Queen Gwen’s crocheted fencepost cozies
March 30, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under crochet
March was designated as Crochet Month. And, since March is rapidly winding up (although, as far as I am concerned, EVERY month is crochet month!), I wanted to make sure I posted a couple of more things about crochet before the end of the month.
Who better to write crochet notes about than a dear friend of mine – Gwen Blakley Kinsler.
Why? Because Gwen is the Queen of Crochet – she started the Crochet Guild of America,
which is pretty darned royal in my books!
Speaking of books, Gwen has a wonderful new book coming out next year:
“The Fine Art of Crochet” which will include interviews of twenty artists.
One of the artists that Gwen interviewed for the book, Kathleen Holmes, is an artist that I am in awe of.
Holmes combines crochet with sculpture, using the shape of a simple dress as the leaping off point. Her sculptures are evocative, powerful and haunting…. definitely click the link!
Gwen also wrote about Kathleen Holmes in the latest issue of Crochet! magazine.
You’ll also see Gwen’s work regularly featured in one of my fave magazines: Piecework
One of the things that I love about Gwen is that even though she’s an elegant, gracious
image by Gwen Blakley-Kinsler copyright
and very very smart woman, she’s also wickedly funny.
I love her sense of humor and whimsy….
Lately, she’s been engaged in a little ‘Urban Crochet’……
That’s her, in the top photo, crocheting in amongst the grapevines.
and the photos below show how she has been cozy-ing up a very lucky fencepost.
In the summer….
and in the winter…..
and a mailbox has been blessed by Gwen’s hook, too….
All images by Gwen Blakley-Kinsler copyright
Here’s the link to Gwen’s blog
and her website
She is “crochetkween” on www.ravelry.com
Gwen’s goofy fenceposts have inspired me to crochet a couple of fencepost cozies, too. I’ll be posting about them soon.
Naming a month in celebration of a craft we love gives us all a chance to celebrate the friends and community that is precious to us…. so here’s to Crochet Month, and here’s to having an little yarn lusciousness in your day, every day!
Noreen, You are such a wonderful writer! Thank you so much for the lovely write up you did about me and my kooky crocheting (fencepost and mailbox) I keep very busy covering my world in crochet and the latest is to create a leaf for the International Fiber Collective
http://www.internationalfibercollective.com—The Tree Project
You are such a dear, sharing, giving and wonderful person. Wish you lived closer so we could chat over the fencepost!
Hallo Gwen
I am so pleased that you liked the profile!
And… oh drat! I missed the deadline for the leaf project! rats! I meant to participate… ah well… another lovely project is always just around the corner….
Your delightful fenceposts inspired me, and I am designing some fencepost cozies, now, too…
I wish that we were across the fence neighbours, too…. but, since the miles are between our fenceposts, I am so grateful for the internet that allows us to sustain our friendship!
I really should get back to doing crochet (will have to relearn since its been too many years eek) because I LOVE how it looks and I so enjoyed seeing the photo of the fencepost. Enjoyed reading your blog entry too.
Thanks so much, Jafabrit!
Crochet is so wonderful, as it is painterly and sculptural at the same time. You can go madly off in all directions or create something oh so structured….. it’s really a wonderful mode of expression!