Name: Diana Gonzalez Age: 32 Location: Brooklyn, NY Profession: Work at home Mother, baby wrangler, crafter Craft(s) of Choice: knitting, crocheting, paper crafting, mixed media collage, altered art, embroidery Blog: http://www.confessionsofacraftaholic.blogspot.com I started making art and working with paper and such, some time ago, around the time I met my husband. I had a hard [...]
Name: Krysten G Age: 24 Location: Colorado Profession: College studen Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Crochet, Sewing, Embroidery, Quilting, Jewlery, Drawing, Painting, Scrapbooking Blog: http://littledevil-666.blogspot.com/ My Grandmother taught me to knit and crochet when I was 10 as another craft to try. I was always a crafty child and loved to try new things and she [...]
Name: Lauren Foust Age: 29 Location: Phenix City, AL Profession: Fulltime Mother and Army Wife, Off-and-On College Student Craft(s) (s) of Choice: Sewing, Painting and the occasional Knitting or Crochet Jag Blog: http://bananasforbreakfast.wordpress.com I can’t think of any interesting stories involving crafting (maybe I haven’t found my creative sense of adventure yet?) I’ve always felt [...]
Name: Erin Myrdahl Age: 26 Location: Sulphur Springs, TX Craft(s) (s) of Choice: Knitting and Crochet I taught myself to crochet (thank god for instructional videos online) about 5 years ago. I didn’t really do a whole lot with it until I inherited all my great grandmothers hooks and a ton of granny squares! Then [...]
Name: Amanda Duncan Age: 25 Location: Richmond, VA Profession: Crafts/Material Studies Major, Senior Craft(s) (s) of Choice: Metal/silversmithed jewelry, crochet, knitting, glass working, sewing/quilting Blog: http://spin-me-a-yarn.blogspot.com All I ever wanted to be was an artist, I only realize now that my idea of an ‘artist’ was a ‘crafter’. In 2006, I decided to go back [...]
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: Stephanie Tiddens Age: 40 Location: Buffalo Grove, Il Profession: Homemaker Craft(s) of Choice: Beading, Knitting, Crochet, Quilting My husband comes from a very large family and all of his nieces and nephews are having babies. I started to make Amigurumi animals for the children we see at Christmas. Well after about 3 years of [...]
Name: Helen Thaker Age: 29 Location: Liverpool, UK Profession: Human Resources Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, knitting, crochet, and the occasional cross stitch. Blog: http://www.sewstylish.blogspot.com My mum taught me to knit and sew when I was a kid. As I was the oldest of three, I think she saw it as a way to keep me [...]
Name: Claudia Dunitz Age: 55 Location: Santa Fe, NM Profession: Maker (of Natural Skin Care Products and Graphic Design) Craft(s) of Choice: Knitting, Freeform Crochet, Art Quilting, Baking, Mosaics, Beading, Sewing, Embroidery, Surface Design, Painting, Printing, Fusing, Burning, Yikes – I can go on and on! Blog: http://www.healmyhands.typepad.com I don’t think there was a time [...]
Name: Alan Luna Age: 14 Location: San Diego, California Profession: 9th grader (high school) Craft(s) of Choice: Sewing, sketching, drawing, writing, nature crafts, knitting I got into crafting after my aunt from San Fransisco came to visit. She introduced me to this crafting movement, and showed me sites like Makezine, Craftzine, Threadbanger, and other stuff [...]
