Hi! I make silly food-themed scarves, and sometimes dolls, brooches, and other goodies. My love for fake food is wide and deep. I used to spend all my allowance on those fake Fisher Price kitchen toys and meals with the squishy “rising” muffins and the fake steaks. I even had the whole McDonald’s kitchen set. Guilty!
I have been crocheting zany goodies like tiger-head Kleenex cozies, frog hats with dangly legs, and BBQ pork bun plushies for my friends and family since I was ten years old. When my Grandma Wendelton first taught me to crochet in the 80s, I made lots of misshapen brown squares for a long time and called them “mini blankets.” You have to start somewhere!
My recent love for making scarves began with moving to San Francisco where the fog rolls in. I often hated scarves because they were bulky and boring and reminded me of old ladies and ski lodges, so I set off to create cozy scarves that were fabulous, fun, and funny. I ended up with more than ten of them and only one neck, so I decided to try my hand at a mini biz.
I opened my website in 2005 with a handful of scarves and some tater-tot dolls. In order not to disturb my roommates, I’d crochet in my closet at three in the morning, and I have been buried under yarn and pom-poms ever since.
Do you have a pattern for the BBQ pork bun?
Will you include crochet dim sum in your second book? (har gow, siu mai, egg tart, spring roll, etc.)
Hi! No, unfortunately my book won’t have any of that, but I have a feeling that you can find such patterns either on Etsy or Ravelry.