Hi there! My name is
Liz
and I am the youngest and tallest member of Locust Street Crafts. I
currently live in Grand Blanc, Michigan, but spent over 5 years
living in Mt. Pleasant and it has a sweet spot in my heart –
especially Locust House.
This picture of me displays the true
magnificence of the counter space in Locust House. Never before and
since have I lived in a place with such abundant counter space –
this is only maybe 1/3 of it, and it's clearly enough to sleep on. A
lot of mornings in the Locust House found Samantha, Erica, and I
huddled around the coffee pot, staring it down, mugs in hand. A
watched pot may never boil, but a watched coffee pot
gets you the first cup.
Since leaving Mt. Pleasant in 2007,
I've completed a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science.
Yes, you read that correctly, I'm a Scientist! But more
realistically, I'm a Librarian. I have a great job working in a
public library with awesome kids.
On the craft side of things, I'm the
daughter of a yarn wizard – my mother, Pam. Rarely in the history
of my life do I think there were ever fewer than 25 skenes of the
stuff in our house. She is always working on something and never
met a crochet pattern that she couldn't tackle. Pam also knits
occasionally. At a young age, she taught my older sister, Amy, how
to crochet something very basic – you know the story, where the
beginner starts out doing well but then either adds too many stitches
or not enough to the end of something and ends up with a triangle.
Well, Amy ended up with a triangle alright, but my mom had the
wherewithal to fold it up just right, darn the edges, add a button,
and WHAM! That thing was suddenly a darling clutch purse. Pam is
just that kind of resourceful lady.
So then, it was my turn to learn. My
mom has 5 children total and I am the fourth. In hindsight, I don't
know where she found the time to teach me to crochet, but she did.
When I was in 4th grade, she helped me learn to crochet an
entire afghan for one of my best friends. I was 9. To date, it's
the only afghan that I have ever made, mostly because I didn't
crochet much after that. I became really interested in drawing, and
once I reached high school, I dabbled in a variety of other arts,
though still picked up a crochet hook once in a while. College came
and the muscle memory of crochet came back to me, as I created very
basic single-chain hats and scarves for my friends.
To this day, I still really only
crochet with a single-chain and don't make anything very fancy,
though I am working on another afghan. I own only one crochet hook.
I don't do any sort of counting or writing numbers down while I
crochet, it's just all a very simple process for me and I'm fine with
that. I get creative with colors and blending instead. I did knit a
scarf once, with the help of my mom, but prefer crocheting. Someday,
I hope to learn new chains and stitches to add some variety to what I
make, but I'm in no rush. Fortunately for me, I am always interested
in trying new and different types of crafts in addition to any yarn
work I do. I've made a variety of crafts, some seen here:
Hanging wall vases
Stuffed bird toys
Washer necklaces
There are a lot more items
I've made, and most recently I tried my hand at hair clips. If I had
my way though, my craft of choice would be pottery:
I made the pieces pictured above when I
had some studio time gifted to me by my fiance last year. Clay is so
much fun for me, and I'd love to have my own wheel and kiln someday.
I live with my fiance, Eric, and my
cat, Lola, who turned 10 years old this March, that old girl! I
enjoy going thrift shopping, listening to audio books in my car on my
hellish commute, making and eating chocolate no-bake cookies, and
traveling. I'm a vegetarian, adore everything George Harrison, enjoy
a good rock show, and really like tattoos. Lately when I craft, I
watch a lot of
Law
& Order: SVU.
Here are some gratuitous pictures of my
cat, and thanks for reading.
