Links & Resources
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Books
'A New Look at Crochet'
by Elyse Sommer & Mike Sommer
Crown Publishers Inc, New York, 197x
ISBN 0-517-51608X
'Creative Crochet'
by Nicki Hitz Edson & Arlene Stimmel
Watson-Gupthill, New York, 1973
'Crochet Workshop'
by James Walters
Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1979
ISBN 0 283 98396
• more
info •
'Freeform Knitting and Crochet'
by Jenny Dowde

Sally Milner Publishing, Bowral, NSW, 2004
ISBN 1 86351 327 2
• more info•
'FREEformations'
by Jenny Dowde

Sally Milner Publishing, Bowral, NSW, 2006
ISBN 1 86351 358 2
• more info •
'Freeform: Serendipitous Design Techniques for Knitting
& Crochet'
by Prudence Mapstone
Prudence Mapstone, Australia, 2002
ISBN 0-9580443-0-9
• more
info •
'Coat of Many Scrumbles'
by Prudence Mapstone & 64 members of the International Free Form Crochet Guild

Prudence Mapstone, Australia, 2007
ISBN 978-0-9580443-4-9
• more
info•
'Have You Any Wool'
by Jan Messent

Search Press, 1986
ISBN (UK) 0 85532 566 6
ISBN (AUST) 0 85896 411 2
'New Directions in Crochet'
by Clinton MacKenzie
Van Rostrand Rheinhold, 197x
'Tapestry Crochet' & 'More
Tapestry Crochet'
by Carol Ventura (formerly Carol
Norton)
• more
info •
'The Crochet Workbook'
by Sylvia Cosh & James Walters
Batsford, 1989
ISBN 0 7134 5915 8
St Martin's Press, New York, 1989
ISBN 0-312-04032-6
Le Temps Apprivoisé, Paris, 1995 ('Le Crochet')
ISBN 2-283-58952-5
• more info
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'Wool 'n' Magic'
by Jan Messent
Search Press, 1989
ISBN 0 85532 614 X

Bookfinders
If you can't find what you want at your local library or
you must have your own personal copy, you may
need to contact a good Search Service such as:
Avril Whittle
Whittle's Warehouse, 7-9 Bainbridge Road, Sedbergh, Cumbria
LA10 5AU, UK
(remember to enclose your SSAE)
Phone & Fax: +44 (0)15396 21770 Fax: +44 (0)15396 20026
(House)
Mobile: 07967 638503
avrilsbooks@aol.com
or try online at:
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
http://www.abebooks.com/
http://www.bibliofind.com/
http://www.bookfinder.com/

Classes, Courses
Crochet Design (Diploma Course)
http://www.crochet.co.uk/
Freeform Workshops with Margaret Hubert
in NY, MA , etc
http://www.margarethubertoriginals.com/classes.htm
Renie Breskin Adams Crochet Workshop
at Penland School of Crafts, 5-17 July 2009
http://www.reniebee.com/crochet.htm • More
http://penland.org/classes/summer/summer_textiles.html

SUM-body (Scrumblers United Melbourne)
– a group of Scrumblers in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
All enquiries to: Pamela Williams (formerly Mercedes-Morris) – phone 0404887639 or pmmorris@melbpc.org.au

Conferences, conventions
"Xpect the Unexpected!"
– Bringing Crochet Back Home To Morecambe
3-10 May, 2006 in Morecambe and Lancaster, Lancashire, UK
More info >>

Lancaster Castle Skyline
– Tunisian crochet and mixed media by Pauline Turner

The usual suspects?
– participators at one of the original,
seminal
Morecambe Crochet Summer Schools
run by Pauline Turner in 1978

Exhibitions, Events
2009 Weaving and Freeform Fiberarts trip
featuring Myra Wood
Knit, Crochet and Weave in Peru
June 1-10, 2009
More info: http://www.eddaperu.com/
Alice Springs Beanie Festival, Market Place Exhibition & Competition
http://www.beaniefest.org/
Lacis Museum Freeform Slideshow
http://lacismuseum.org/exhibit/freeform
WonderWool Wales – A fesitval of Welsh Wool and Natural Fibres
Saturday 25 & Sunday 26 April 2009 at The Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells
http://www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk/ • More info
World's Best Tea Cosy Competition
Miles, Queensland, Australia

