scroll
down
PRESS
STORES
TEACHERS
R U a
crochet
teacher?
Teach
Shirret

website, text & photos © louise mccrady 2000, 2003, 2006
. . . 










. .
. .
Festivals 2009
July 13-17/ 2009
Fletcher Farm, VT Society
of Crafts Crochet & Shirret
Ruggers Gathering
October 3, 4/ 2009
Vermont Sheep & Wool
Tunbridge fairgrounds
October 17,18/ 2009
NY Sheep & Wool
Rhinebeck Fairgrounds A23
Crochet Shirret Gypsy
April 25 /2009
CT Sheep & Wool Tolland
May 9,10 /2009
New Hampshire Sheep&
wool Hopkinton
May 23, 24 MA Sheep
& Woolcraft Cummington
June 14 FiberArts
Celebration Andover MA
Montana State Fair - Lynn Good
Enter Shirret at your State Fair
in 'Crochet' or 'Rugmaking' categories
Classes
Guilford Art Center CT Class,
Obsessed Crocheters Wanted Shirret
and Wild Crochet. 203.453.5947
Fletcherfarm.org July 13 - 17, 2009.
(802)228-8770
Shirret CLASS with Louise McCrady
VT Society of Crafts ~ Civilized Rustic
Sleepover crafts retreat @ Okemo
in Ludlow VT
How to Shirret, the video$5 - DVD $17
is a private lesson with Louise McCrady.
Many excellent shirreters have learned
from this professional & colorful video.
American Home Crafts magazine
editors Rachel Newman, Mary
Roby, Jane Luddecke love
Louise McCrady Shirret 1978 >
~ Help with stitches ~
ALABAMA
Columbia. near Chattahoochie
Georgia (SE corner) Miss Mary's
Artisan Crafts. (334) 696-5503
207 East Church street
COLORADO
Aspen. The Yarn Gallery, Nancy
Willette, (970) 925-5667. 520 East
Cooper #205, Aspen 81611
Denver. Charlotte Elick,
Skyloom Fibers. 777-2331
Windsor. Claire March, Tapestry
Tent designs, (970) 674-0317
clamar
CONNECTICUT
New Haven. Michelle Micarelli,
(203) 387- 8690 amicarelli
Guilford. Louise McCrady,
Guilford Art Center (203)453-5947
guilfordartcenter.org
FLORIDA
Amelia Island, Fernandina
Beach. Linda Little (904) 261-0155
Lakeland. JoAnne Irby
jjjirby@aol.com
INDIANA
Fort Wayne. Jackie Young,
Cass Street Depot depot
Valparaiso. Paula Streitmeier,
Sheeps Clothing Knitting Supply
paula streit@yahoo.com
KANSAS
––Lawrence. Yarn Barn of Kansas
YARNBARN-KS.COM
MAINE
Freeport. Kim Dube, Primitive
Pastimes (207) 865-0512
MASSACHUSETTS
Needham Heights. Elissa's
CreativeWarehouse 781.444.9341
Newbury. Leslie Scanlon
(978)465-7940
––Newburyport. RoseAnn Hunter
(978)462-2808
Manomet. Stahly'sStitchery
(508)224-7077
MEXICO Ajijic, Galisco ShielaRuof
Mi Rinconcito. Clothing designer
boutique, Shirret &crochet fashion.MICHIGAN
––Allegan, Michigan Sheep&Wool
michiganfiberfest.com
'In Sheeps Clothing' booth
MINNESOTA
Wyoming. Kathy Pususta
(763) 434-7453 kathy
MISSOURRI
Bourbon. Kathy Abney
(573) 732-9990MONTANA
two wonderful ladies teach many
many people to shirret !
Arlee. Rosanna Longacre
(406) 726-318
Stockett. Lynn Good
(406) 736-5455Kay Shultis in Oregon >
learned to Shirret from Louise
McCrady's book The Art of Shirret.
pattern pg 50 >
NEBRASKA
––Lincoln greater area. Wendy Ray
(402)217-4216
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Laconia. Erly, The Yarn Shop
(603) 528-1221
theyarnshoponline.com
NEW YORK
Pottersville. Louise Bartholomew
Ontario County. Michelle McNeice
(585) 507-9154 knitragrugs.com
Westchester. Beverly McKeown
(914) 276-0144 sveal23
OHIO
Findlay. Ohio Farm House,
Darleen Hammond (419)422-5031
Shelby. Ault's Country Tyme,
Gloria Ault (419)295-5028 aults
OKLAHOMA
Bartlesville. Diane Clark,
Three Ladies Needlearts. ladydi
UTAH
Ogden. Needlepoint Joint
HAS A GREAT STOCK OF
SUPPLIES, CLASSES Sue
& Eileen needlepointjoint.com
WASHINGTON
Puyallup. Tina Nelson
Links
Shirret is in beachtown MADISON
CONNECTICUT - Breezy, salty,
misty, sound of waves out our
bedroom windows, 13 mis
bicycling the coast. France
Amerique , European cinema,
famous independent book
seller RJ JULIA, sculpture mile,
share the wind sailing school
Louise McCrady: I curate Shirret,
and it's me when you ring up
1.203.245.7935
Martin Axon Photographer.
Portraits, UK Ruralist, Publisher of
platinum prints for artistsJuliet Brett You'll meet her at
festivals and you've seen her on
Law&Order SVU episode Hothouse
Lovis Axon, Internet Marketing,
student at UMASS Amherst is
Busking (a street poet guitarist)
in NYC this summer.
Convert knitting patterns to crochet
Bettina McCrady , sales, Woodstock
Inn Vermont, mom, community
activist, marathoner, KKG.
Springfield Printing
our book and poster.
Lady McCrady NY artist. Installation
steel cones steaming and smoking,
paintings. The Sublime,
"fFunomenology". Bradley Internat'l
Airport Terminal A features steel
sculpture "Towers2 GlacialMethane3"
2009
Paula Gabriel turbulent tree painterStephen Dinsmore poetic landscape
Wine-provinceimports.com Pals and
philosophers, Alex & Steven Province
import Running Bulls handmade
no-added-sugar wines from Espagne.
We assist in label design. They send
us to St Sebastian & St Jean de Luz
on the Atlantic coast of Spain
enroute to Biarritz FR, our favorite.
Beond Care Diabetes, Endocrinology
and weight loss celebrity author
Reza Yavari MD, best pals.
Coffee - willoughbyscoffee.com
Did you know that coffee beans
are first flowers, then fruit?
Serious coffee™ by our buds in
Stony Creek village amidst pirate
islands and the sea.
Louise McCrady in Magazines:
Boston Globe July 4, 1976 >Rug Hooking June 1997
Family Circle Magazine Jan 9, 1979
American Home Crafts Mag 1978
Mother Earth magazine 1976Yankee Magazine April 1973
Whole Earth Catalog, New England
Pequot Press 1976