Tammy Hildebrand is a crochet designer and Vice President of the Crochet Guild of America. Her designs have been published in Interweave Crochet, Crochet!, Crochet World, Crochet 1-2-3, Unexpected Afghans, and other publications, as well as in the collections of major yarn manufacturers and distributors. She blogs at hotlavacrochet.blogspot.com and lives in Kernersville, North Carolina.