way, there is a place on this ship with your name on it. I would love to welcome you aboard.