JB107A. Cords In Crochet.
FREE-A. Reading International Crochet Symbols. (Membership Appreciation Class)
Updated: 9/23/2000
The Crochet Guild of America thanks the following faculty for teaching classes or workshops at the Crochet Guild of America's Chain Link 2000 crochet conference in Cleveland, Ohio:
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Crocheting since her teens, Jean applies the skills from her business of
helping small businesses and individuals to be more organized into teaching
our craft. Her local classes are very popular and she is always developing
new lesson and refining old ones. She hopes to be presenting her work in
Cleveland to complete Part I of Pauline Turner's Crochet Design Diplomas
in Crochet course. Jean is a CYCA Certified Crochet Instructor and has been
the President of the Southwest Ohio Crochet Guild (CGOA affiliate) in Cincinnati,
OH for the last two years. JB107A. Cords In Crochet. FREE-A. Reading International Crochet Symbols. (Membership Appreciation Class) |
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Lydia Borin is internationally known as The Beadwrangler. Lydia grew up
in the Southwestern U.S. and her family roots began in Louisiana. She is
a bead and fiber storyteller; she has studied color theory for over 35 years
and was a painter for 25 years. Lydia founded the Tampa Bay Crochet Renegades/CGOA
Chapter in Tampa, Florida, in 1998, and is the co-founder of several bead
societies in the U.S. and Canada. Lydia has a 1000 page bead and fiber information
website plus three other websites including her newest, beadcrochet.com.
She catalogs antique purses for museums and has articles published in national
magazines. One of her three books is Beadwrangler's Hands On Crochet
with Beads and Fiber. She is writing a loom weaving book which includes
crochet, to be published in 2000 and her second crochet with beads and fiber
book is planned for 2001. Lydia has taught bead and fiber classes for several
years. She is an inventor, innovator and renegade, designing new creations
using crochet stitches and crossing over with other craft techniques. Lydia
is now working with BEADWORK magazine to preserve Beadwork History through
samples. Samples will be present in each BEADWORK issue beginning in 2000
and will eventually include bead crochet and knitting samples. LB203A. Beadwrangler Faubles and Baubles. |
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Christina Romo Carlisle has been crocheting for over thirty years. Her designs
have appeared in numerous craft and needlework magazines including Crochet
Fantasy, Crafts 'N Things and Workbasket. Her crochet
projects have also been featured in Leisure Arts and House of White Birches
needlework leaflets. For the past five years, she have concentrated on teaching
adults and children basics of crochet at community colleges and fabric stores
in the Los Angeles area. CRC108P. A Brand New Way to Bead Crochet.< /TD> |
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Named a "Master Knitter of the 90's" by Vogue Knitting, this New
York City native has been involved in some aspect of the fashion industry
since age 13. Lily designs for magazines and yarn companies and does fabric
development and knitdowns for Seventh Avenue, from the Gap to Isaac Mizrahi.
She writes the "on Designing" column for Knitters' and
the annual "Focus on Fibers" report for Knit 'N Style.
Her first book, Mosaic Magic: Afghans Made Easy has just been published
by Oxmoor Press. The Lily Chin collection, a pattern line for both knitting
and crochet is put out by Fiber Trends. Being a token "young person
who knits and crochets," she's been featured and cited in several newspaper
articles across the US, including the NY Times, the Washington Post, USA
Today, Newsday, the Chicago Tribune and the NY Daily news for bashing the
"granny" image of handcrafts. She's been seen on cable TV's "Handmade
by Design" on Lifetime and on CNN. LC105AP. Mosiac Crochet. LC307AP. Crocheting Circles Around You. | <
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A.T. Grant, Ph.D. is President of Incite Brain Works, Inc., parent corporation
to her consulting and crochet businesses. Crochet Jamaica is a crochet production
company in Negril, where A.T. designs, teaches and supervises the cottage
industry. Educational vacation opportunities are offered: crochet in thatched-roof
shade by the beach, learning, relaxing, sharing stories and techniques with
others who love the hook. Cook/eat Jamaican and Chinese food, swim in the
warm waters, walk the 7 miles of beach, try Yoga. Jamaica. No problem. As
a Diploma in Crochet student, A.T. won the 1997 Barbara-Ann Trophy for her
Silver Bead Wesekh. Using her expertise in how the brain processes visual
information, Dr. Grant offers Visual Persuasion consulting services for
lawyers, and develops aids for Visual Thinking. Finally, A.T. offers Strategic
Planning services to corporations and individuals in transition and serves
CGOA as chair of the planning committee during this exciting growth period. FREE-B. Flower Flings. (Membership Appreciation Class) ATG304A. Jamaican Star/Circle Tams. |
Joan Kehrer is the owner of Beggers Lace in Denver. Joan has been very
active in the fiber Arts especially the lace making techniques, using the
many learned skills for 20+ years. Joan started her lace making experience
while working in the data processing field. Since purchasing Beggars' Lace,
she has been actively teaching the many lace techniques and designing patterns.
