Runway Crochet By Margaret Hubert I’ve been watching crochet on the runways for years, twenty to be exact! Crochet came into its own in 1994 and rode a wave of fashion attention at that time. It wasn’t long until big-name designers as well as emerging talent jumped on the bandwagon to feature crochet in their collections. At the time I called it a “crochet sighting” whenever crochet got attention in the media because it was so exciting to see crochet elevated to that status. Today, crochet on the runways is much more prominent, not just hit or miss. It is an accepted medium and inspires many a designer. Over the years I’ve continued to collect many, many examples of crochet sightings from the fashion runways as they became more common. In an effort to go “green,” they are now on my blog . What is not so common is a book like Margaret Hubert’s Runway Crochet . I often said, “I can’t afford the $5,000.00 the designer is asking for that.” “Why can’t I crochet t...
The Queen is passionate about crochet and she is always looking for ways to "hook" her readers into reading about her weekly ramblings and about how crochet and her life are inextricably 'linked".