About Me / Press

crochet hooksHi, my name is Anastacia, and I am a yarnaholic. I love to knit, crochet, spin & dye. I love to read, love fantasy, sci-fi, young adult, biographies, historical fiction, and history. I’m a huge Joss Whedon fan.

I’m an avid yard saler & love to go camping. I work full time as a department manager for a retail store selling seconds/odd lots/that type of thing.

I love alpaca more than I should love a fiber. Have tried to spindle spin but didn’t get very far but will try again, hopefully with a different spindle.

I’m married, and we have one wonderful cat named Wedgie – he was found stuck in a tree, unable to walk, and in bad health. After lots of love from our wonderful vets, he came home with us in January 2011. Yes, I am a crazy cat lady!

Regarding my patterns: If you are interested in using any of my designs to make items to sell, you are more than welcome to for craft shows, raffles, auctions, and the like, but please no online sales without contacting me first. Please use for charity as much as you like, but I’d love to hear from you about what you are doing and what charity you are crafting for; the same is true if you’d like to use my patterns to teach others how to knit or crochet FOR FREE ONLY – just contact me. If you want to use my patterns for a PAID class, please contact me & we can talk.Anastacia Zittel

If you like my designs & would be interested in joining CALs or KALs or doing testing for me, please join my group on Ravelry. We’re always really happy to see new members!

I’ve been interviewed / profiled:
Lucy in the Sky
Crochet Concupiscence
Crochet on About.com
All Free Crochet Afghan Patterns Designer Profile
Stitch & Unwind