During the many years of lace making, Joan has taken lessons from a variety
of instructors from here and abroad and spent many enjoyable hours with
the self-approach also. Joan enjoys working with all kinds of fiber to see
how they can be combined for a very special look and feel.
JKr102AP.
Beginning Tatting.
An Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology,
Arnetta has been teaching upper division and seminar classes in knit design,
hand knitting and crochet since 1988. She began crocheting at a very early
age inspired by a mother who crocheted afghans for all in the family and
a sister who crocheted flower arrangements for hospital patients. While
working in the knitwear industry, Arnetta found her knowledge of crochet
very useful for finishing, especially slip stitching seams and neckline
trims.
KCIP16AP. Knitting Certified Instructors Program.
(Pre Conference Workshop)
CCIP20AP. Crochet Certified
Instructors Program. (Post Conference Workshop)
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Jenny has been crocheting for over 30 years, designing, making and marketing
clothes, including bikinis since the age of the 14 and was basically self-taught.
One of her finest achievements, she believes, is the designing and making
of her own crocheted wedding dress and veil in DMC cotton in 1982. She is
a member of both the CGOA and Crochet partners. Jenny has been interviewed
on radio promoting the art of crochet. Her work has been documented in such
publications as "Handmade", "Better Homes and Gardens",
"The Weekly Times", "The Sunshine Coast Daily" and a
personal profile was done on her for the magazine "Australian Crochet".
Her rugs (afghans) were featured on a top rating prime time TV show earlier
this year, "Better Homes and Gardens". A self-publisher, her pattern
books number seven in the last four years covering a diverse cross section
of crochet from afghans to bead crochet. Her aim is to write easy to understand
and contemporary patte
rns to encourage people to learn to crochet. The Exhibition
called "Hooked" held earlier in 1999 displayed Jenny's Beaded
Bags in a showcase of Contemporary Australian crochet. Jenny has a Diploma
in Textiles and has been teaching this since 1981; and was the crochet demonstrator
for major craft fairs held in both Brisbane and Melbourne for DMC and Cleckheaton. JKg103A. The Original Flapper's Necklace. JKg104P. Tartans and Plaids. |
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Crocheting and knitting for more than twenty years, Melissa is a widely
published designer whose patterns have appeared in every premiere needlework
publication in the country. She is the author of A Close-Knit Family
(Taunton Press, 1999), and her next book, Crochet With Style, a collection
of crocheted sweaters for women, is scheduled to be released this coming
Fall. ML209AP. Terrific Textures. ML301AP. Scrap Happy Crochet. |
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Caryl's many lives have included skiing full time, teaching public school,
wife, mother, violinist and yarn shop owner. She has been a member of the
National Knitting Guild of America since it's beginning in 1985 and a member
of CGOA more recently. As a member of the local Valley Needlers Knitting
Guild she served as president and in other capacities as needed. Her Peruvian
hat design won an award in the 1989 competition at the TKGA convention in
Denver, CO, and a Christmas tree vest was included in hayfield Cascade's
American Designer Series. She currently teaches fives classes a week at
the local yarn shop, The Lazy Daisy. In addition to teaching for the last
fifteen years, she does the designing for the shop as well, and has taught
workshops for other guilds around Southern California. Caryl is involved
in nearly all fiber arts, weaving, sewing, quilting, wearable art, needlepoint,
off-loom weaving and any other hand art as long as fiber is involved. She
has a real passion for fibers and love learning all the ways we can use
fiber to enrich our lives. CL208AP. Simple Modular Elegance. CL306AP. Raglan Pizazz. |
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Tosca Mark has been knitting and crocheting since she was 7 years old. She
grew up in Europe where learning to crochet, knit and sew was part of the
regular school curriculum. Both her mother and grandmother were crocheters
and knitters. Commercial patterns were almost nonexistent in the household.
