We’re glad to be a stop on Vickie Howell’s blog tour for her brand-new yarn line with Caron, called Sheep(ish). It’s an acrylic/wool blend (hence the “sheepish”) with a nice handspun texture and softness. It’s a great choice for projects you need to be washable.
Continue ReadingToday I’m excited to talk about Vickie Howell’s new book Craft Corps (out May 10th), a book on the craft community featuring 30 influential designers of the industry. The book was inspired by NPR’s Story Corps which was an audio project collecting people’s stories and archiving them for posterity. In this book, Vickie does the […]
Continue Reading(Photos by: Cory Ryan) We aren’t stopping with the craft space inspiration this week and today, we take a visit with knitting/crochet and overall crafting queen, Vickie Howell. Vickie’s craft space photos by Cory Ryan appear in the new book Where Women Create: Book of Inspiration by Jo Packham and Jenny Doh. Pre-order your copy […]
Continue ReadingWell Twi-hards, the time is here. That special day in November when you no longer have to dream of powdery white skin and the smell of blood (and teen angst) in the morning. You can live it, man. Well, vicariously through the screen presentation of the much anticipated debut of the Twilight Saga’s New Moon. […]
Continue ReadingShh! I have a secret. I’m completely obsessed with the Twilight series. I first heard about the books from Kim Werker. Then, it was around this time last year when I got a hold of the first Twilight book from a fellow crafter Nancy Flynn of Belle Epoque. I was weeks from giving birth and […]
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AwareKnits: Knit & Crochet Projects for the Eco-Conscious Stitcher by Vickie Howell and Adrienne Armstrong Our favorite knitter and crocheter Vickie Howell teams up with fellow knitter and environmentalist Adrienne Armstrong to create a unique book for us stitchers. (Adrienne also a sustainable living shop in Oakland, CA called The Atomic Garden and is wife […]
Continue ReadingVickie Howell’s new Craft Corps web site is up now. Each week a new crafter will be featured on the site to celebrate our community and the craft movement. Craft Corps is also an upcoming book by Vickie due out May 2010. The book will feature 30 of your favorite influential crafters plus 60_ crafter […]
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