Crochet Queen: Royal Ramblings

July 31 , 2014  As a crochet teacher with 34 years of experience in venues as diverse as park district classes and national crochet/needlework conferences, I feel qualified to say that Deborah Burger brings a vast knowledge of the important and general skills for teaching anything! Her degrees are in English and Theatre, but she spent 10 years teaching in private schools and 22 years homeschooling her own children. Deborah explains, “It's more the experience in teaching, than a formal degree, that has grown the teacher in me. I also think that the wide reading on education that I've done informs my writing. The very best of what's known about how humans actually learn new skills, informs the lessons I write and the projects I design to reinforce the lessons.” Deb is the author of Crochet 101, a book of crochet instruction for adults, and How to Make 100 Crochet Appliques, an intermediate to experienced level pattern collection. Her newest book, The Creative Kids...

Monday November 11, 2013 How to Make 100 Crochet Appliques’ Patterns for Fun, flora, Fauna and Icon Patches By Deborah Burger According to Deb Burger, she lives in a “whimsical” world where she shares inspiration from many media. You’ll find finished artwork, plans, recipes and patterns: all products of her imagination and delight in living. She is active in the online community, Ravelry, as Cerdeb and blogs at Dragonfly Cottage Design.  That same whimsy is certainly evident throughout her new book, Crochet Appliques’ . With her patterns, she shows how to make 100 crochet patches arranged in sections, including: ·          Celebrate! ·          On the Farm ·          Sea and Shore ·          Le Jardin ·          Into the Wild Deb asks her readers, “W...

Thursday, November 7, 2013 Deb Burger lives in a whimsical world with her artist husband, Don, and  blogs  about many artistic media. She is cerdeb on  Ravelry  where she has catalogued 452 projects! Deb and I are cyber-friends; we have never met. I am privileged to meet special people from time to time in my cyber communities and sometimes I "click" with a person who shares common passions. Such is the case with Deb and I. She is the author of Crochet 101 and her latest book is  Crochet Appliques   which I will be reviewing next week. Stay tuned and for now, enjoy Deb’s essay about her unique yarn- bombing experience.  Yarn-Bombing Realized By Deb Burger  “ A rose by any other name would smell as sweet …” That quote is often used, as Shakespeare intended, to signify the difference between what we call something and what it really is.   Yarn-bombing is the common term attached to the practice of decorating p...