Her mother did all the calculations to produce the desired garments. Patterns
were a new discovery when Tosca moved to Canada. She discovered that commercial
patterns rarely fit correctly or their yarns often were not obtainable.
She soon went back to her mother's method of modifying patterns to fit.
She crocheted her own wedding dress and knit a coat to match. In 1998, Tosca
decided to combine her mechanical design background with her life long hobby
of knitting and crochet and her love for fibres to establish Yarns in
Motion, a mobile and Internet mail order yarn retailer also offering
pattern design and instructional services. TM106AP. Finish With Flair. TM205A. Swatch for Success. |
Jennifer, special projects coordinator, and Donna, marketing research
director, team up to teach you the new version of the age
-old skill of crocheting
with a double hook. With a total of 34 years in the crochet publishing field,
Jennifer and Donna bring a special enthusiasm to the reintroduction of this
needle art. When Deborah hamburg, crochet product development manager for
the Needlecraft Shop, first recommended a program designed around this technique,
both Jennifer and Donna began to ardently support the program. Jennifer
acted as coordinator of the book, How to Crochet On The Double, writing
the contents and working with the graphic designer to create a comprehensive
guide with simple-to-follow directions. Donna coined the phrase "Crochet
on the Double" and worked with Coats & Clark to get the new short
version of the crochet hook manufactured for the reintroduction of this
technique.
DR201AP. How to Crochet on the Double.
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Nancy Nehring is a nationally recognized author, teacher and designer in
the needle arts field. She is the author of three books: 50 Heirloom
Buttons to Make, The Lacy Knitting of Mary Schiffmann, and Ribbon
Trims. She has published numerous magazine articles in Threads,
Pi
ecework, and other needle arts magazines. She has designed for
DMC, Donna Karan and Better Homes and Gardens. She teaches locally, regionally
and nationally including Embroider's Guild of America Seminar `96 and `98,
Stitches West 2000 and Crochet Guild of America Chain Link `98 and `99. NN310A. Make Your Own Crochet Hook. NN311P. Crocheted Tassels and Fringes. |
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Northern Il. Chapter, the Premier Chapter of the CGOA, counts among its
members many active and enthusiastic crocheters. Talented members teach
most of their monthly programs and once a year, members are treated to a
special workshop by a nationally known teacher. They also keep busy doing
demos at surrounding historic societies, providing library displays and
going on yarn tours. They participated in Knit-Out-Crochet-Too by Crocheting
in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. Also among their members are the CGOA founder,
several past and present board members and teachers! Free Drop-In Class. Free Form Crochet. |
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While handknitting and crochet are her special obsessions, Kathleen loves
to combine everything she knows about color, texture and technique to all
the fiber crafts. Her eclectic Fiber Art buttons have appeared in Bead
& Button, McCall's Needlework, and the Button Craft Book.
