Posted by Underground Crafter on February 20, 2012 |
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I’m delighted to interview Fiona McDonald today. I’ll also be reviewing her new book, Gothic Knits, and hosting a giveaway of my review copy, courtesy of Search Press. Fiona McDonald was trained as an artist and is known for her oil-painted, needle-sculpted, life-sized cloth figures, as well as her fabric dolls and dragons. In recent years, [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on October 16, 2011 |
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(This post is part of my Year of Projects: Crochet Master Class series. You can find my other posts in this series here.) Last Sunday, I woke up early instead of sleeping in, packed up my yarn and crochet kit, and headed down to the Lion Brand Yarn Studio to take two classes during Crochet Masters [...]
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Posted by Underground Crafter on August 5, 2011 |
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The Interview Today I’m pleased to feature an interview with Renate Kirkpatrick, the fiber artist, teacher, and author living in the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, as my 100th blog post! I first discovered Renate’s work through the Tunisian Crochet group on Ravelry. The moderators posted the names of several Tunisian crochet books on the [...]
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