Granny Square Crochet: Make Your Own Sweater
About Me
A course by Katie Jones , Crochet Designer
About the video: About Me
Overview
“Hi! I’m Katie Jones and I will be exploring colour and crochet with you! In this lesson, I'm going to introduce myself and tell you a little bit about how I got into crochet.”
In this video lesson Katie Jones addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Granny Square Crochet: Make Your Own Sweater. Learn how to crochet the iconic granny square and assemble your stitches to create a bold statement piece full of color.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, I'm Katie Jones and I'm a crochet designer. Welcome to my Domestika course. In this lesson, I'll tell you a bit about myself. I've always loved craft and colour. As a kid, I was drawn to anything bright and colourful, influenced by my granny and my mum, who were constantly dressed head to toe in pinks, reds and multicolours. I had a lovely old lady in my family for learning every single craft. I got my first sewing machine when I was seven. I first got on my hook with my granny when I was younger. Her house was full of crochet granny squares and I loved them. I never imagined I...”
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Course summary for: Granny Square Crochet: Make Your Own Sweater
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Crochet, DIY, Fashion Design, Fiber Arts, Textile Design
Katie Jones
A course by Katie Jones
Katie Jones is a UK-based crochet artist who runs her own crochet brand alongside her mum where she makes and sells fun, colorful, hand-crocheted pieces with sustainability in mind. Crocheting has been in her family for generations and Kate was first introduced to it by her grandma. She went on to specialize in knitwear at Central Saint Martins art school in London.
Katie’s forte is creating wearable, artisanal collections that are big on color and also stay true to her grandma’s philosophy of making something beautiful out of nothing. Her pieces have been featured in the V&A and the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence as well as in publications including Vogue, Dazed and Confused, The Telegraph, The Guardian, and more. She also won the Selfridges Bright New Things Award in 2016.
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