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CRAFT Newsletter for September 27, 2006

Subscribe to CRAFT, Renegade Craft Fair - Day 1, CRAFT Podcast Pattern - Cobweb Scarf, CRAFT Contest on Crafster.org, Artist Rania Hassan and Her Knit Paintings, Knit a Katamari Damancy Hat, and CRAFT Podcast Pattern - Fitzpatterns Bird Stencils

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Dear Readers,

We are so excited to bring you the first issue of CRAFT magazine! In just a few more weeks, you'll find CRAFT for sale at the newsstands on October 17th. Subscribe now to ensure that you'll have your own special copy waiting for you in the mailbox.

We look forward to hearing your feedback!

Natalie Zee
Associate Editor, CRAFT Magazine
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nat@craftzine.com

From the CRAFT Blog

Subscribe to CRAFT Magazine

Hey Crafters! CRAFT will soon be on the newsstands on October 17th! But subscribe now and you could be receiving yours even earlier in the mail. And why not? This issue is jam-packed with lots of really neat stuff you can make, inspirational crafter profiles, quick craft projects, DIY projects, and more! Where else can you crochet Beth Doherty's amigurumi robot or read about embroidery queen Jenny Hart as she shows you how to embroider a skateboard. More projects include knitted boots, learning chainmail to make your own medieval armor, needlepoint bracelets, felting an iPod cozy, making a room divider, cat pad, silkscreening 101, and more!

You'll get 4 quarterly volumes delivered to your door as well as access to the online digital edition for only $34.95 a year. What a deal! International subscriptions are available for $49.95 US. Use the MAKE4CRAFT code and receive a cool new CRAFT T-shirt. Link.

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Renegade Craft Fair - Day 1

It's Saturday here at the Renegade Craft Fair with perfect sunny weather and lots of cool crafts to check out. Where else can you find the best in indie crafts from silkscreened tees, totes, jewelry, posters, paintings, plushies, and more? Here's our CRAFT booth with Katie and Goli. Also above is a sample of our feature CRAFT robot plushies (made by Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane who's also here at the event) that's being raffled off each day here at our booth. You can see all the day one action in our photos. Link.

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CRAFT Podcast Pattern - Stitch Diva Studios Cobweb Scarf

This week's pattern is the Cobweb Scarf created by Jennifer Hansen, the amazing designer behind Stitch Diva Studios. Her work in crochet and knitting has an edgier fashion feel, and with this Cobweb Scarf, you will never have to make boring old scarves ever again. With this pattern, you'll learn the techniques of Tunisian double-ended hook crochet. Get yourself one of these large double-ended hooks and crochet away. Stitch Diva Studios also has a more in depth, Tunisian Crochet tutorial here.

Click here to get the PDF (and other CRAFT content) delivered automatically via iTunes - Link.

More:
Stitch Diva Studios Decidedly Different Scarves - Link.

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CRAFT Contest on Craftster.org

Hi Crafters! There's a new Craftster Challenge on Craftster.org, where we've teamed up with Leah Kramer to give you a chance to show your zombie spirit and give you a special preview of one of our feature articles, "Zombies & Robots & Bears ... Oh My!"

Craft Challenge #15 - Zombies & Robots & Bears...Oh My! - Due Oct 1 - Oct 5
Your challenge is to craft up a butt-kickin' zombie, robot, or bear-themed craft in any medium you want. Paper? Fiber-based? Beaded? With or without the aid of a real zombie, robot, or bear? The details are totally up to you! Link.

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Artist Rania Hassan and Her Knit Paintings

Rania Hassan
Blog - goshdarnknit.blogspot.com

Rania Hassan's recent series of paintings incorporate a new crafty element--knitting. The paintings are a series of two women connected together through time or space with their knitting. Rania will have some of these paintings at her booth at Crafty Bastards on Oct. 1 in DC. See all 10 of her latest paintings here and here.

From Rania:
I am fascinated by the connections we find in our everyday experiences: from the isolation of communities on the subway, to the solitary experience of introspection, to the feelings of deep communion. How do we think of our place in this world? How do we fit in it?

My work is about the levels of connectedness we feel. I paint, draw, and knit to represent moments of these feelings. We are all connected somehow. I started this series because of my fascination with knitting, and love for painting. I am also intrigued by the community I've found online with knitters from around the world. I think about how it links me to my mother, and her mother, and all the women who came before them.

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HOW TO - Make a Katamari Damacy Hat

More Katamari fun! Easily Amused made her sister a Katamari Damacy hat. Scroll down the page for the full tutorial, complete with some tips. I've gotten pretty addicted to the game in the last few months and if I made and wore this hat, I'd probably roll myself into any object. [ via ] Link.

More:
Crochet Katamari Prince - Link.

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CRAFT Podcast Pattern: Fitzpatterns Bird Stencils

This week's CRAFT podcast pattern features 4 bird stencils created by Lisa Howdin at Fitzpatterns. The stencils are Owl, Sparrow, Swallow, and Wren, all of which you can easily apply to your T-shirt designs, totebags, and more! Check out the links below that will take you to our previous posts on how to use stencil designs. The possibilities are endless!

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