Kristen Mangus

Kristen is a multi-talented entrepreneur with a heart as big as Texas. She is the owner of GoodKnit Kisses whose mission is to inspire, encourage and empower people through education and design. She’s built a large and loyal online community of followers by sharing her personal passion for loom knitting, needle knitting, crochet and all things creative through YouTube tutorials, Facebook live broadcasts, blogs and pattern design. Her vision is to leave an inspired crafting world for future generations that continues to teach and reach others. She and her husband, John, have three amazing kids.

As a special treat for you; Kristen and her mom show you her favorite cupcakes from childhood! These are special & don’t need icing. The recipe is by a sweet family friend named Deedra Van Dyke of whom has given her permission to reprint and film for YouTube. Thank you Deedra! Deedra says, “We love …

Have you been wanting to make a simple baby cocoon but not sure how without a video? After far to long of putting it off I have recorded and posted a YouTube video of how to make a baby cocoon! I’ve been asked for a while and finally did it. Below you’ll find the …

GoodKnit Kisses is giving away 10,000 feet of free yarn!!! Check out my Website for details on how to enter the Granny Round Challenge! Also check out the YouTube video vlog for more. This month GoodKnitKisses celebrates our 2nd year on YouTube! We are nearing 10,000 subscribers! (Currently we’re at 9,388 as of 01/03/2013). In …

LOOM PATTERN & VIDEO ALERT! Hi everyone, I hope you’re doing well! I wanted to announce to you today that my latest pattern is up on the vivaloom.com website! It is for my Chic Retreat Cowl with a lot of visual interest and texture. There is also a LOOM ALONG VIDEO, to go …

THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK: This thought weighs heavy on me today. You don’t have to get married or have children to define you as living or “having a life”. Life does not START when you do. It saddens me when people think others HAVE to be married to define their life. Or that they are …

Ohmygoodknits! Did you hear?! Loom Knitters Circle magazine is going to shut down again. That makes me sad. The next issue will come but after December it will go away again. Be sure to show your support and buy downloads of back & current issue of this fantastic online magazine! Maybe we can rally the …

IDEA!!! Mission: Occupy Craft Stores Think of how impacting our loom knitting community could be if we all ban together to promote looming! That would be an amazing thing we could all do by going to our local Craft stores and bring some of our more unique items with looms to show to workers and …

Hi friends! I have a fun & quick Holiday project to start, loom knit with jingle bell balls inside for you!!! Use your scrap funky yarn for this and start churning them out!! 🙂 My idea for these fun decorative balls were to use them as ornaments, in a cluster hanging from a door knob …

The photo above illustrates some of the most popular loom knitting picks or hooks on the market for your tool box. Some of these are included in kits found in local crafts stores or bought online only from reputable companies. I’ve laid them out side by side and set level at the bottom to illustrate …

Kristen at GoodKnitKisses hosts International Loom Knit and Crafting Club. This is a fluid and changing CREATIVE community that is open 24/7 for YOU, the crafter in Fibre Arts! Follow GoodKnitKisses on YouTube, Twitter and especially our Facebook Group to hang with other crafters. We range from young to not as young, newbie to …