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Drew Emborsky, 38, is a shy dude who loves to crochet. He loves it so much that he crochets from morning till night, six days a week working very hard to build his reputation as a pattern designer. On this episode of CraftSanity, Drew will share the story of how he landed in Houston, Texas and began to make a name for himself as The Crochet Dude.

For years after he discovered the life of a gallery artist wasn’t for him, Drew moved from one professional challenge after another. But he never quite found a job that could hold his attention long term. So after he found himself struggling to find meaning and purpose in the wake of a tremendous personal loss, he picked up his crochet hook and starting stitching. I’ll let him tell you what happened next.

Drew said it took him about a month to create "Nouveau Riche" inspired by Charles Rennie Makintosh. He has plans to release the pattern at the end of the summer.






Check out Drew's free Pentagon Dishcloth Pattern















Check out his free patterns for a beverage cozy and other cool creations.




Here are more links to The Crochet Dude:
Blog
Web site
Publications
Gear
He also is a contributor to the very cool whip up website.

During the interview I blanked and couldn’t retrieve the name of the fastest crocheter in the world, Lily Chin. She’s a fantastic knit and crochet designer and I apologize that I couldn’t retrieve her name from the tangle of yarn in my head. Let’s all wish her luck because she set to defend her crochet title in Melbourne Australia at the end of June.

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