If you've crocheted for any given period of time, you may have come across the name Crochet Dude in your reading. Whether you're trying to find a pattern or seen promotions, trade shows, or TV shows. I would say Crochet Dude(tm) is one of the more prolific yarn craft pattern writer that crochets and knits and has alot of exposure in this day and age. 
I was lucky enough to catch his class at the Texas Art Aslyum. When they called themselves that, you don't really think much about it, until you see it for yourself. Yes, it does look like an aslyum, but also a project mine, there are so much stuff that people have donated, that everywhere you turn, you realize you can do a project with (insert random object here). There are tons of fun stuff, from cigar boxes to old computer mother boards, from old crochet hooks to a bunch of yarn. As a matter of fact, Drew had donated a ton of yarn to the upcycling part of the organization. I can only imagine how much yarn Drew gets for writing patterns for companies and stuff. But he does have tons to donate and that's only a small portion from his studio. Which led me to think that his studio must be like a yarn store full of goodies. *drool*
For the class, we made this easy going necklace. It's so simple it's simple. I know the photo didn't show off the c0lor of the yarn, but it was fun to make. Truly, I was there to rub elbows w/ the famous Drew. Did you know that he's a Houston resident? Not that he has much time to be in Houston because of his work that requires him to travel so much. But he does live in town.
That said, I was asking him, that since Crochet is my hobby, but that's his job, what then are his hobbies. He does alot of house projects, such as putting in a sidewalk for his house. He also does woodwork.
When asked what is his next big thing, he has a knitting book coming out as well as a cooking book. Yes, if you follow his blog, you'd know that he cooks and knits aside from crochet. And of course his line of crochet book. He talked about how he will dedicate a chapter of women appearel to his mom. Since she's camera shy, he's going to print the few photos he has of her. And he represents Boye, and they have made these marker w/ yarn hook size at the end. Which led to the next thing where he has his line of hooks as well.
When asked will he be rolling out his own brand of yarn, seems like he'd like to start with a good cotton yarn, but nothing solid on that yet. On top of all that, he does appear on Knitting and Crochet Now, which is currently on PBS. Go over there and check out some free patterns, and also check out Drew the Crochet Dude's page for some patterns (he has both paid and free ones).
Nice guy, much better looking in person than pictures. Totally fun to hang out with... I hope to hang out with him soon... not in a stalker-ish kinda way. :P
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