I’m finally starting work on Craft Corps. For those of you who submitted profiles, thank you SO much! I was absolutely thrilled with the response. Please don’t feel discouraged that you haven’t heard back from the publisher yet. They were kind enough to take a first pass at narrowing them down for me while I was working on the eco-book and Pop Goes Crochet, but I haven’t had a chance to personally read submissions yet. We’ll get back to you over the next couple of months. Thanks for your patience!
Unrelated to the profiles, I’d love to know which crafters are most influential to you? Is there a professional quilter, screen-printing artist or potter whose work you follow? A well-known scrap booker, stitcher, or metal sculptor who especially inspires you?
I have my own list of people in the industry who I admire and have approached about interviews, but I have room for more and want to fill those spaces with the people YOU want to read about!
So speak up, crafty peeps! Even if you think the person’s a given, please still name them here. You never know, who might’ve fallen through the list-writing cracks. 😉
Thanks in advance for helping to make this project truly, about community!
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It’s hard to believe it’s already been almost a year since Vickie’s Wednesday’s Snood pattern came out. We’re excited, though, to be able to revisit it with our new kits! Snap to it! (Link in bio, or go to YarnYAY.com)...
I am devastated by the loss of @hillcountryweavers founder, Suzanne Middlebrooks.
I wrote a longer tribute to her on my blog and Facebook (links in bio). In short, though, she had been sick for a long time but had been a master at not letting the illness get in the way of her living. So, it was often unimaginable that she wouldn't be with us for longer. Last June during an industry convention in Chicago when Susanne came over to the bar booth I was sitting at and plopped herself next to me to chat, I had no idea that it would be the last time I'd get to see her. I'm so thankful though, that when we parted ways to go back to our respective meetings, it was with a hug. Rest in purls, my friend....
When I came across this Knitting Needle Patent greeting card by @patentpress , I couldn’t resist selecting it as one of the items for the YarnYAY! September box! (Link in @vickiehowell bio or got to YarnYAY.com)
What looks like part circular knitting needle, part Tunisian crochet hook is illustrated as the patent drawing for flexible knitting needles. This greeting card memorializes the creation of tools that we stitchers can now, not do without!...