Welcome to cRAfterChick.com!
My name is Niki and I have Rheumatoid Arthritis among a flurry of other medical issues. Most people online know me from my online community, RA Chicks: Women with Rheumatoid Arthitis which this crafty blog’s title is a play on those words meet craft. Dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis can be hard but one thing I won’t let it take from me is my crafting. I am 38 now and live in Clearwater, Florida with my fiance and 4 Pomeranians. I’ve been blessed with some wonderful nephews and nieces that I love making things for.
As you flip through my patterns, all free, I hope you enjoy them and feel free to share. I have love for many thinks geeky, cute, educational for my mother the teacher’s classroom and just fun to lift the spirits of those around me.
I am all about crochet right now and wanted a place to share my projects and patterns that I make along the way with you all. I’m definitely no professional.
All my patterns here at cRAfterChick.com are free for your use. All I ask is that if you want to sell items made from patterns or share on your website that you give me credit for the pattern or any pictures you share.
I do hope you like some of my designs. Please feel free to try them out and let me know what you think. Please keep in mind I am in the US, these are US stitches and I am working on updating old patterns on site as my health allows at this time since my break in crochet had an absence from this project. Once I catch up, I have some amazing new projects and patterns to add in a new direction which I can’t wait to share.
Happy crafting! <3
*Due to health issues, cRAfterChick has been absent for a long length of time as I have been unable to crochet let alone muster energy to dedicate to this blog. Finally getting health under control where I am able to crochet again so hoping to update site, edit old patterns for you all and get new patterns up with work I have been creating. Thank you for your patience and understanding.*
I’m so glad I found your site. My daughter’s new last name is”Ham” and I can hardly wait to get started on Three Little Pigs beanies for her and her husband. What fun!! Love your patterns, you are so creative! I’ve added you to my favorites. Thank you for sharing. Rosemary
Thank you Rosemary 🙂 I just started this a few months ago and I’m happy to share my crocheting addiction with everyone.
Thank you for the wonderful beanie pattern, so easy to do and instructions are really clear, I’ll be making many more for my family !
I just finished one of your beanies, so quick & easy to make! I used to be able to make items without a pattern, I am no longer able to do that. Thank you so much from a Granny, who loves to sew for her little ones!
Thank you <3 This means a lot to me. 🙂 I hope you like the new patterns I am writing now too.
Do you have instructions for a yoga hat for a 5 yr. old? Thank you!
Hi Carol. I actually am currently writing patterns for all sizes for several slouchy hat designs. 🙂 Easy ones of course. I’m in process of typing up a bunch of new patterns too.
Hi Nikki,
My name is Patty, I two have RA along with other things which seem to go along with it. Like you I love love to craft. I have a terrible time with my hands sometimes but, it doesn’t stop me. Email me sometime and me can give each other support. Thank you so much for the patterns. Love them!!!!!
Hi Patty and thank you. Sorry I missed this lovely message before. I hope this finds you well. <3 (((pain-free internet hugs)))
Hi Niki,
I too have RA but I was your age when I was diagnosed. I have a major love for crochet and knitting. I made your Hello Kitty hat for my great niece.
Thanks for sharing,
Chris
Thank you Crystal. I would love to see how your hat turned out. 🙂 It’s nice to meet you. <3
Hi
I am making a craft directory, here is my link dcrafterscorner.blogspot.com . I am asking the permission to post links to your free projects or patterns. I will add a description and a photo.
Thanks in advance.
Sorry for late reply. I would love to be included in your directory. I just ask that the pattern instructions not be duplicated but you may use pictures, titles and links if that’s ok. 🙂 You can email me directly at
ni*********@ya***.com
for my personal email account if you have any questions.
Hi. I found your site while I was browsing for angel wings patterns. I am so amaze with your works and your generosity! Thank you for sharing all of these patterns! You are an awesome crafter! May you be blessed! ?
I have fibermyalgia and am currently waiting for blood work results to determine if I have RA and/or lupus. I have been crocheting since I was a small child. I turned 36 a few months ago. I worry what the diagnosis of RA and/or Lupus will do to my ability to crochet. I don’t read patterns but I do create them. Do you have any tips or good advise for a fellow crocheter possibly facing the trials that comes from this illness and our ability to do our craft?