Happy National Crochet Month
& Welcome to Day 2 of the Crochetville’s 2015
NatCroMo Designer Blog
Tour!
http://crochetville.com/crochetvilles-2015-natcromo-designer-blog-tour/
The Designer
Blog Tour includes:
• A month-long charity drive to collect hats
and raise funds for Halos of Hope, a charity that sends hats to cancer centers
around the country
http://crochetville.com/2015-natcromo-designer-blog-tour-make-hats-for-halos-of-hope/
http://crochetville.com/2015-natcromo-designer-blog-tour-make-hats-for-halos-of-hope/
• Daily Giveaways: a different prize package
valued at up to $25 http://crochetville.com/2015-natcromo-designer-blog-tour-daily-giveaway-schedule/
Halos of Hope, the
charity featured for National Crochet Month, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that
provides volunteer-crafted hats to cancer centers across the country. Its
founder, Pam Haschke, is a survivor of inflammatory breast cancer. Her experience informs her passion to ensure
that cancer patients across the U.S. have access to free, handmade, attractive
hats to keep their heads warm while they undergo cancer treatment. Crochetville
is collecting hats on theirr behalf during National crochet month. http://halosofhope.org/guidelines
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Calls for Crochet
100 Women Crochet
Amy Reader seeks crocheted tendrils to install in an art work for her honor’s thesis exhibition at the University of Richmond, VA, USA.
Her goal is
for 100 women to crochet at least one of these wisteria vines and submit them for display in an installation that
will be shown in late April. The aim of this project is to showcase the
strength and individuality of the women who participate. The color of yarn and length of the vine are
left to the discretion of the participants. Each woman will also submit an
index card with their name and hometown on it and the cards will be compiled in
a book that will be displayed alongside the installation. The pieces need to be submitted by April 10,
2015.
Post War Blues
Isabelle Garbani’s Post War Blues addresses the issue of what happens to war innovations after a conflict is over and the possibility of innovating without violence or the threat of violence.
A ribbon of
plastic flowers, crocheted and knitted from recycled plastic bags, bursts out
of the old train car that sits inside the Brooklyn Army Terminal building. The
flowers rise and slowly fall on the tracks in undulating waves, all the way to
the end of the building atrium.
This project is a community-based art installation. She invites folks
to create the flowers out of used bags
illustrating that in spite of our differences, we can work together and
make something meaningful and beautiful for peace.
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Party on Ravelry
For the past
several ears, I’ve participated in the Party for National Crochet Month on
Ravelry, mainly by joining the FreeForm Crochet-Along, as both participant and
designer for a day. I’ve learned so much over the years from this.
The sharing and camaraderie are amazing. It’s a joy to have an
international brain trust of knowing hands whose efforts, exchanges, and
endeavors inspire.
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It’s been a busy new year for me! I’ve created a bunches of new patterns to use as fabric, appliqués and motifs.
Cat Motif Collection
My collection of cat motifs is 50% for the next week. I use them, as I use most of my motifs and appliqués to make fabric. I used them in my freeform Cat Vest.
To get the discount, use the code NatCroMo
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cat-motif-collection
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/cat-motif-collection
Circle Birds, Little Parker and Chick Webb, Spiral Birds,
and Zora Birds
These birds formed the fabric for my Bird Bolero. The three patterns
are also on sale for the first week of National Crochet Month. To get the discount, use the code NatCroMo: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/spiral-birds
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/circle-birds-little-parker--chick-webb
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/zora-birds
Crochet Poetry
I've created a collection of poems on crochet and am now in search of fixed format conversion so it can be read as an ebook. Along the way, inspired by Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, I've also written light verse - limericks.
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/circle-birds-little-parker--chick-webb
http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/zora-birds
Crochet Poetry
I've created a collection of poems on crochet and am now in search of fixed format conversion so it can be read as an ebook. Along the way, inspired by Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, I've also written light verse - limericks.
A striking young woman from Cannes
was able to hook any man
It’s not what it seems
to have the prince of her dreams
she crocheted him according to plan
Crocheting is what we must do
wielding hooks, we find something true
despite piles of objects half done
this is how we have fun
try it, perhaps you will, too.
Akua Lezli Hope
Live long and Prosper!
* Circle Birds collection is free for a few days with the code
Free
3 comments:
I love what you are doing with freeform crochet.
I love what you are doing with freeform crochet.
Thank you so much for featuring the 100 Women Project!
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