How It Works
The NatCroMo Blog Tour is a fun event we host to celebrate National Crochet Month in March. We feature crochet designers and hobbyists by showcasing their designs and projects and asking a few themed questions. This year our theme is “The Crochet Concert” and we’ll talk about music (and/or other things) that inspire your creativity!
We’ll use the answers you give here to create a blog post about you, which we will publish on the Crochetville NatCroMo Blog Tour on the day you reserved on the sign-up calendar.
If you would like to read over the questions or prepare some of your written answers prior to filling out the form, you can see the questions in read-only format here.
If you need help, contact us.
Many of the questions are optional.
– Basic Info – about you/your crochet business
– Blog Tour Special – freebie/promo
– The Crochet Concert – write about music or other creative inspiration
– Intermission – a favorite crochet-related item (tool, yarn, book, etc.)
– Featured Crochet Designs – info about 3 of your designs
– Web Site / Social Media – list of your online/social media links
– Extras – space for anything additional you want to include
Required items are marked with an asterisk *
* IMPORTANT! About Your Photo Uploads *
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Section 1: Basic Info
Your Email*
Your email will be used only for Crochetville to contact you about the blog tour.
Blog Tour Date You Reserved*
If you have not yet reserved your spot on the blog tour, please go to the calendar to sign up. After signing up, you will receive an email confirmation of your reserved date.
Your Name*
(as you want it to appear on the blog tour)
First / Last
Name of Your Business
(if you have one)
Your Bio
(Doesn’t have to be long. Tell us a little about yourself/your business.)
Link: Your NatCroMo Post On Your Own Blog
ONLY post your link here if you have a blog AND you will be writing a blog post especially for your NatCroMo Blog Tour day OR a post celebrating National Crochet Month in general – that will be posted ON or BEFORE your NatCroMo Blog Tour day. (If you don’t know the exact link now, provide a link to the main page of your blog.) It’s okay to leave this blank if you don’t have a blog or if you’re not actively blogging – you can promote the NatCroMo Blog Tour on social media instead (see next question below).
Link(s): Social Media Promotion
If you are don’t have a blog, and you will instead be promoting your day on social media, please provide link(s) to your social media page(s) that you intend to use for this purpose. (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, etc.)
Link: Your Online Pattern Store
If you sell your patterns online, what is your preferred place for our readers to find/buy your patterns? (provide link)
Link(s): Your Other Online Pattern Store(s)
If you sell your patterns online, are there other place(s) online to buy your patterns that you would like to share with our readers? (provide links)
If you don’t sell your patterns online, but use traditional publishing, what are some magazines, books, etc. where our readers can find your patterns?
Required Blog Tour Eligibility Agreement*
I agree that I do not offer patterns, not for sale nor for free, in any venue in which I distribute patterns, that (a) infringe upon trademark or (b) feature unlicensed trademarked characters or (c) circumvent trademark with vague names but obvious resemblance to trademarked characters.
Photo Use Consent*
I grant permission for Crochetville to use the photos/images I upload in this form on their website, blog, and in social media for the purpose of promoting my blog tour day and to promote the NatCroMo Blog Tour in general.
Section 2: Blog Tour Special
For this blog tour/National Crochet Month, will you be giving something special to our readers? (For example: a free pattern, a free-for-a-limited-time pattern, a discount coupon, a giveaway, etc.)
Yes/No
Description: Your Blog Tour Special
If you want to offer a special, but don’t have the details now, you can simply answer “to be determined” and when you have the info ready, you can use our contact us form to send us the info.
- Description:
- Special Begin Date:
- Special End Date:
- Type of Promo (free, % off, BOGO, etc.):
- Coupon Code (if applicable):
Link for Your NatCroMo Special
If there is a link you would like to provide for your NatCroMo special, add it here. For example, you may want our readers to visit your blog to get your coupon code.
Do you have an image to go with your NatCroMo Blog Tour special?
