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active there. I also suggest to those that
are seeking a supportive fi bre community
to join our private Facebook group where
makers can share photos, ask questions
and seek friendship!Also, be sure to stick around when I
announce our next Maker Call, where we
will be hosting an application process for
makers from all areas of the world to share
their creativity, their projects/patterns,
inspiring stories and even education
within the industry. We host Maker
Calls four times a year – once
each quarter!the 2018 Our Maker Life event, and even
Sutton Foster, an actress from Broadway
and the TV show Younger, made her own
Jessica Top (after I released the pattern years
later) and wore it to a Vogue Knitting Live
event. Both of these designs were created
with the intention of doing something for
myself that I wanted to do.
Growing up I followed many things that
were told to me and my whole perspective
of my own self was that I was not allowed
to make my own decisions. I felt like I
needed to be a certain kind of person to be
‘allowed’ to exist. This made me become
an adult and I never really knew who I
was, until I started crocheting. This craft
has given me permission to dip my toes
into making decisions for myself, and only
myself. It has encouraged me and given me
a self-perception that I never knew I could
experience. Through teaching myself to
crochet and learning that I can do things that
I set my mind to, it trickled into my daily life
and has gotten me to try other hard things
such as replacing our garbage disposal all by
myself, follow diffi cult projects through
to the end even when I feel like giving up,
and so many more things. I just really
value opportunities to let myself be proud
of myself.
Are you working on anything
else exciting at the moment
you want to tell our readers
about?
For the last year or so, I have been working
on writing my fi rst book with the help of
Abrams Publishing. I’m incrediblyexcited
about this project because it combines so
many different things that are important
to me including crochet, heart-y talk and
encouragement. I was also able to use
yarn from The Hook Nook Collection for
a few of the projects, which is just
mind-blowing. The book is scheduled
to be released in autumn this year
and I could not be more excited!
I’m working on various side
things that I can’t quite chat
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