A few years ago, I  bought a couple  of neat vintage crochet books by the designer, Elizabeth Hiddleson.
Last weekend, I found 3 more of
her booklets at a garage sale.
The booklets have a specific look:
They are VERY black and white.
Hiddleson’s crocheted lace pieces
appear to have been laid on a photocopier
and photocopied.
Perhaps they were simply
placed on a black background
and photographed that way.
The 3 booklets that I found last week
were copyright 1979.
When I googled to see if I could find out  more information about Elizabeth Hiddleson, I drew a blank.
There are tons of entries about people selling her booklets on eBay and other …read more

Robyn Chachula has had a great idea…. she’s blogging about a day in the life of a crochet designer.
She’s a structural engineer, as well as a crochet designer, and has started the ball rolling with a really neat entry.
Check it out at: Robin’s Day 

Bonnie Pierce is a real delight. She’s also a fantastic designer and teacher.
Today’s inspiration is her website:
Bonnie Pierce 

Amie Hirtes is a fine ( nah, a  GENIUS) designer….
One of her designs in particular just knocks me out of the water. It’s a blue top that is positively sculptural in the way she shapes the mathematical precision of the lace…. it’s on her blog and her site.
I also love the way Amie puts her hands on her hips and tells it like it is for her and the rest of us designers who are getting thrashed by folks who feels like it’s okay to steal intellectual property.  Yay, Amie!
Here’s Amie’s blog 
and her website

Mary Jane Hall is a delightful person and fantastic designer. She and I publish with the same publisher: Krause Books, so we are fellow travellers!
You’ll never meet a more upbeat, positive person.  Mary Jane has combined her  uplifting world view with her crochet design to create work that goes way beyond ‘everyday’ crochet.
Kate Pullen is  running a series of interviews with Mary Jane.
Mary Jane’s website is: Mary Jane Hall 

I received two notes today from people who said that they really appreciate me listing inspiring designers.
Well! with that encouragement, I just have to share
Carolyn Christmas’s website. 
Wonderful!

One of the really neat things about teaching at conferences is getting to meet other teachers and designers. One of these wonderful people that I have met and like very much is Marty Miller.
Check out her blog: Marty Miller

Annette Petavy is a crochet designer who lives in France.
There’s no doubt about it…. living in France definitely influences her work!
Check out her site: Annette 
Her work is lovely!

One of the pleasures of belonging to the Crochet Guild of America is getting to meet other crochet designers (in person or online)     )
Pam Gillette is one of my ‘designer buddies’ that I have connected with, thanks to our both being members of CGOA.  She’s doing all kinds of neato designs in crochet -
Check out Pam’s work at her site