In addition to designing for yarn companies and magazines such as Knitters',
Interweave Knits, Fashion Crochet and Crochet Digest,
Kathleen has also taught at Embellishments, Stitches and at previous CGOA
conferences. She shares her home with "two whippets, more beads than
fleas, 2 knitting machines, and a yarn stash as big as Idaho." KPJ110P. Dorset Thread Buttons, Plain & Fancy. KPJ207AP. A Patchwork of Tunisian Crochet Stitches. |
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Vicky is a member of the Friends of Hanapepe Library and occasionally demonstrates
crochet and craft ideas. She teaches beginning and inter
mediate crochet
for the Adult Education Program in her local community. Vicky attended Chain
Link '99 in Bellevue, Washington and instructed her original design of Hawaiian
Hairpin Lei. She is a member of the Crochet Guild of America and CYCA Certified
Crochet Instructor. She is eager to display her newest design, the Millennium
Miser Magic technique for Chain Link 2000. VR206P. Y2Bag Thousand YearS(titches) of Peace. |
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Janet has been knitting and crocheting since she was seven or eight years
old. Crocheting and knitting have always been a very important part of Janet's
life. She has a small business with her Mother called Knitted Threads. Together
they work to design patterns for both crochet and knit. They have been published
in Machine Knitter's Source, Crochet Fantasy, Etcetera Webzine ©, Joella's
Knitworks, Chain Link (the CGOA newsletter) and several chapter newsletters
such as The Linker (MKGOP Newsletter). In addition to keeping busy with
pattern designs and publications, Janet also has a web page containing information,
tips, techniques and patterns for crocheters, hand knitters and machine
knitters. Several years ago she began a small crochet group that still meets
once a month at a local machine knit shop and has developed into an affiliated
chapter of the CGOA. Janet lives with her husband in California not far
from the ocean and San Francisco. They have a five year old golden retriever
and a four
year old cat of whom Janet fondly says "They rule the house
and us..." One of Janet's favorite things is to walk nearby along the
cliffs at the ocean with her golden retriever whenever she is able. JR109A. Pulling Silk. |
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Gloria Tracy is a popular color, design, knitting and crochet teacher and
hold workshops nationwide. She is a widely published writer and designer;
an accredited professional teacher, designer and writer who is listed with
the Professional Knitwear Designer's Guild. She is a member of the Knitting
Guild of America, the British Knitting and Crochet Guild, The National Needlework
Association and the Crochet Guild of America. She grew up sewing and crafting.
After learning to knit in the 1960's, this art form became her passionate
avocation and has been her vocation since 1991. She is now partners with
Susan Levin in K1C2 Solutions, a company which markets Knit One, Crochet
Too yarn, patterns and kits, and K1C2 notions and accessories. She is active
in industry trade associations and, with Susan, writes a monthly column
for Craft and Needlework Age magazine and appears week
ly on Aleene's
Creative Living TV show seen nationally on TNN. She and Susan Levin
are co-authors of Crochet Your Way, a comprehensive resource, stitch
pattern and project crochet book to be published April 2000 by Taunton Publishing. GT204P. Divide and Conquer - Space, that is! GT308A. Quick and Easy Color Guidelines. GT309P. Prodigious Posts and Griddled Grids. |
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Unexpectedly finding herself having to teach crochet, Pauline discovered
a lack of information on crochet and was surprised to realize that the craft
of crochet is actually quite young. Pauline enjoys the versatility and variety
of materials and equipment that can be used in crochet, and its ability
to combine other crafts. With twenty years teaching experience specializing
in crochet, Pauline is a veritable "walking encyclopedia" of crochet
and has written many books and articles, as well as being interviewed in
newspapers, and on radio and television. In addition to offering the Diploma
in Crochet course, Pauline's company, Crochet Design, produces training
videos and publishes pat
terns and technique and design books related to
crochet. PT16AP. The Best Marriage of Fibre to Function. (Pre Conference Workshop) PT210A. Filet Made Easy. |
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Taught by her mother to crochet at the age of nine, Joyce says "God
has blessed me with the gift of crochet." Joyce is a member of CGOA
and of the Crochet Guild of Long Beach. She is a certified Crochet instructor,
and teaches crochet at work and at the L.A. Stitchers of West Los Angeles.
She has had articles published in CAST ON and her designs have been
published in "Collars in Color" by Annie's Attic and "Best
In Vests From Coast to Coast" by Cascade Yarn Co. JRW101AP. Crochetmorphosis. JRW202AP. Mitered Cardigan. JRW302AP. Mini-Surprise Jacket. |
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Jackie was taught to crochet by her grandmother at the age of 8 and was
a "closet crocheter" until discovering CGOA. She attended the
2nd Chain Link Conference in NJ and was thrilled to find like- minded crocheters.
She "volunteered" at that conference to become the first Chapter
Chairperson, growing a network of over 30 chapters all over the US during
her three year term. Jackie first taught at Chain Link '96. She teaches
crochet, knitting and creativity workshops both nationally and locally.
Her self-published pattern book on crocheted socks will be available July
2000. JY303AP. Real Socks For Real People. |
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