About Sophia's Crochet

Hi, I'm Sophia Mercer!

Welcome to Sophia's Crochet! I'm a crochet pattern designer, craft instructor, and lifelong yarn collector based in Portland, Maine. My grandmother taught me my very first navy-and-cream granny square inside her sunlit cottage on the coast of Maine when I was ten — and yarn crafts have anchored every season of my life ever since.

Over the years, I realized how many beginners give up on crocheting simply because traditional patterns feel cryptic or skip the tricky steps. I started SophiasCrochet.com to change that: every single pattern and stitch tutorial here is tested from start to finish, written in plain English (standard US terms), and paired with crisp, well-lit step-by-step photos.

When I'm not sketching granny square color palettes or testing amigurumi plushies in my sunlit studio, you'll find me walking along the rocky Maine harbor with a thermos of Earl Grey tea, hunting for coastal-dyed merino skeins, or sketching cable and motif charts in my linen notebook.