Hooked A Crocheter's Stash of Wit and Wisdom

by Cornell, Kari

• ISBN13: 9780760326473
• ISBN10: 0760326479
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-31
• Publisher: Voyageur Press

Summary

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've made of it, what memories it has added to their lives, and what moments of insight and simple pleasure it's brought themthese are the stories told inHooked: A Crocheter's Stash of Wit and Wisdom. A tribute to the age-old art,Hookedis embellished with charming illustrations from vintage pattern booklets. Among the contributorswith anecdotes ranging from the whimsical to the philosophicalare 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.

Author Biography

Kari Cornell has been editing and writing books for the past ten years.  She is the editor of For the Love of Knitting: A Celebration of the Knitter’s Art, Knitting Yarns and Spinning Tales: A Knitter’s Stash of Wit and Wisdom, and Around the Quilt Frame: Stories and Musings on the Quilter’s Craft. An avid knitter, Kari learned to crochet this past summer. She lives in Minnesota with her husband Brian, son Will, and dog Jack.
 

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Chapter 1: Learning to Crochet One Loop at a Time by Deborah Robson Crochet Class by Holly Laibson Carrying on the Family Tradition by Andrea Lyn Van Benschoten Why Crochet? by Kay Dorn Chapter 2: Grandmother's Crochet It Most CertainlyIsMy Grandmother's Crochet... by Annie Modesitt No Bed of Roses by Amy O'Neill Houck Mending a Legacy by Deborah Robson A Family of Designers by Marty Miller Life in the Tundra by Nilda Mesa Chapter 3: And Through It All, We Crocheted... Aquarium Saturdays by Lela Nargi Extreme Crochet: Rare but Serious Side Effects by Linda Permann CrochetThe Gift I Finally Gave Myself by Patricia Caliguire Claiming Kinship: Finding My Way Home to Crochet by Noreen Crone-Findlay Chapter 4: The Art of Crochet The Art of Crochet by Karen Searle It's A String Thing by Sheila F. Ruof Weird Crochet by Sigrid Arnott Thrift Store Crocheter by Jennifer Hansen Chapter 5: Crochet in the Spotlight Confessions of a Poster Child for the Yarn Industry by Lily Chin ...But Is There an "Ebb" Stitch? by Gwen Blakley Kinsler Coming Home to Crochet by Dora Ohrenstein A Life with Crochet by Lana Bennett