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Barbara Van Elsen

Barbara is a lifelong crocheter who, when she could find no advanced crochet classes in NYC, founded the New York City Crochet Guild in 2001. Since then, she’s taken a whole lot of classes and taughtclasses from beginners to freeformers from the East Coast to the West. She currently teaches for the Craft Yarn Council’s Teaching Certification Program and, from time to time, in the Continuing Ed Dept. at Kingsborough. In between making her own creations, of course.

Check out her website! www.PlayingwithString.com

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