Update on Website Shutdown

The work I plan to do before shutting down my Handcrafting with Love website at handcraftingwithlove.net is progressing in spurts, but slowly overall. Currently, all of my patterns have been copied to this blog.

Today I removed the pattern instructions on handcraftingwithlove.net and added a link to the new location on the blog on all of the pattern pages. The Ravelry pattern pages have been updated with the new locations.

I still have to copy the list of charities (which is somewhat out of date) and the charity tips pages to the blog before I shut down the website. So many other things I'd rather be doing, thus the slow progress. But the time for the website has passed.

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Long before I had a blog, I had a website. Early versions used free webpage space from my internet provider. Somewhere along the way, I named my website Handcrafting with Love. In June, 2006, I created this blog with the expectation that there would be more frequent updates than I was making on the website and that was true for a few years.

In early 2010, I acquired the handcraftingwithlove.net domain name, purchased webhosting and moved the website to its' own domain. Since then, the website has looked a lot like this:

For more than a decade, I have largely neglected the website and this blog. When my webhosting came up for renewal this year, I decided it was time to shut the website down and that work is in progress. The free patterns and charity information are moving to this blog.

You may remember that this blog had the same green appearance as the above website screenshot. I decided it was time for a fresh look.

There will be new tabbed navigation at the top of the blog which will include links to a free pattern index and the charity information. I've copied some patterns over already and should be adding the tabbed navigation soon.

Stay tuned. My contact information will change to a gmail address, so bookmark this blog so you can find and contact me if needed.