March Into Creativity: Celebrating National Craft Month
History
National Craft Month was started in March of 1994 as an endeavor on the part of the Craft and Hobby Association (CHA). The Craft and Hobby Association has been in existence since the 1940’s though it has gone through many name changes and is today known as the International Art Materials Association (NAMTA). This crafty month-long holiday was created to encourage people to develop their creative side, acquire and share new skills, and discover the benefits that crafting can bring.
Opportunities to craft
During March the library will be holding three zine workshops! Come flex your creativity with our librarians and make your own zine just in time to submit it to the Washington State Zine Contest. Submissions are due March 27th. All zine workshops will be held in Library room 101 from 12:00-1:00pm. 
March 5th: Zines 101
Learn the basics of zine making.
March 12th: Zines for Clubs
Use zines to share your unique message for your club or event. (Zines 101 not required)
March 19th: Visioning Zines
You worked hard this quarter. Say goodbye to Winter term and look towards the future. Come to Visioning Zines to de-stress, craft, and vision board your new goals. (Zines 101 not required)
If you have an idea for a zine just drop in to any workshop and craft with us. If you’d like to share your zine with a wider audience talk to a librarian about submitting yours to our zine library or getting editing help before submitting it to the Washington State Zine Contest. For more information about zines please see this handy LibGuide.
Books on crafts
Check out a book from the library and learn a new craft or brush up on your established crafting skills. Click the call number link beside the book title to access the book in the library catalog. Put it on hold using your library account or use the catalog to find related materials.
Request ‘A crochet world of creepy creatures and cryptids: 40 amigurumi patterns for adorable monsters, mythical beings and more’. Call number: TT825 .G787 2022
Request ‘Crocheted houseplants: beautiful flora to make for your home’. Call number: TT829 .V37 2022
Request ‘Knit a mini ocean: 20 tiny sea creatures to knit’. Call number: TT829 .I84 2023
Request ‘The fantastic costume book: 40 complete patterns to amaze & amuse’. Call number: TT633 .L57 1993
Request ‘Pinch your pottery: the art & craft of making pinch pots : 35 beautiful projects to hand-form from clay’. Call number: TT920 .A834 2021
Request ‘The book of paper cutting: a complete guide to all the techniques with more than 100 project ideas’. Call number: TT870 .R468 1993
Request ‘Complete book of paper mask making’. Call number: TT898 .G73 1984
Request ‘The standard book of quilt making and collecting’. Call number: TT835 .I24 1959
Request ‘The art of Japanese paper: masks, lanterns, kites, dolls, origami’. Call number: Oversize TT870 .B8513 1992
Request ‘Make it wild!: 101 things to make and do outdoors’. Call number: GV191.63 .S36 2010
Request ‘Oils: a new way to learn how to paint’. Call number: ND1473 .S2613 2010
Request ‘Watercolors: a new way to learn how to paint’. Call number: ND2420 .S26153 2010
Request ‘Adventures in art: art & craft experiences for 7- to 14-year-olds’. Call number: TT160 .M494 1990
Request ‘How to sell what you make: the business of marketing crafts’. Call number: HF5439.H27 G47 1990
Request ‘Poster ideas and bulletin board techniques for libraries and schools’. Call number: Oversize LB1043.64 .C66 1981
Request ‘Design with paper in art and graphic design’. Call number: TT870 .B23 1982
Request ‘Designing with thread; from fibre to fabric’. Call number: TT699 .W34
Available to order through Summit, coming soon to the library:
Request ‘The embroidery stitch companion’. Call number: TT770 .B2813 2023
Request ‘Creative mending: beautiful darning, patching and stitching techniques’. Call number: TT720 .N6413 2022
Request ‘The elements of pop-up: a pop-up book for aspiring paper engineers’. Call number: Z1033.T68 C37 1999
Request ‘Embroidery: art of stitches’. Call number: TT770 .E43 2021
Request ‘Doodle stitching embroidery art: move beyond the pattern with Aimee Ray’. Call number: TT771 .R3693 2020