Name: Anna Marasco Age: 37 Location: Omaha Profession: QA Engineer Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Crochet, Sewing, paperCraft(s) Blog: http://dyedinthewoolbluestocking.blogspot.com Whenever life feels out of control, making something with my hands and simple materials is tremendously comforting. I define the scope and the success of the endeavor and I have a tangible thing to show for [...]
Name: Anne Cox-Espenlaub Age: 63 Location: Golf Manor, OH Profession: Library Services Assistant Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, Sewing, Design I taught myself to Crochet at 26 and am now teaching people in the neighborhood where I work to crochet. I was a costume designer for many years. I see my crochet as a way of [...]
Name: Annie Modesitt Age: 47 Location: St. Paul, MN Profession: Hand Knit & Crochet Designer / Teacher / Writer Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Crochet Blog: http://www.modeknit.com Crafting keeps me loving life. It’s been a hard few years – not just for me, but for many folks – but in the midsts of any pain there’s [...]
Name: Barbara Age: 32 Location: Chicago IL Profession: Industrial Designer Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, crochet, knitting, “recycling” Blog: http://www.mylittleaura.com When I just had my first baby I couldn’t look for a full time job so I started checking Craigslist for something…One day I found a person looking for knitters so I applied… the funniest part [...]
Name: Becky Brown Williams Age: 45 Location: Houston, Texas (acutally a ‘burb called Pearland) Profession: Director of Development, Big Brothers Big Sisters Craft(s) (s) of Choice: Crochet, Sewing, the occassional gourd, knitting I wish! My mom taught me how to crochet about 40 years ago. I recently picked it back up when my boyfriend and [...]
Name: Beverly Army Williams Age: 39 Location: Granby, CT Profession: College freshman composition professor and fiction writer Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, spinning, weaving, embroidery, crochet Blog: http://www.wbnm.typepad.com My Gram was an avid stitcher. She and her four sisters loved to crochet, although only one of them could read a pattern. Aunt Franny [...]
Name: Beverly Tilton Age: 45 Location: Dover Foxcroft, Maine, USA Profession: Disability Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Crocheting, Spinning Blog: http://beverlysyarncrazy.blogspot.com I have done crafts of some sort all my life, but work and other obligations always came first. So there would be big breaks in between projects. About 2.5 years ago, I became so disabled [...]
Name: Brianna Age: 29 Location: Connecticut Profession: Counselor Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, sewing, knitting, painting, photography. Blog: http://thehooknook.blogspot.com At approximately 10 years old I thought crocheting was the coolest thing in the world. Until I went to high school and realized it wasn’t “cool” at all. Then I went to college, and towards the tailend [...]
Name: Carly Age: 32 Location: Minster,Ohio Profession: Stay at home Mommy Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, crochet, scrapbooking I wanted to learn to Knit soo bad.. I bought a kit at Joann Fabics..Took it home and gave up after hours of trying to just do a SLIPKNOT!!! Pathetic i know.. About two years later took the [...]
Name: Carrie Barnhardt-Penny Age: 25 Location: Columbia, SC Profession: Homemaker and soon to be a college student again Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting and Crochet Blog: www.sadlonelycreator.blogspot.com I started crocheting almost 20 years ago one summer at my grandmother’s house. I was so hyper and so bored while I was up there my grandmother took out [...]
