ahoy there, stitches!
I'm Laura -- your village tinkering artist. A crocheter, I also draw and dabble in photography with my smart phone as a camera. I'm inspired by history and the utilitarian nature of heritage craft.I've been crocheting for over 25 years, and while I've still much to learn, I want to share it's practicality and simplicity with others; so I'm creating simple video tutorials on Youtube & publishing them to Patreon in order to teach the craft as I myself continue learning🧶👁️🗨️
News Notes | November 1st 2026:
Due to recent pet loss, personal illness & other things behind the scenes, I'm a bit behind on my Patreon work, filming videos, creating tutorials etc. for y'all. Please bear with me as I fully recover and get back in the swing of things. Thank y'all for your patience & understanding.
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![The pieces of a pizza amigurumi [crochet toy] await assembly. They are lying in an aesthetically staged heap of crochet shapes with the yarn ends still attached and wrapped in tight circles. Underneath the pile is the honey-golden wood of my desk.](assets/images/gallery02/d2489487.jpg?v=846d5121 "Pizza amigurumi [crochet toy] in progress; although I took a break to stage it like this.")
Laura Weiller is a crocheter & artist from the Appalachian region...
Forever creative, Laura has spent years honing a variety of crafts and artistic pursuits in addition to crochet. She refers to herself as a Tinkering Artist because she could never pick just one thing to do. The world is much too fascinating for that ✨
Adopted at birth, Laura is recently in reunion with her biological siblings. She runs a Discord server created by and for adoptees seeking community with similar backgrounds.She lives with her husband of nearly 18 years and parents on a garden variety farm in the Appalachian foothills of rural Georgia in the US.In addition to crocheting, Laura creates art with pencils and ink, dabbles in photography, and has also created jewelry | friendship bracelets as a hobby since she was a teen. Her favorite things to crochet are hats, scarves, bags | baskets and amigurumis {crochet stuffed toys} 🧸.
To learn more about her personally, check out her personal site and it's Substack.
The Patreon tiers are designed with affordability and simplicity in mind. My least expensive tier offers access to my pattern drafts as well as instructional videos. My highest tier offers a little more behind the scenes, such as my photo journals and personal updates.I'm sharing basic tutorials -- how to crochet -- completely free of charge as I do not wish to gate-keep. Instructional videos will guide paid members through a pattern. Patterns shared in this manner are my own patterns and those I've found or learned for free.
| W.I.P. stands for "work in progress". My wips can often be found on: |
| Patreon where I share tutorials free of charge & hope to also share longer form video guides through full patterns for my paid members. |
| TikTok where I will cross post brief tutorials or just show off what I'm working on. |
| Youtube where I'll be sharing tutorials on a near-weekly basis and the full-pattern guides mentioned earlier. |
Definitely check out the TikTok if you're into crochet entertainment blended with a bit of real life.
November 1st, 2026: Please note that I'm currently behind in sharing content due to personal life [see the updates on the home page for more].
Most of the beginner tutorials will be in the shorts playlist on Youtube, but this video is an excellent place to start if you're a beginner crocheter.