Last Friday, at the Greenwood/Phinney “Seattle Summer Streets” giant block party, I rolled out my traveling studio-on-a-cart down the middle of the street, sat down and got to work!

settling in on the yellow lines
At first the empty street felt pretty eerie, but once things started going I had more people than I could handle wanting to crochet or find out about what was going on. It was a real blast, with kids wizzing by on bikes and stopping to talk, giant bubbles and squealing toddlers.

proud of the ring she's done
Special thanks to Wyly Astley for all her help!
I felt like I handed out a hundred or so cards, so I hope to see those faces further on this spring. It was a great kick-off to this project, and the conversation veered mostly to people talking about who they learned to crochet from, who crocheting reminded them of — mostly grandmothers, aunts, 70’s crocheted vests one was forced to wear as a child, and the way our hands seem to remember things we thought we had forgotten. A lot of kids stayed to keep crocheting even after it got dark and cold. Thanks for hosting me Greenwood/Phinney people, I had a blast!
See the whole set of images on my flickr

The family that crochets together

still going

a very special contribution!

At dusk, things got kind of messy and exciting

Very focused