Get To Know a Crocheting TikTok Influencer Who Went Viral With Her Pandemic Pastime

Long before her crochet book hit shelves, Liv Huffman was a well-known TikTok creator because of her outstanding makeup skills. The Los Angeles resident regularly showcases looks ranging from fantasy and horror to costume, retro and glam. She has also been known to use her eyebrows as a blank canvas, turning them and her forehead into works of art like Van Gogh's Starry Night.

In 2020 Liv began crocheting to pass the time during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, and she went viral after she re-created the iconic Harry Styles’ JW Anderson patchwork cardigan. The self-taught crocheter then turned her pandemic hobby into her debut book, Contemporary Crochet: 35 super-easy garments and accessories.

Contemporary Crochet offers 35 patterns for skirts, tops, shorts, pants and accessories — all made by crochet. Liv included a 14-page guide at the back of her book for beginners to understand the tools, techniques and terms needed for their crochet creations.

The Funny Hat, featured on the cover, comes together quickly by crocheting two striped squares and then sewing them together. Each pattern in the book provides information on how much yarn is needed, what size of crochet hook to use, and instructions on constructing and finishing the garment or accessory. Most of Liv's creations begin with a simple crocheted square.

Liv did all her own makeup and styling for the photos in her book. “Beauty and fashion are my true passions," she says. "So I really wanted it to feel like a wholehearted representation of myself.”

Liv took up crocheting as a hobby and lost interest long before she saw this now-iconic look: Harry Styles in a JW Anderson patchwork cardigan during a soundcheck on the Today Show in February 2020. “It wasn’t until early 2020, during the lockdown, that I really got back into it because I desperately needed some kind of outlet — I think that's what made me stick with it the second time around.”