by Noella Noelophile®
Designer Paula Bennett, founder of Paula Crochet Fashion
What can’t designer/Paula Crochet Fashion founder Paula Bennett do?
As founder of nonprofit Yes4Arts, she shares her love of knitting, crochet and needle arts with the next generation. But her patterns are NOT our grandmothers’ afghans and tea cozies.
Instead, she comes up with–and teaches her young students to make–slinky prom dresses, modern wedding gowns (including black ones!) and cool halter outfits.
She also mentors high-school-age designers as they begin their careers.
(Stained-glass butterfly ©2018 by Paula Bennett. Image used with permission.)
In addition to her needlework, Paula designs stained-glass ornaments and windows.
And just in time for Christmas shopping, she’s going to be at the Downtown Torrance Antique Street Fair tomorrow.
(Stained-glass parrot ©2018 by Paula Bennett. Image used with permission.)
In addition to exhibiting her stained-glass designs, she’ll be teaching free crochet and knitting lessons!
Paula says she’ll be on hand from 9 am to 2 pm tomorrow, but she’s available to give lessons “anytime”. In return for sharing her expertise and materials (her designs won awards in her native Belize!), all she asks is that you share what she teaches you. Once you can knit or crochet something amazing (and she is a fantastic teacher, so that doesn’t take long!), plan on teaching someone else who’d like to learn, to knit or crochet.
(Stained-glass bell ornament ©2018 by Paula Bennett. Image used with permission.)
Also, while Paula doesn’t require this, do you happen to have leftover yarn, knitting needles you aren’t using or crochet hooks that are just sitting around? If you have these to donate, she certainly wouldn’t mind having them, to give to her next groups of students!
Look for Paula Bennett, of Paula Crochet, at the Torrance Antique Street Faire from 9 am to 2 pm on Sunday, November 25th. Torrance Antique Street Faire is located at 1317 Sartori Avenue, south of Torrance Boulevard.