About this item
The kitchen is the heart of our homes and finding ways to make it feel healthy and wholesome can be really important. From leftover food scraps to the endless packaging that our food comes in, there's so much that goes on in a kitchen and the place in our homes where we generate the mosts waste. Make your kitchen more sustainable with some clever craft ideas for reusing, upcycling and transforming waste. Whether you're a committed crafter or new to making, there is something for everyone no matter what your skill level is. Choose from projects and tutorials for the kitchen including sewing, crochet, patchwork, upcycling and reuse ideas. There are also some projects that require cutting, sticking and even drilling thrown in for good measure: learning how to do little bits of everything will give you a toolkit to think creatively about how to reuse everyday things as you progress on your journey to zero waste living.
About the Author
Emma Friedlander-Collins is an upcycling and remaking champion, finding positive ways to use her craft powers for good and sharing them with anyone that wants them ;) She started designing and selling crochet patterns in 2011. With her unique approach and unusual designs, she has established herself as an innovative designer and online success.Her books 'Crochet Hacking', 'Crochet Dress-Up', 'Big Hook Crochet' and '35 Crochet Bags' can be found online and in all good book stores. Although she still sells individual patterns at the place where it all began - her little corner of Etsy and more recently at LoveCrochet.Emma has been featured in 'Mollie Makes', 'Simply Crochet, 'Inside Crochet', 'Love Crochet' and 'Crochet Now' magazines, and has contributed to a number of other online and paper publications. She has also collaborated with the lovely people at HobbyCraft, Hoooked Zpagetti, DMC, Crochyay Boxes and other scrummy yarn companies, and has had her yarn photography featured in a variety of publications from The Guardian to LoveCrochet.She is passionate about sustainability and continually works to discover ways to use craft and making to create communities and inspire others. She also wrangles this into her other work as a content creator for LoveCrafts presenting their sewing channel on Youtube, and lecturer in Visual Promotion where she teaches students the fine art of creating visual stories as part of a BA in Fashion Communication.
