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Hooked : A Crocheter's Stash of Wit and Wisdom
Hooked A Crocheter's Stash of Wit and Wisdom Author:Kari Cornell (Editor) Some learned to crochet at a grandmother’s knee and now keep the faith. Others sought comfort in the craft during dark and troubling times. And still others found in crocheting a way of making something that perfectly expresses the artist inside. Yet others, of course, needed a vest. How people came to crocheting, what they&rsq... more »uo;ve made of it, what memories it has added to their lives, and what moments of insight and simple pleasure it’s brought them -- these are the stories told in Hooked: A Crocheter’s Stash of Wit and Wisdom.
A tribute to the age-old art, Hooked is embellished with charming illustrations from vintage pattern booklets. Among the contributors -- with anecdotes ranging from the whimsical to the philosophical -- are newcomers and those well known in crocheting circles from Lily Chin, Jennifer Hansen, Karen Searle, and Gwen Blakely Kinsler to Lela Nargi, Kay Dorn, Nilda Mesa, Deborah Robson, Annie Modesitt, and Linda Permann.
Introduction --
1. Learning to crochet (One loop at a time / Deborah Robson --
Crochet class / Holly Laibson --
Carrying on the family tradition / Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten --
Why crochet? / Kay Dorn) --
2. Grandmother's crochet (It most cetainly is my grandmother's crchet / Annie Modesitt --
No bed of roses / Amy O'Neill Houck --
Mending a legacy / Deborah Robson --
A family of designers / Marty Miller --
Life in the tundra / Nilda Mesa) --
3. And through it all, we crocheted (Aquarium Saturdays / Lela Nargi --
Extreme crochet : rare but serious side effects / Linda Permann --
Crochet : the gift I finally gave myself / Patricia Caliguire --
Claiming kinship : finding my way home to crochet / Noreen Crone-Findlay) --
4. The art of crochet (The art of crochet / Karen Searle --
It's a string thing / Sheila F. Ruof --
Weird crochet / Sigrid Arnott --
Thrift store crocheter / Jennifer Hansen) --
5. Crochet in the spotlight (Confessions of a poster child for the yarn industry / Lily Chin --
But is there an "ebb" stitch? / Gwen Blakley Kinsler --