Crochet News

 

The Guardian: "Woolly thinking" (04.06.08)

Click here for latest news on the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef (lots of new images)

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Knit and Crochet Today : USA TV Programme (19.01.08)

Click here for article about Kassie DePaiva, show host and actress who has a passion for crochet (please wait for pdf to download)

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Chicago Reader: Crocheters Go Wild (04.10.07)

Click here to read of an exhibition of The Great Barrier Reef which has been crocheted illustrating the theory of hypobolic space

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Georgia Straight, Canada (27.07.06)

"Knitted works needle worms"

Click here to read about crochet exhibition currently showing

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MakeZine.com (30.06.06)

Learn how to crochet with wire and make your own earrings

Click here to read more

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Denver Post Colorado (08.06.06)

Boulder Museum hosts exhibition of crocheted sculptures

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Look Local UK (20.04.06)

Click here to read how "Crocheting everyday, keeps the boredom away..."

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Yahoo Press Release (03.04.06)

Debbie Stoller author of 'Stitch 'N Bitch' and 'Stitch 'N Bitch Nation', has now written the equivalent book for crocheters

Click here to read about 'Stitch 'N Bitch: The Happy Hooker'

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Crochet Guild of America encourages Crocheters to compete in the CYCA/BHKC speed trials to be held all over the US (27.03.06)

Click here to read more

Click here to read up on the rules of the competition

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"Crochet comes full circle" (12.03.06)

Click here to read how crochet has been reinvented as the fashion detail designers can't live without

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"Crocheting Curves: Shaping the Hyperbolic Plane” (10.03.06)

Daina Taimina, a mathematician from Cornell University in America has figured out how to demonstrate the mathematical qualities of hyperbolic space through crochet models.

Click here to read more

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Crocheting the Lorenz Manifold (02.03.06)

Crocheting aids the understanding of the chaos theory in chemical reactions

Click here to read more

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New TV Show targets Crocheters (28.02.06)

Anchorage Daily News in Alaska reports that Lily Chin, the `BHKC's Fastest Crocheter' is to star in her own TV show

Click here to read more. Scroll down to 'Crochet'

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Did you know the word 'velcro' is a combination of 'velour' and 'crochet'? (11.02.06)

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Crochet Chemo Care Caps (05.02.06)

Jonetta Rose Coffin of 'The Monroe Herald' in America writes about helping cancer patients through crocheting

Click here to read newspaper article and view pattern

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You won't believe it's fiberglass (14.01.06)

Belleville News-Democrat, Illinois. See Yvette Kaiser-Smith's "Installations" exhibition at the Schmidt Art Center Illinois. Yvette uses a standard hook to crochet a continuous strand of fiberglass. She then hardens this fiberglass by applying a polyester resin.

Click here to view some of her work

Click here to read more

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Could you be the next Julian Macdonald? (08.01.06)

Julian Macdonald's "Vibrant Crochet" design is featured in this week's Sunday Telegraph Stella magazine.

Click here to read designer profile and be inspired to take a Fashion Course this year

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Thinking of taking up Crocheting in 2006? (05.01.06)

Bea Camacho is a Knitting and Crochet Artist from America

Click here to view some of her work and be inspired

Click here to watch video of Bea in action

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Crochet website sheds light on the History of Crochet (04.01.06)

Click here to read more

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Crochet! Magazine (America) Introduces a Bold New Look for 2006 (04.01.06)

Click here to read more

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New World Record (25.06.05)

Lisa Gentry from Chatham, Louisiana in USA has broken the Guinness World Record by her own count (25.06.05). Lisa has applied to the Guinness Book of Records to be a challenger for the title which currently stands at 147 crocheted stitches per minute. Barbara Jean Sonntag of Craig, Colo., has held the title as the undefeated Guinness champion since 1981.

Lisa crocheted 5112 stitches in 30 min. = 170 sts/min!

To read more about this amazing news click here

For the World Record Lisa crocheted a Mega Flower and offers the free pattern on her website

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Traditionally crochet has involved a hooked needle and yarn and has been used to form brightly coloured cushion covers and bed spreads. We aim to break away from this image and lead you to exciting innovative forms of crochet that will inspire you to 'have a go'.

One of the new approaches to crochet has been the development of Freeform Crochet where the fabric evolves and takes on a life of its own.

Click here for Crochet Basics

See below for websites to whet your appetite

Jenny Dowde for Freeform Knitting and Crochet

Prudence Mapstone and her hand crafted Fibre Art

Margaret Hubert's Originals in Freeform Crochet and Knitting

Bonnie Pierce's Elegant Crochet