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Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love.

Oops, I knit it again.

About Me


These are my projects. Check 'em out, if you're interested.

My shop on Etsy:

My next book, Knit Aid is coming in Spring 'O8!! PRE-ORDER a signed copy now!

SHOP AT MY STORE

VICKIE HOWELL.COM

MY BLOG

My new line of yarn with SWTC in stores as of Spring 2007 !

MY 2nd BOOK IS AVAILABLE NOW IN STORES & ON-LINE!

Austin Craft Mafia

WATCH KNITTY GRITTY!

MY 1ST BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON-LINE & IN STORES

Check out my celebrity column in every issue of Knit.1 Magazine! The "Time" issue including my interview with Pink Martini's China Forbes is out now!

KIWI MAGAZINE Hey, parents! Read my Eco-Craft Column, in every issue!
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My Interests

Anything involving sarcasm and glitter.

I'd like to meet:

People who see the value of adding "licious", "palooza", "tastic" or "eriffic" randomly to the end of words.

Music:

Arms in Danger, Pixies, Fruit Bats, Muse, The Decemberists, Placebo, Bloc Party, The Thermals, Fischerspooner, Death Cab for Cutie, Girl in a Coma, Rilo Kiley, Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Gogol Bordello, Radiohead, The Beastie Boys, Billie Holiday, The Cure, Mazzy Star, Sunny Day Real Estate, Silversun Pickups, Garbage, Hole, The Shins, Neil Diamond, The Postal Service, Green Day, Psychedelic Furs, Sunny Day Real Estate, Dinosaur Jr., Mew, The Weepies, Nada Surf, The Smiths, Joan Jett, Cursive, NIN, Mates of State, The Submarines, Monsters are Waiting, The Editors, Great Northern, Me First & the Gimmie Gimmies...

Television:

CHECK OUT MY VIDEO BLOG FROM THE MALL OF AMERICAS KNIT OUT!

What I watch... The Daily Show, M*A*S*H, Studio 60 (pre-cancellation), Entourage, Six Feet Under (pre-cancellation), Carnivale (pre-cancellation--are you seeing a trend here?), Arrested Development (pre-cancellation), Dexter, Big Love, Golden Girls, Scrubs, E! True Hollywood Story (it doesn't even seem to matter who the subject is), and anything involving law, order, crime, crime fighting or trashy celebrity gossip.

Books:

My favorite books lately are "Partly Cloudy Patriot", by Sarah Vowell and Dress Your Family in Cordouroy & Denim by David Sedaris.

Heroes:

Did you ever know you were mine?

My Blog

Quilty Goodness

Yesterday, I took a Quilting 101 class at Craft-o-Rama with my friend Jaime. Although, I can't say that I'm a full convert (my attention span, or lack thereof, doesn't necessarily lend itself well to...
Posted by Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love. on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:30:00 PST

Pre-Summer Giveaway!

I've never really been much of a summer-lovin' kind of gal. Growing up in a beach town, you'd think that I'd be all about the mid-year rays. I so, totally am not. I blame this on a string of immobil...
Posted by Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love. on Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:29:00 PST

Knitting by the seat of my pants.

I am not a planner. I don't memorize things, I'm more comfortable with improv-ing, I work better under the gun, I enjoy game plans in concept only, and rarely finish anything before the 11th hour. T...
Posted by Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love. on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:26:00 PST

The 2nd Annual Green Issue!

iv>The new issue of Knit.1 Magazine is finally available! Click here to preview issue!For obvious reasons, I love the content in their eco issues but this one especially, means a lot to me. Here ar...
Posted by Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love. on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:43:00 PST

Knitter’s Block CONTEST!

Let me start out by saying that admittedly, I am not a blocker. In fact, in the past I’ve tended to avoid projects that require blocking especially, if they needed more space than an ironing bo...
Posted by Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love. on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:56:00 PST

This week in Crafty News

The winners of a free issue area:1. Gator2. Becca Doherty3. Gingerbear4. Vintage Rehab5. Nichole BurkeIf you didn’t win this one don’t forget, Jennifer’s holding a similar contest on...
Posted by Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love. on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:40:00 PST

Free Make it Mine Mag !

Jennifer and I have been working a little with a new magazine called, Make it Mine and wanted to share what’s going on in their latest issue with you! Here’s a sneak peak of some of the g...
Posted by Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love. on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:54:00 PST

SXSW Wrap-Up

The South by Southwest Music festival officially wrapped yesterday and as the city recovers from the aftermath of a million-person party and collective hangover, I wonder what it must be like for outs...
Posted by Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love. on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:41:00 PST

Convention Loot!

In lieu of a belated convention report (the ladies over at Lime & Violet were all kinds of thorough in their’s so if you’re dying for the inside scoop, check their blog out!), I give y...
Posted by Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love. on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:53:00 PST

Caucus Baracus

We took part in the clusterf%$@ that was the Texas caucus on Tuesday. As I've mentioned before, we live in a neighborhood that isn't necessarily a beacon of suburban safety but decided anyway, to wal...
Posted by Vickie Howell* Craft.Rock.Love. on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:49:00 PST