Hot Crocheter: Rachel Hunnicutt of Cornflower Blue Studio

Welcome to the first "Hot Crocheter" post at Happymaking. As the animation to the left says, this series will highlight artisans who are redefining what it means to be a crocheter.

To kick things off, let me introduce you to Rachel Hunnicutt of Cornflower Blue Studio. I found out about her through this post at the Crochet Liberation Front. After a little investigating, I was able to locate the Cornflower Blue Studio blog, and a post entitled, "...and then I realized it was just a dream." I said WOW.

What makes Rachel a Hot Crocheter? Innovation. This piece, inspired by the sea and entitled "Ghost Reef", just blew me away...

I couldn't help but check out her Etsy art shop: Cornflower Blue Studio: felicity shop. You will find Ghost Reef there available for purchase, among other treats for the eyes. You might also be interested to check out her Etsy craft shop: Cornflower Blue Studio.

Thank you Rachel for sharing your talents with us and for tickling our imaginations.

For Mike K (who thinks crocheting is not "hot")

Okay, so I leave an innocent "what are you doing right now?" update on Facebook yesterday: "Heather is ripping out half of her crochet project because I realized I skipped two rows. Frick!", and it inspired a couple of my snarky friends, (the word snarky stolen from Allison Worthington), to make comments.

One such friend would be Mike K, the husband of my other friend Michelle K (they used to call us the Bobsey Twins - how embarrassing is that? Michelle and me, not Mike and me, but I digress)...

He said, and I'm quoting, "Ya maybe you will make the cover of "Hot Crocheter Quarterly" then who knows where that will go."

Ya Mike, who knows where that will go! Let's find out! Here you go. I'll be the one laughing when you turn on the boob tube and find me sitting and crocheting at Regis Philbin's knee. Heh.

To the masses of people out there who think crocheting is "HOT", I'm here and ready to provide you with product endorsements and testimonials. You won't be laughing when the Hot Crocheter Quarterly swimsuit issue comes out! (Yipes.)