Crochet Queen: Royal Ramblings

Kathryn Vercillo Even though I have previously blogged book  reviews of two of Kathryn Vercillo's books, Crochet Saved My Life   Crochet Saved My Life and When Grandma Isn’t Crocheting, She’s Hunting Big Game ; By Kathryn Vercillo promoted her Hook to Heal project and invited her to be a Guest Blogger  here. It seems that I just can’t get enough of her!  She has a presence on the internet and her website, Crochet Concupiscence  radiates energy and joy from the community of crocheters that she covers. Recently, Kathryn has embarked upon a new assignment to bring crochet content to crocheters, so I thought it would be fun to touch base with this interesting and generous person again to bring you up to date on her exciting crochet-life. There are a few key areas of crochet that interest Kathryn: health benefits; organizations that offer people in third world countries the opportunity to use it to support themselves; all aspects of crochet art...

Sponsored by Crochet Concupiscence I am super-thrilled an honored to have received the news yesterday that I received the 2014 Awesome Crochet Blogger Award for " Best Crochet Interviews " ! This award bestowed upon 31 bloggers, one each day during December, is spearheaded by the prolific blogger and crochet supporter, Kathryn Vercillo. (Be watching for my interview of Kathryn this week!) Previously my blog has won Awesome Blogger Awards in 2013 for "Best Guest Posts" and "Best Newsletter"  and in 2011 for "Best Freeform Crochet."  Receiving a prestigious award like this only adds to the joy of blogging and makes me want to do even better next year at seeking out stories and people who sing the praises of crochet! Ats s the announcements of the 2014 winners continue until the end of the month, I will be highlighting winners who I have included here on my blog: March 4, 2014 : Stacey Trock, author of Modern Baby Crochet ;...

Monday, December 30, 2013 I wasn't going to blog today, thinking many people would be otherwise occupied and too busy to check in. I'm too excited not to now! I just received word that I've been awarded my second Awesome Crochet Blogger Award for "Best Newsletter" from Crochet Concupiscence! I proudly share this award with my co-editor of Talking Crochet eNewsletter,  Dora Ohrenstein. Best Newsletter Many, many thanks to the amazing Kathryn Vercillo for awarding me this and my first award this month for "Best Guest Posts" ! I'm excited about bringing you most exciting guest posts in the New Year. Talk about "going out in style"! I have just retired from editing the eNewsletter after 3 years on the job! You can read my last e-letter tomorrow. My sincere thanks go out Sara Meyer, Carol Alexander and Libby Butler-Gluck for their attentive assistance to me throughout my tenure as the editor. With confidence, I am turning over the re...

Monday, July 15, 2013 I'm delighted to announce today that I'll be introducing a series of guest bloggers who will stop by here periodically to contribute essays on subjects near and dear to their hearts (and mine). Often it will include crochet-as-art as a topic which I hope will be of interest to many. Today I welcome  Kathryn Vercillo. She is a prolific blogger   and a passionate crochet advocate. I guess, if nothing else, I should be known as someone who enjoys the unique and even the odd. For that reason alone, I had to get to know Kathryn and to have her tell me the meaning of "concupiscense"! In 2011 , she awarded me the Awesome Crochet Blog  award for my Free form Crochet and I wrote about it here In 2012 , I introduced Kathryn as my "cyber-friend" and reviewed her just-released book, Crochet Saved My Life Please enjoy Kathryn's essay that follows and many thanks to her for an interesting read! Crochet Art History Resources: 1...