Yes/No
Upload Image: NatCroMo Blog Tour Special
Upload a photo/image for your special. If your file size is larger than approx. 1 MB, PLEASE compress your image (or else the server may time out when you submit, resulting in data loss). Compressing is easy, quick, and free at https://shortpixel.com/online-image-compression
Section 3: The Crochet Concert
The theme of this year’s blog tour is The Crochet Concert and these questions help our readers get to know you better.
a. Is music a source of inspiration for your crochet creativity? Or do you listen to music while you crochet? If so, tell us about it. If not, what is something else that helps fuel your creative inspiration?
(Some designers may have a long answer to this, so don’t worry, if you enter links along with your text, we will format it nicely for the blog.)
b. If you answered yes to the last question, can you recommend one or two songs/pieces of music you find inspirational?
(You don’t need to answer additional songs here if you will refer to specific song(s) in the descriptions of your designs that follow.)
Section 4: Design Showcase (your featured crochet designs)
Design 1 – Opening Act (a quick or easy design)
- Design 1: Name of Design*
- Design 1: URL Link (if applicable)
- Design 1: If your design is not available online, where can our readers get it?
For example: name of book, name/edition of magazine, etc. - Design 1: Description or any info you would like to add about your design*
- Design 1: Upload Photo*
Upload a photo of your design. If your file size is larger than approx. 1 MB, PLEASE compress your image (or else the server may time out when you submit, resulting in data loss). Compressing is easy, quick, and free at https://shortpixel.com/online-image-compression
Design 2 – Showstopper (an exceptional or unique design)
- Design 2: Name of Design*
- Design 2: URL Link (if applicable)
- Design 2: If your design is not available online, where can our readers get it?
For example: name of book, name/edition of magazine, etc. - Design 2: Description or any info you would like to add about your design*
- Design 2: Upload Photo*
- Upload a photo of your design. If your file size is larger than approx. 1 MB, PLEASE compress your image (or else the server may time out when you submit, resulting in data loss). Compressing is easy, quick, and free at https://shortpixel.com/online-image-compression
Design 3 – Designer’s Choice (a design of your choice)
- Design 3: Name of Design*
- Design 3: URL Link (if applicable)
- Design 3: If your design is not available online, where can our readers get it?
For example: name of book, name/edition of magazine, etc. - Design 3: Description or any info you would like to add about your design*
- Design 3: Upload Photo*
Upload a photo of your design. If your file size is larger than approx. 1 MB, PLEASE compress your image (or else the server may time out when you submit, resulting in data loss). Compressing is easy, quick, and free at https://shortpixel.com/online-image-compression
Section 5: Intermission
Please tell us about one (or more) of your favorite crochet-related items.
(For example, specific yarn, hooks, tools, books, etc.)
Section 6: Your Web Site / Social Media Links
Where can our readers find you online?
While you may have already provided these links in your previous answers, it’s convenient for our readers to have a list of links so they can find you easily online.
- Your Web Site Link
- Your Blog Link (if different from your website)
- Your Instagram Link
- Your Facebook Link
- Your Facebook Group
- Your Twitter Link
- Your YouTube Link
- Your Pinterest Link
- Your Etsy Link
- Your Ravelry Link
- Subscribe to Your Newsletter Link
- Other Link
Section 7: Extras
If there is any other content about you, your designs, or music/crochet inspiration that you would like us to include in our blog post, please add it here. Describe:
Do you have another photo or image you would like us to add to our blog post?*
For example: your business logo, a photo of yourself, a photo of your pet, the cover of a book you have authored, or any image you would choose to promote yourself or your crochet business.
Yes/No
Upload Extra Image*
Upload an image. If your file size is larger than approx. 1 MB, PLEASE compress your image (or else the server may time out when you submit, resulting in data loss). Compressing is easy, quick, and free at https://shortpixel.com/online-image-compression
Description: Extra Image*
Description or any info you would like to add about this image
Final Instructions
If you are finished entering your answers, click the submit button below. You may also use the “Save and Continue Later” link if you need more time. After you click the submit button, allow the server time to transmit your answers. If you are not redirected to a thank-you page (where you’ll see a cute dog photo), please check your questionnaire for errors and re-submit.
If you have any questions, reply to any of the blog tour confirmation emails you received. Also, if you have any additional information, photos, etc. that you would like to include but couldn’t fit on the form, reply to any of the blog tour confirmation emails you received. Thank you!