Greetings from Anaheim, CA! I’m getting ready to head out for a day of meetings in demos but wanted to share with you some pictures from yesterday at CHA (Crafts & Hobbies Association convention). Enjoy!
With Kathy Cano-Murillo, at the Duncan Craft booth where she’s promoting her line Crafty Chica.
Promo poster in the Sterling/Lark Publishing booth for my May ’09 book, Pop Goes Crochet.
With scrapbooking queen, Sandi Genovese.
Drew and I teaching how to crochet beer cozies & bangles, at the Sterling/Lark booth.
A student posing with her finished bangle.
Sterling publicist Leigh-Ann Ambrosi, making a bangle.
Leigh-Ann pleased as punch that she learned how to crochet.
I snuck out of the convention for a bit to avoid the Paris Hilton appearance (to promote her craft line) craziness, and do a little in-hotel crafting for Tuesday’s Tulip paint demo.
Creative Juice’s Steve Piacenza & Cathile Filian working at the Plaid booth. They’re Mod Podge’s national spokes people!
With Knitty Gritty seasons 7 & 8’s supervising producer, Kelly Erlich.
With Cathie Filian and Drew Emborsky (aka The Crochet Dude) at our publisher’s party.
Publisher/author dinner at Buca Di Beppo in Anaheim.
Ok, off to Day 2 of CHA. Check back here (RH column) for Twitter updates, throughout the convention!
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🪡𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗣 𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧! 🧙♀️ It`s my favorite time of the month, when we have a guest expert join Stitchwell Social Club to share their knowledge and creativity. October`s guest is my friend and founder of @hellobargello 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗮. During this one-hour session, Brett will give us an up-close-and-personal tour of their spooky season kit for the 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗡𝗼𝗼𝗸, give a brief tutorial, and give us a sneak peek of her gorgeous, Christmas ornaments. Oh, hello bargello, indeed! Live events are accessible with a free (Community) membership to Stitchwell Social Club (recordings available with paid plans). 𝗚𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗶𝗻 @𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗶𝗼, 𝗼𝗿 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗲𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗯 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲! #halloweencrafts #witchycrafts #needlepoint
👻 Boo-tanical Bag Charm Knitting Pattern 🚨 Oh hey, boo! Add a little spirit to your spooky season with this cutie-pie ghost charm, with sweet little floral embroidery. Happy haunted handbag! 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂, 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝗸𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝗞𝗼𝗼 𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗻𝘀! 🧶 Link to my shop in bio, or go directly to https://vickiehowell.com/product/knit-boo-tanical-bag-charm/
MATERIALS Yarn: HiKoo CoBaSi (or approx. 15 grams of equivalent sock-weight yarn) + small scraps of the same yarn weight in 3 different colors for embroidery Needles: Set of 4, Addi Crasy Snakes double-pointed needles (2.5mm) — or any equivalent DPNS
Join us today at 2pmCT, for a special Stitchwell Social Club session, Crafting Through Turbulent Times with therapist, Sara Blevins-Ranes.
This mental health-focused workshop is open to all. For more info, join (free level now available) Stitchwell Social Club. (Link in @vickiehowell bio.)
I’m headed to the first @hhamericas in Houston, so today’s #tbt post is photos from the first h+h in Chicago in 2022. Coming out of the pandemic, it felt like a luxury being in the same physical space as so many smart, creative people.