Celebrity crafting
Posted by Kirsty
October 24, 2009
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Kirstie Allsopp and her Homemade Home series have caused some debate on this blog – our more puritan crafters have seen it as a hollow gesture towards a current fad, whilst other bloggers think that exposure of traditional and new crafts and their practitioners is positive and should be welcomed. In the series, Kirstie showcases different artisans and craftspeople who can provide interesting alternatives to the identikit flat-pack homes that other style and property programmes seem to be shoving down our throats. The intention is good, but, as with any mass media product, it could lead the way to crafting as just another fad to be bought into on mass and discarded just as quickly. Let’s think positively, though. I believe that encouraging anyone to pick up knitting needles, a paintbrush, or any tool that enables them to create something unique and rewarding is great.
I would say that, though – I work for the publishing house that is publishing the book of the series next year. Not only that, but – as the very grainy photograph attests – I am part of the reason that my particular publishing house won the bid. I’ve gained a bit of a reputation at work for being crafty and when the lovely editor was pitching for the book, she asked me to make something that she could give to Kirstie. The results of which you can just about see in the picture. I crocheted a ‘book’ with a little house on the cover and the words Home Made Home. Both Kirstie and the editor loved it and every time Kirstie’s book is mentioned now, someone will say “That’s thanks to the book that Kirsty knitted”. In the beginning, I would say “actually, it’s crocheted” but I got so many blank looks – because it’s made of yarn and you knit with yarn, what is this crochet? – that now I just agree. Either way, it’s a nice feeling to know that something I made is so appreciated. I wonder if my ‘book’ will appear in Kirstie’s book…
1 comment Categories: books, craft
October 24th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
I love your crocheted book :)