Thursday, March 29, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Renegade Austin! May 19th & 20th
Wool & Hoop is super excited to be participating in this years Renegade Craft Fair at the Palmer Events Center. It's sure to be a fun time full of all sorts of awesome crafts! We hope to see you there.
To get more info you can check out there site here or come back to our blog for more info closer to the date!
Friday, March 23, 2012
New Crewel Workshop Coming to Chicago
Hello, Crewel Friends!
We've just scheduled another workshop at One Strange Bird in Chicago for Saturday, April 14th. I'll be teaching this two hour crewel embroidery workshop and I'm bringing a trunk load of crewelwork samples including new projects from my upcoming book, New Crewel: The Motif Collection, which comes out in May. (I'll even have a few advanced copies with me!) After a brief introduction of the crewel basics, I'll demonstrate eight different crewel stitches and finishing techniques. Participants will receive all the supplies needed to get started -- linen fabric, wool thread, needles and a hoop. My Wool & Hoop kits, supplies and first book, The New Crewel, which offers 30 of my original designs, 15 fun p rojects, and 16 classic embroidery stitches, will also be available for sale. The class is $65 and runs from 10:30am -12:30pm. All skill levels welcome. Sign up online at OneStrangeBird.com. For more information, call 773.276.4420.
Please, share this news with your crewel-loving friends in the Chicago area.
And, thank you!
Katherine Shaughnessy
Friday, March 2, 2012
Crewel 101 At the Urban Craft Center
CREWEL 101
March 17th, Saturday, 11am - 1pm
The Urban Craft Center, Santa Monica, CA
Visit The Urban Craft Center's Website and Class Schedule here!Sit down with Katherine Shaughnessy, author of The New Crewel, and try your hand at the age-old craft of crewel embroidery. Katherine will bring her own crewelwork samples including a sneak preview of the new projects from her upcoming book. After a brief introduction to the basics and history of crewel embroidery, Katherine will teach eight different crewel stitches and finishing techniques. Participants will receive all the supplies needed to get started -- linen fabric, wool thread, needles and a hoop. Katherine's Wool & Hoop kits and her book, The New Crewel, which offers 30 original designs, 15 fun projects, and 16 classic embroidery stitches, will also be available for sale. All skill levels welcome.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Crewel Ideas!
Wondering what to do with your finished crewelwork? Our kits come with instructions and transfer paper to put your embroidery onto a blank greeting card (included in every kit). But you can also frame it, make a tree ornament, or patchwork it onto a pillow, tote bag, scrapbook, your pants, or what-have-you. For more ideas, check out The New Crewel by Katherine Shaughnessy.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
PREVIOUS NEWS OF NOTE
Jan 23, 2012: New Crewel: The Motif Collection
It's true! My new book, with 30 new designs, is finished and comes out in early June 2012. In the meantime, I'm working on new kits that will accompany the new book. Stay tuned.....
- Katherine
December 14, 2011: Erica Wilson Inspired My Crewel World
Erica Wilson passed away yesterday at the age of 83. She was an extraordinary teacher, author and designer of crewel embroidery and a force behind its presence in the United States. I never met Ms. Wilson, but consulted with her by phone for my first book, The New Crewel. She was generous in her comments, making corrections and offering a few tips. For example, I have always followed her instructions for Satin Stitch, which requires outlining your design first with Split Stitch. (For those of us who do crewel embroidery, this makes all the difference!) She gave me her stamp of approval before we went to print for which I was grateful. My second book, New Crewel: The Motif Collection, goes to print this week and this morning I spoke with the publisher and was able to dedicate it to her. I learned so much from her books, especially from Crewel Embroidery, 1962, which I continue reference often. Her impact on the art of crewel embroidery is immeasurable. She will be missed! Click here to read more about Erica Wilson.
Katherine
Crewelwork by Erica Wilson, Cover art from her book, Crewel Embroidery, 1962
November 21, 2011: Crewel 101 at Oil and Cotton in Dallas
Hey, crewel friends! I'm doing a crewel embroidery workshop on Saturday, Dec. 3 from 11am - 1pm at Oil and Cotton in Dallas. All skill levels are welcome to attend. I'll go over crewel embroidery basics and teach eight crewel stitches and finishing techniques. Participants will receive all the supplies needed to get started -- including my book, The New Crewel, which offers 30 of my original designs, 15 fun projects, and 16 classic embroidery stitches. Additional crewel kits and supplies will be available for sale at the workshop. Just in time for your holiday gift-making plans! Click here for details.
