Posted by Underground Crafter on June 30, 2011 |
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This week, summer has truly arrived in New York City, and working in largely un-air conditioned environments definitely has made me a bit lazy. Nonetheless, I’ve made some progress on my crafting goals! Professional crafting goals 3. Publish at least five patterns. Last week, I mentioned that a proposal was accepted for an upcoming publication. [...]
Tags: cgoa, complete photo guide to knitting, craft goals, crochet concupiscence, crochet guild of america, ellen gormley, go crochet, google calendar, hookin' up, interview, karen ratto whooley, krw knitwear studio, margaret hubert, pages, patternmaking for dog garments, pet product design and marketing, plugin, theme, wordpress, yarn support
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 25, 2011 |
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This must be my lucky week! Just four days ago, I posted an interview with Ellen Gormley (check it out by July 1 for a chance to enter a giveaway for her new book, Go Crochet! Afghan Design Workbook). Today, I’m excited to post an interview with Margaret Hubert. If you have been crocheting or [...]
Tags: a second treasury of knitting patterns, a treasury of knitting patterns, ann stearns, barbara walker, batsford book of crochet, beth brown-reinsel, book review, chainlink 2011, circular needles, complete photo guide to knitting, continental knitting, craft yarn council, crochet, crochet master class, crochet with dee, debbie new, dee stanziano, double pointed needles, ellen gormley, english knitting, gauge, giveaway, go crochet, go crochet afghan design workshop, interview, judy pascale, knitter's, knitting, lion brand, margaret hubert, mon tricot, myra wood, nys sheep and wool festival, ravelry, sasha kagen, shakespeare, skill levels, stitch guide, underground crafter, vashti braha
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 23, 2011 |
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This week, I’ve actually done a lot of work behind the scenes! Professional crafting goals 3. Publish at least five patterns. I found out on Sunday that one of my designs was accepted for an upcoming publication. I guess this means I will have more top secret things to post about in the next few [...]
Tags: carlota zimmerman, craft goals, ellen gormley, pet product design and marketing
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 21, 2011 |
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I’m thrilled to post an interview with designer and author Ellen Gormley. I love crocheting afghans (in fact, at one point, I made nothing else for about 3 years straight!) and recently heard about her new book, Go Crochet! Afghan Design Workbook, on the Getting Loopy podcast. I then read more about it through Ellen’s [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on June 19, 2011 |
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Today’s interview is with Carlota Zimmerman, a Creativity Coach in New York City. Carlota and I actually went to high school together, and we have since kept in touch as her journey brought her to Wellesley College (class of ’96), working and traveling in Russia, a career in network news, and then a J.D. from [...]
Tags: brazil, carlota worldwide, carlota zimmerman, creativity coach, examiner, indiana university, interview, kurt vonnegut, learning annex, maurer school of law, native new yorker, network news, new life exp, new york city, new york public library, russia, wellesley college, young playwrights festival
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 19, 2011 |
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of teaching beginners for the Brooklyn Fiber Arts Guild‘s World Wide Knit in Public Day event at the Grand Army Plaza Library in Brooklyn. I had a great time but thank goodness I brought water with me! I’m letting the pictures tell the story for this event! How did you [...]
Tags: brooklyn fiber arts guild, brooklyn public library, crochet, grand army plaza, knit, spinning, vogue knitting, world wide knit in public day
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 16, 2011 |
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Since my last update on my crafting goals, I have made some progress on two of my professional crafting goals: 4. Blog at least twice a week. This week, I’ve been pretty active with five posts since last Thursday. My favorite post of the week was my interview with Kelly from Aperture Agog. 11. Become [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on June 16, 2011 |
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I was surprised to read today on the CGOA blog that Jean Leinhauser passed away. Although I never met her, I had the great pleasure of reading and learning from many of the great crochet books she produced alone or with Rita Weiss. Rita and Jean were the Creative Partners, LLC, and they brought many [...]
Tags: 100 afghans to knit & crochet, big book of crochet sweaters, cgoa, come blog a long, creative partners llc, crochet master class, flamie award, humane society of new york, jean leinhauser, rita weiss, ultimate book of scrap afghans
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 15, 2011 |
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For today’s WIP Wednesday with Tami’s Amis, I’m back to my hexagon baby blanket. I took about two weeks off from working on it since my last post to work on my top secret project for publication. Yesterday, I happened to read a Facebook status update that said the baby is due on June 26. (For some [...]
Tags: aperture agog, baby blanket, crochet, hexagon, join as you go, kelly titus, tami's amis, wip wednesday, wips, wipw
Posted by Underground Crafter on June 15, 2011 |
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Today I have the great pleasure of interviewing Kelly Titus from Aperture Agog. Kelly and I are members of The {NewNew} Team, a group of Etsy sellers in the New York metro area. I recently discovered Kelly’s blog, subtitled Street Photography, Embroidery & Mischief. Kelly is a transplant to my birthplace/homeland of Brooklyn, New York. [...]
Tags: aperture agog, apertureagog, bolt bus, brooklyn, etsy, i can't afford to love ny, interview, kelly titus, new york city, newnew, newnew team, this american life, tom robbins
