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Comfort Food Crochet Artist Kate Jenkins

UK knitwear designer and crochet artist Kate Jenkins has created several full installations of crochet food including a cafe and a dinner party. She also has a home/fashion line and designed the decor for a hotel room.

About Crochet Artist Kate Jenkins

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Kate Jenkins was a UK knitwear designer who sold beautiful knit designs to a number of well-known labels, including Donna Karan, Missoni and Marc Jacobs before she decided to branch out and launch her own fashion / home design label called Cardigan. She is also a knit and crochet artist, known best for her cheeky take on crochet food, her large yarn-y installations, and her room design at Hotel Pelirocco. She has exhibited in the UK and the United States. She has a New York art show coming up this December; her work is currently on display at a UK restaurant through October. She generally uses 100% lambswool for her crochet art as well as her knit fashions. She also sells cards and prints featuring photos of her crochet art.

Hotel Pelirocco Do Knit Disturb

Hotel Pelirocco is a boutique hotel located on Brighton Beach in England. The rooms at this hotel are “inspired by pop culture, sexy sirens and maverick musicians”. Kate Jenkins designed and executed (with the help of two assistants) a super cute room here called Do Knit Disturb.

Learn more about Hotel Pelirocco’s crochet / knit room.

Kate Jenkins Crochet Food

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Designer Crochet: Marc Jacobs

For this week’s exploration of crochet in couture and designer collections, let’s take a look at Marc Jacobs.

Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs

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Fashion designer Marc Jacobs was born in New York in 1963 and is one of the youngest designers in Simone Werre’s book 50 Fashion Designers You Should Know Designer Crochet: Madeleine Vionnet. Hwe went to Parsons, graduating in 1984, and presented his own first collection two years later. He has worked with a number of big names, and since 1997 has been the chief designer at Louis Cuitton. In 2000 he launched his own brand name collection which is known for celebrating girliness in untraditional ways.

Marc Jacobs Fall 2012 Crochet

If you’re looking for crochet on the runway for Fall 2012, look no further than Marc Jacobs. He used sparkly novelty yarns, bright colors and oversized safety pins to create a funky look for his new crochet pieces:

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Benefits Of Crochet

10 Health Benefits of Crochet: Healing the Mind

This post is a testament to the original founder and author of Crochet Concupiscence, Katherine Vercillo. Katherine strongly believes in the healing benefits of crochet and speaks more on her journey in her book “Crochet Saved My Life.” Each of the current authors of this blog has felt the healing benefits of crochet in their own …

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