Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Hooker Spotlight ~ Le ChatCrochet

As I was browsing around I came across this fun shop and realized she was a sister hooker! I love the variety in her shop and her unique and clever designs.



Here is a snippet from her shop bio:

"Im a quarter Swiss, quarter German and half Dutch girl born and raised in the Netherlands and have shared already more than half of my life with a French boy. I often long to see mountains, crave foreign food and couldn't stand to live in the 'narrow' countryside anymore. But yet I feel firmly rooted in the Dutch culture. Tulips are my favourite flowers and I'm proud of our sobriety. Frugality is a virtue in the flat lands where I grew up. Since I was a child I've learned to craft with scrap, leftovers and reused materials to save money. Now with the necessity to save our Earth reuse has a gotten new dimension. I'm proud to present you with Dutch design made exclusively with materials that were destined to have ended in the landfill.






I'm glad there is a lot of recycling and upcycling going on on Etsy and proud to be among such artists and sellers! Yet I still see a lot of yarn artists who buy new yarn for their creations where the materials are literally on the street. With all due respect I hope to open their mind a bit if they happen to stumble upon this shop. I hope to surprise the unsuspecting visitor who was just looking for a crocheted item with the beauty of reused yarn. If any other recycling yarn artist reads this please contact me, I would love to link up with you!!!"




Stop by her shop and see more great work!

4 comments:

Mountainside Crochet said...

What an interesting story from a delightfully clever 'hooker' using eco-friendly recycled yarn. And what gorgeous pieces you create, LeChat. A talented lady very deserving of the "Hooker Spotlight" recognition.

The Giggles Family said...

what a lovely spotlight for a fellow "hooker"

it is wonderful to see not only gorgeous creations but environmentally and economically friendly ones too :)

Carrie

Le-Chat said...

Thanks so much for the feature, Valerie. I'm grateful for more and more people seeing the importance of recycling and recognizing the beauty of things made with reused yarns. Also read where I find my stuff on my blog:
http://trashcollector.blogspot.com

Thx for looking

Hello there! My name is June said...

I can only dream about crocheting this good! What a lovely shop & it's so nice to see a feature done on a fellow 'craftster'!

:o)

I love this item too: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=345032