In this issue, we chat with designer, teacher and technical editor Randy Cavaliere. Randy does incredible work! Without her (and many others like her) a lot of patterns would be pretty hard to understand. A technical editor is someone who takes the designer's pattern and idea, and makes sure they line up with what is written or charted out. They are worth their weight in gold!
We also visit
Crochet Connection for a refreshing spring preview of the April issue of Crochet World!
Our June Issue
Cover Story:
NEW WAYS TO USE SELF-STRIPING YARN!
Make These Nesting Tapestry Baskets!
Also Featured:
20 SUMMER PROJECTS
Fun designs for on-the-go stitching!
Purchase Select Patterns from Crochet World
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Many designers work at primary jobs unrelated to yarn. Crochet World features patterns by a copy editor, a web designer, a nurse, teachers, a school librarian, an account executive, a vocal instructor, homemakers/homeschoolers, an oil company executive, a budding filmmaker, a farmer and a retired train conductor. Probably the most unusual, nontraditional job among our designers is truck driver! Meet Gemma Owen, a trucker from Council Bluffs, Iowa, who, with her husband, Marv, and their two small dogs, drives their black cherry, 19,000-lb (before fuel and joining a trailer), 2007 Peterbilt 379 truck, hauling dry commodities across the United States. Read the entire article in our June issue! |
Favorite Finds
Tapestry crochet is a fun and dare I say addictive way to add color to your crochet projects. Tapestry crochet is usually worked from a chart, working with two or more colors in each row. The colors not in use are carried along the back of the work and crocheted into the stitch creating a reversible fabric that is attractive on both sides. Geometric and symmetrical designs are most common, but anything that can be charted can be crocheted! With easy-to-follow color photos, author Maria Isabel explains the basics of tapestry crochet as you work your way through six projects, including a pretty reversible cowl, hat, tote, slippers and more.
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