Passionate Hookers
Passionate Hookers: a crochet anthology with substance
Authors: Jennifer Hansen, Susie Haydon, Rochelle Manners, Chelsea Norquay, Lara Venzo, Paul Venzo, Lisa Waller, Zabet Stewart
Paperback | ISBN: 978-0-9805477-1-9 | Size: A5 | Extent: 57 pp | $16.50
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The crochet revolution came and went, but it never died. Its hookers didn’t disappear when the revolution changed gear: they merely dived back underground.
Passionate Hookers isn’t about cute, or even necessarily functional crochet. It’s about crochet as art and, in some cases, as a way of life. From the Alice Springs Beanie Festival, to freeform crochet, to musing non-fiction and patterns and tutes, there’s something in this book for the hooker in all of us.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Jennifer Hansen is the founder and lead designer of Stitch Diva Studios. Her innovative crochet work has been featured in various books, magazines and television shows. She has been described as ‘One of the names that immediately comes to mind when thinking of the creative forces that have helped transport crochet from the realm of acrylic afghans to the sexy world of figure-flattering fashions’ (Yarn Market News).
Susie Haydon lives in Adelaide, South Australia, and is, very slowly, studying Professional Writing at TAFE SA. She has tried her hand at many different crafts, but still can’t knit.
Rochelle Manners trained as a teacher, is an author of educational texts, short stories, essays and poetry. She is an entrepreneur who runs an independent publishing house, Wombat Books, that mainly publishes books for children and young adults. She is married to an entomologist and they have two young children.
Chelsea Norquay is a home-schooled 16-year-old, and has been crocheting for 11 years. She lives on a small sheep farm in the US that produces just enough wool to keep her hook busy year-round. You can read about Chelsea’s latest endeavors on her website.
Paul and Lara Venzo are a sibling team who specialise in one-off hand-made craft-art. They live and work in coastal south west Victoria. Paul is a writer and academic in the field of communications and children’s literature, and Lara is trained in painting, ceramic and textile art. Their designs revolve around quality and sustainability, as an antidote to the culture of mass production and disposability.
Lisa Waller lives in Ballarat, Victoria. When she’s not spinning, crocheting, knitting or mucking around in a dyepot she’s reading and writing because she’s also a journalist and an academic. When she tires of words and yarns she enjoys a cup of tea, or a visit up the road with Sovereign Hill’s big mob of friendly Clydesdales.
Zabet Stewart is responsible for The AntiCraft, a free, online, quarterly craft zine, and is co-author of Anticraft: Knitting, Beading, and Stitching for the Slightly Sinister. She’s currently obsessed with designing for cross stitch (but, strangely, not stitching it) and frequently contributes to the Quirky Nomads podcast.
