Something Happy This Way Comes | Colorful Crochet Pattern | Coming Soon

A hint of something to come...

...and it's going to be fun and different than the usual

Apple Blossom Dreams fare...

Yarn: 

Scheepjes Catona

Colors: 

106 Snow White, 146 Vivid Blue, 510 Sky Blue, 205 Kiwi, 397 Cyan, 280 Lemon,

245 Green Yellow, 246 Icy Pink, 519 Freesia, 384 Powder Blue, 3885 Crystalline, 

409 Soft Rose, 100 Lemon Chiffon, 258 Rosewood, 173 Bluebell

222 Tulip, 114 Shocking Pink

Where:

Scheepjes Catona is available in a color pack of little cuties (109 of them!)

 from *Amazon by clicking here.

If you are in the US, you will receive your yarn quickly.

Stay tuned for a lot more of where this came from

and

*Apple Blossom Dreams may receive a small commission

 on purchases made via these Amazon affiliate links, 

however, it is at no additional cost to you.

Stolen Crochet Patterns | Intellectual Property Theft | Reporting Process

Please be aware of the adverts put out on Facebook and Instagram

 for my stolen designs/patterns and many other designer's work as well.

Please, please, please do not trust:

Yarnopia

Hooksopia

Private Craft

Laura's Crafting

They will sell you a stolen pattern with my logo removed, 

and then they will add on other products that you did not order. 

Your only recourse is to report the post and dispute it with your bank. 

You will not receive a reply from their contact information. 

They are also representing themselves as affiliated with Shopify and they are not.

We have been fighting this all week. 

At this point, Meta/Facebook/Instagram 

has not been helpful. 

The websites are through namecheap.com and they are registered in Reykjavík, Iceland.

A big thank you to all of you who have been sending me messages reporting

 and notifying me of these. 

I am so grateful for your love and support!

My patterns are legally available through:

Etsy, Ravelry, Lovecrafts, Wool Warehouse

Sadly, @threeloopsonthehook, has also been hit. 

She was so kind to send me the following information to help fight

these crimes:

This first link is to a search I have done for your Macaroon Blossom Pattern on Facebook Ads – prepare yourself as there are a few and each box contains multiple adverts:
 
https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active_status=all&ad_type=all&country=ALL&q=yarnopia%20macaroon&sort_data[direction]=desc&sort_data[mode]=relevancy_monthly_grouped&search_type=keyword_unordered&media_type=all
 
With regards these Facebook adverts, you will need the advert codes to report them. You can search all adverts on the Facebook advert library yourself from here in case any others are selling as the above search specifies ‘Yarnopia’:
 
https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/
 
To search the Advert Library - just put "All" in the first two drop-down boxes and then type your keywords. To find your pattern ads, I typed in "yarnopia macaroon". You can use this to search for any other advertisements for any of your other patterns that are likely to be pirated. I only have one Etsy Bestseller that they've stolen (to my knowledge) so I just put in "rainbow of stars" to see if anyone is advertising (although they are now renaming my pattern to Stellar Spectrum in their adverts as they think this will stop me finding them!). I've found several websites to take down that way before they can earn too much out of my hard work.
 
Then you need to report the adverts, Facebook intellectual property reporting page
 
https://www.facebook.com/help/contact/1758255661104383
So you can report the advertisements and the profile promoting it if you want to go that far. (It's so time-consuming and sapping of creative energy doing all this). However, reporting the ad using the three little dots doesn't do a lot, there is nowhere to explain it's an Intellectual Property/copyright issue and they will normally just respond to say the advert does not breach their rules and not remove it if you only report via the three dots on the advert – so this long intellectual reporting page is the only way to successfully get the adverts taken down.
 
I have found that Facebook can take anything between 24hrs and 8 days to respond but they have always removed the adverts reported. I would recommend you regularly search the adverts as mine are back on sale around 24-48hrs later under a different selling page name.
 
The above only deals with Facebook/Meta adverts and not the websites themselves – Yarnopia is directing your adverts to lauracrafting.com and that website is hosted by NameCheap domains. So you can report the page to them – but I have found you need to report the exact page of your pattern or they will not do anything. Namecheap's takedown form it's here:
support.namecheap.com/index.php
 
the webpage with your blanket is here:
https://www.lauracrafting.com/Blossom
 
Click on "Submit a ticket" on the NameCheap reporting page and then "Abuse Reports" (near the bottom) and that leads to the Copyright form. Keep the ticket number so you can follow up if it's still outstanding.
 
If you ever need to report a website it is worth checking who the domain provider is as these all say they are powered by Shopify but they are not a part of Shopify – another way to have us reporting to the wrong people and not getting the page removed:
https://lookup.icann.org/en
So I typed in lauracrafting.com and it showed me NameCheap is the domain host. NameCheap are a favourite of these scammers at the moment as I have reported numerous pages to them – but again keep an eye out because they will remove the page and then it will pop back up so you will need to report it again.

Well, with all that said, I will not stop fighting this nor will I stop

designing and writing!

Thank you all for your love and support!

Gratefully,

Astri

Blossom Circle Square | Crochet Pattern | Yarnsmiths Pebble Haze Yarn

 Oh, what fun it is to play with yarn and colors!