Held in 2006 and thereafter at 4-year intervals in line with The Year of the Outback. Top prize $500. Deadline for entries 25 August. Check out the 2006 winners now on www.murilla.qld.gov.au

Galleries, Museums

Organisations, Groups
Chicago area free-formers
Contact for details: Bonnie
prokopowicz@attbi.com
CGOA (The Crochet Guild of America)
http://www.crochet.org
Crochet Partners
http://www.crochetpartners.org
– a free discussion group with a full range of services
for crochet lovers
Freeform Crochet Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/freeformcrochet/
NZSWWS (New Zealand Spinning, Weaving and
Woolcrafts Society)
http://www.creativefibre.org.nz
TAFTA (The Australian Forum for Textile Art)
http://www.ggcreations.com.au/tafta/
The British Hand Knitting Confederation
http://www.bhkc.co.uk/data/index9.shtml
The International Free Form Crochet Guild
http://www.freeformcrochet.com/
The Knitting & Crochet Guild
http://www.knitting-and-crochet-guild.org.uk/

Suppliers
Bead Crochet
http://www.beadcrochet.com
http://www.beadwrangler.com
Colinette Yarns
http://www.colinette.com
Crochet Design
http://www.crochet.co.uk
KCG Trading Ltd
http://www.kcgtrading.com/
The Wool Room, Brewster, NY
http://www.woolroom.com

Videos/DVDs
Crochet Design
http://www.crochet.co.uk/
Margaret Hubert's Freeform Crochet video
http://www.margarethubertoriginals.com/videos.htm

Websites
Kaye Adolphson
http://www.geocities.com/xpatchc/btskaye.html
Bonnie Bloom Pierce
http://www.elegantcrochet.com/
Susie Bowring-Miller
http://www.geocities.com/susanbowmil/free_form_crochet/
Renie Breskin Adams
http://www.reniebee.com/crochet.htm • More
Mirjam Bruck-Cohen
http://www.fibersiv.israel.net/
CrochetInsider – Source for News, Views, Tips and Talk
http://www.crochetinsider.com/
Jenny Dowde
http://www.jennydowde.com/
HASTA EL MONYO DE PATRONES EN INGLÉS:
TRADUCCIÓN DE PATRONES DE CROCHET
http://www.hastaelmonyo.com/
Barbara Hillery
http://www.picturetrail.com/altobarb
Nicki Hitz Edson
http://nhedson.tripod.com/
Margaret Hubert
http://www.margarethubertoriginals.com/
http://margaretshooksandneedles.blogspot.com
Yvette Kaiser Smith
http://sobs.org/art/yks/yvetteindex.html
Katherine Kowalski
http://www.fiberartistry.com/
Tracy Krumm
http://www.tracykrumm.com
Lacis Museum
http://lacismuseum.org/
Ruth Marler
http://www.craftypeople.net/spring-challenge.html
Prudence Mapstone
http://www.knotjustknitting.com/
Bonnie Meltzer
http://www.bonniemeltzer.com
Norma Minkowitz
http://bellasartesgallery.com/minkowitz.html
Isa Navarre
http://www.isanavarre.com/
Linda Scharf
http://www.stoneleafmoon.com/
Ming-Yi Sung
http://mysung.tripod.com/home.html
Susan's Freeform Crochet Page
http://www.freeformcrochet.com/free.html
Sylvia Cosh::James Walters::Crochet
http://crochet.nu/scjwc/
Carol Ventura
http://www.tapestrycrochet.com/
Ana Voog
http://www.anacam.com/hats/
Jean Williams Cacicedo
http://www.fiberscene.com/artists/j_cacicedo.html
Myra Wood
http://www.myrawood.com/
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