Name: Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten Age: 38 Location: Rockaway, NJ Profession: Seach Engine Optimization Analyst Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, Yarn Spinning, Needle Felting, Wet Felting Blog: http://thefiberforum.com Since I was a child, I always wanted to learn to crochet. My grandmother tried to teach me, but like most children, I didn’t have the required attention [...]
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: Jenessa Keller Age: 28 Location: Meadville, Missouri Profession: Day Care provider and full-time Masters student Craft(s) of Choice:: Spinning, Dyeing, Knitting, and Crochet Blog: http://www.myfairyarn.artfire.com During my senior year of college I was the lone person left (or so it seemed) in my tiny little college town during Thanksgiving break so I went off [...]
Name: Jenna Zeidler Age: 27 Location: Champaign, IL USA Profession: Assistant Librarian at a software company Craft(s) of Choice: Oh, I dabble in so many things! Knitting, thread crochet, sewing/quilting (So much faster than knitting! Knitting is like making your own fabric and then creating something out of it while sewing seems one step ahead [...]
Name: Jenny Bannock Age: 34 Location: Connecticut Profession: Adult Education Secretary, Knitting & Spinning teacher, & Yarn Small Business Owner Craft(s) of choice: Spinning, knitting, crochet, sewing, embroidery Blog: http://divinebird.com/wordpress When I was 12, my mom sat me down at her sewing machine and declared that I was NOT going to grow up to be [...]
Name: Jill Smith-Mott Age: 36 Location: outside of Austin, TX Profession: teacher, writer Craft(s) of Choice: KNITTING, spinning, quilting Blog: winstonandchloe.wordpress.com I knit, spin, crochet, quilt. Sometimes I feel like I should have been born 200 years ago. There is something about using my hands to make the things I need (or want, in the [...]
Name: Joey Tan Age: 10 Location: Fair Oaks, CA Profession: Homeschooler – 5th Grade Craft(s) of Choice: Crochet, Spinning, Sewing, Felting, Card Weaving, Dyeing Blog: http://www.syrendell.blogspot.com I enjoy spinning yarns, crocheting presents and sewing new fashion out of old clothes. I demo spinning and Tunisian crochet at conferences and workshops along with my mom. I [...]
Name: Julie Anderson Age: 39 Location: Joliet, IL Profession: Knitting Designer Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, spinning, weaving, paper craft, braiding, book binding, embroidery, and much more! Blog: http://www.boogaj.com I remember the first time I picked up the knitting needles. My mom was a knitter and her mother before her, so when I was old enough, [...]
Name: Leslie Petrovski Age: 48 Location: Denver, Colorado Profession: Freelance writer Crafts of choice: Knitting, crochet, beading, spinning and soapmaking Five years ago, I decided I wanted to combine my profession—writing—with my hobby—knitting. At the time I felt stuck in my writing life, while my knitting flourished. Why not combine the two? It took a [...]