Yarn: 

Yarnsmiths Pebble Haze

Colors: 

Solids in Marble, Chrysocolla, Porphyry, Olivine, Fluorite, Lolite, 

Blue Slate, Petalite, Chalcedony, and a Print Cake in Lulworth.

Where: 

Wool Warehouse (40% off as of this writing)

Clicking here will take you to the yarn.

Pattern: 

Blossom Circle Square
Designer: 

Moi - Astri Elisabeth of Apple Blossom Dreams
Where: 

You can find the pattern by clicking on the following

Apple Blossom Dreams Shops:

Etsy

Ravelry

Lovecrafts 

Click here for an additional post on this blanket.

to you!

Warmly,

Astri

And Even More Love Nugget Sachets | Crochet Pattern | Gift Ideas

More 
"Love Nugget Sachets"

 This time they are paired with conversation hearts.

I 🤍conversation hearts. 

I 🤍 them because the words are kind and positive.
I 🤍 them because they are heart-shaped. 
I 🤍 them because they are yummy.
I 🤍 them because Scheepjes made the perfect Catona Chroma yarn to match. 

🤍 A handful of these "Love Nugget Sachets" would make the perfect gift

 for that special someone, especially if they are paired with some 

kind and positive conversation hearts. 

Some of these are the sachets and some are the hearts

 from the same pattern before they are sewn together. 

That makes them nice and flat and easily added to or in a card.

🤍 They work up easily and quickly with the help of step-by-step photo instructions

 and an exclusive video to boot!

The pattern can be found by clicking on the following 

Apple Blossom Dreams Shops:

Etsy

Ravelry

Lovecrafts

They work up easily and quickly with the help of step-by-step photo instructions

 and an exclusive video to boot!

Make them in your favorite colors to suit any occasion

 - a perfect, Valentine's Day gift, or as a heartfelt gift embellishment.

Yarn: 

*Scheepjes Catona Chroma in Meadow

is a 100% cotton fingering (Super Fine #1) weight yarn.

It can be found on Amazon by clicking here.

Additional Supplies Needed: 

Cotton balls, perfume/cologne/scented oils/potpourri,

 scissors, stitch marker, yarn needle.

Put a smile on a loved one's face with this thoughtful handmade gift

paired with a coordinating something or the other. 

*Scheepjes Catona is also available in a color pack of little cuties (109 of them!)

 from *Amazon by clicking here.

If you are in the US, you will receive your yarn quickly.

Stay tuned for a lot more love and a lot of

*Apple Blossom Dreams may receive a small commission

 on purchases made via these Amazon affiliate links, 

however, it is at no additional cost to you.

Pebble Haze Yarn | Yarnsmiths | Wool Warehouse

We are back home after a holiday down south.

 Our version of what Norwegians refer to as "syden." 

It's good to be home and back to "making."

First stop, the post office...

And when, what to my wondering eyes should appear, but this glorious package

 of the yummiest, softest yarn from the kind folks at 

Wool Warehouse.

This is Yarnsmiths Pebble Haze...one of each color of the solids.

 It also comes in prints. I have three in mind that I am going to purchase. 

I am definitely in L-O-V-E. 

These are my two favorite colors:

You can find this yarn beautiful, soft, and airy yarn by clicking here.

As of this posting the yarn is 40% off.

Now what to make???

The softest, coziest blanket ever?
or
A lovely spring sweater/jumper/cardigan/vest/dress?
or
A cuddly and squishy dream cushion?
or
Maybe a bag?

Any ideas?

Stay tuned for a suspenseful decision...

and lots of 

to you!

Warmly,

Astri

More Love Nugget Sachets | Gift Ideas | Crochet Pattern

A handful of "Love Nugget Sachets" would make the perfect gift for that special someone! 

Then how about pairing them with a tea towel, all in the name of love?

This tea towel has hearts and roses on it! 

Can you stand it??? 

Of all the places, I found it at Mrs. Backers Pastry Shop in Salt Lake City, Utah. 

I had stopped in to purchase Valentine-themed pastries for photo props,

unfortunately, the pastries didn't make it home. 

What's a girl to do when there's a fork in the bag? 

The pattern can be found by clicking on the following 

Apple Blossom Dreams Shops:

Etsy

Ravelry

Lovecrafts

They work up easily and quickly with the help of step-by-step photo instructions

 and an exclusive video to boot!

Make them in your favorite colors to suit any occasion

 - a perfect, Valentine's Day gift, or as a heartfelt gift embellishment.

Yarn: 

*Scheepjes Catona 

A cotton fingering (Super Fine #1) weight yarn.

One 10 g cutie will make 4 nuggets.

Additional Supplies Needed: Cotton balls, perfume/cologne/scented oils/potpourri,

 scissors, stitch marker, yarn needle.

Put a smile on a loved one's face with this thoughtful handmade gift

paired with a coordinating something or the other. 

*Scheepjes Catona is available in a color pack of little cuties (109 of them!)

 from *Amazon by clicking here.

If you are in the US, you will receive your yarn quickly.

Stay tuned for a lot more love and a lot of

*Apple Blossom Dreams may receive a small commission

 on purchases made via these Amazon affiliate links, 

however, it is at no additional cost to you.