- Katherine
April 26, 2011: Wool & Hoop Craft Night Video on Etsy
No Place Like Here: Marfa, Texas from Etsy on Vimeo.
Hey, Wool & Hoop is featured on Etsy! Filmmaker Karen Bernstein made a great video about Craft Night which my knitter friend Pam and I host every week at our adjoining shops: Wool & Hoop and Wild Woolies. Please, come by if you ever find yourself in far West Texas.
- Katherine Shaughnessy
February 1, 2010: "Cool Crewel" Linen Skirt in Sew News
Check out my lastest creation in the Feb/March issue of Sew News. It's a simple, linen, wrap-a-round skirt with a poppy, floral pattern along the lower edge. Perfect for Spring. You can pick up a copy of the magazine, their 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition, at your local bookstore, or buy it online here. And, Wool & Hoop sells everything you'll need to make the skirt: The linen fabric, crewel wool thread, needles and a hoop. Click here to see it all. You can follow the white on turquoise design as she did, or choose from our 18 shades of linen and 421 shades of crewel thread to make it your own. The only thing you'll need is a pattern for the skirt -- an easy find at your local fabric store. Have fun!
- Katherine Shaughnessy
December 29, 2009: Craft Night was Fun!
We had embroidery, origami, reverse applique, mending and felting. I worked on a tea cosey inspired from here and a set of limited edition posters for a concert/screening that Ballroom Marfa and Marfa Public Radio are presenting on Jan. 2 at the Crowley Theatre in Marfa. Each poster is hand-stitched and will be for sale with proceeds going to the Ballroom. Also today, a recent visitor to Wool & Hoop, Jill Sones, blogged about us here.
-Katherine Shaughnessy
Craft Night @ Wool & Hoop in Marfa Texas - Dec. 29, 7pm
Make it a Crewel Halloween in New York City!
Interested in learning an updated version of the age-old craft of crewel embroidery? Or, are you already a pro and just want to hang out with some fellow crewelers? Well, if you live in (or near) NYC, you're in luck. On October 31st, I will be teaching a class at the very cool & wonderful Make Workshop in Manhattan on the lower East Side. Students will be creating a sampler like the one pictured above in the color of your choice. Students will learn a bit of crewel history, some embroidery basics and more than a dozen stitches. There will be lots of Wool & Hoop crewel kits, supplies & books available -- all discounted for students of the class. And, you may bring your crewel embroidery projects to share with the class and get professional tips from me. Sign up now -- space is limited. Hope to see you there!
-Katherine Shaughnessy
Julie Jackson, a contributor to Craft: and the brilliant mastermind behind Kitty Wigs and Subversive Cross Stitch, posted an article about Wool & Hoop including an interview with Katherine Shaughnessy. There are more pictures of our shop in Marfa, Texas and a FREE downloadable pattern. Click here to check it out.
- Katherine Shaughnessy
Wool & Hoop has expanded from cyberspace to a real space in the lovely little town of Marfa, Texas. So next time you're in the neighborhood, you can visit the Wool & Hoop flagship which is located in old adobe building at 203 E. San Antonio, right next door to Fancy Pony Land, around the corner from JM Dry Goods and across the street from Ballroom Marfa. In addition to carrying all things crewel, our little shop has a variety of sewing notions, fabrics, felts, needlepoint kits and knitting supplies. Classes begin this fall in embroidery, sewing and knitting. Stay tuned.
- Katherine Shaughnessy
Australian magazine Homespun features me as their guest artisan in the October 2008 issue. The article, Whirled Peace, highlights a brand new project called "Pinwheel Posy." The pattern and full instructions are included.
-Katherine Shaughnessy
Better Homes & Gardens' Creative Home magazine reveals how Shaughnessy's Texas home & studio inspire her crewelwork in Denise Gee's article "Free Range Art," Winter 2007.
Plaid Bucilla released a fresh new line of crewel kits designed by Shaughnessy. Kits can be purchased at www.plaidonline.com.
Better Homes & Gardens' Holiday Crafts 2007 offers a "Curly Crewel" embroidery project by Wool & Hoop.
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