In the Loop, October 2021

Happy Halloween from CKC! CKC Board member, Suzann Thompson, added these crocheted doilies to her haunted Halloween decor. Learn more about the black, orange and yellow doily in CKC's Crowdsourced Collection. Photo Courtesy…

In the Loop, September 2021

September 2021 New in CKC's Crowdsourced Collection: Your item? View our new,  short video where Heather Hernandez adds her grandma's crocheted blanket to CKC's Crowdsourced Collection in just minutes, and learn how easy…
knitted checkerboard, quilted and embellished

In the Loop, August 2021

August 2021 CKC Welcomes New and Renewing Members! CKC’s Annual Membership Drive in July was an unqualified success!   Thank you to everyone who participated! We are excited to welcome twenty-one new CKC Members -- six Sustaining…
knitted checkerboard, quilted and embellished

In the Loop, July 2021

July 2021 July is CKC's Annual Membership Campaign! CKC’s annual Membership Campaign is underway!  If you  want to renew your membership, or give the gift of membership, July is the perfect time to do it!…
coverlet of assembled lacy crocheted squares on a large bed with folded over top sheet that is embroidered with a poppy motif, with a stuffed panda bear and a baby doll lying on the pillows
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A’s Coverlet

knitted checkerboard, quilted and embellished

In the Loop, June 2021

June 2021 Robert Powell, Rippling Rainbow Shawl, ca. 2000. Photo: Jolie Elder Happy Pride Month! In June, CKC celebrates Pride Month with this spectacular treasure from CKC’s Crowdsourced Collection -- the Rippling Rainbow Shawl by…
knitted checkerboard, quilted and embellished

In the Loop, May 2021

May 2021 It’s not too late to celebrate May – the official month of Mystery! Purchase a vintage mystery magazine from CKC’s online store to show your support for CKC’s work to preserve and promote the art, craft, and scholarship…
knitted checkerboard, quilted and embellished

In the Loop, April 2021

April, 2021 Photo: Suzann Thompson “… if the quilt that you are knitting together gets frayed you’ve got to sew up the connections between the little squares. You’ve got to make your own square as good as you can, and not…
knitted checkerboard, quilted and embellished
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Knitting/Not Knitting Can Be Beautiful

Why would a coroner's inquest or the Census of the United States appear in CKC's digital Library and Museum Collection? Turns out, they list people whose family names were Crochet, Knittel, Knitterscheid, and Knith; and a person whose first…
knitted checkerboard, quilted and embellished

In the Loop, March 2021

March 2021 OTN: “Lunar Fade” Shawl, a Larissa Brown Knitting Design.  Yarn: Nature’s Luxury.  Bowl:   Mark Shapiro.   Photo & Knitting: Jennifer Lindsay.   What are you working on?  Share…