Shelby Allaho holds a degree in fashion design, and has worked as an art department director for an embroidery design firm. She has won numerous design awards, and has exhibited her crochet work and taught crochet internationally. Her designs have been published in popular crochet magazines and books such as Interweave Crochet, Inside Crochet, "Grannies" (Vogue Knitting on the Go), "100 Purses to Knit and Crochet", and "Runway Crochet". She specializes in designing crochet patterns that are unique and eye-catching, for a variety of experience levels. She enjoys promoting the art of crochet through social media and on her blog, www.stitch-story.com