Cari Clement, Director of Fashion and Design for Caron Yarn, discusses the Rwanda Knits program with Leisure Arts Editor-in-Chief, Susan Sullivan, at the 2009 CGOA Summer Knit and Crochet Show. The program provides hand-operated, American-made knitting machines, technical, and business training to low-income Rwandan women.
At the 2009 CGOA Summer Knit and Crochet Show in Buffalo, NY, Drew Emborsky, The Crochet Dude, talks with Susan Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief of Leisure Arts, about the children's event "Yarn Fun for Kids." This is the first year the conference has included a program designed for young crocheters.
Jean Leinhauser and Rita Weiss, two legends in the crafting industry, sit with Editor-in-Chief of Leisure Arts, Susan Sullivan, at the 2009 CGOA Summer Knit and Craft Show in Buffalo, NY and discuss the conference and the Crochet Guild of America.
Maggie visits the Hyperbolic Crochet Reef exhibit at the Scottsdale Civic Center Library in Scottsdale, AZ. The reef (which was on display in Scottsdale from May - July of 2009) is designed to draw attention to the dangers the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and other reefs around the world face due to pollution and global warming. For more information visit The Institute for Figuring.
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