Multi-Talented Creative Crafts Charming Crochet Projects and Shows You How

Crochet Rainbows by Khara Plicanic

Creative Khara Plicanic is a multi-talented maker. Working on and off a screen, she produces charming objects and imagery spanning photography, digital art, and analog crafts. Full of color and whimsy, Plicanic’s pieces will inspire you to create—no matter your medium.

Plicanic has a knack for breaking down a variety of creative subjects so that they're easy to understand and fun at the same time. She’s dedicated her artistic practice to teaching others and empowering them with new skills. You can experience this for yourself in her class on My Modern Met Academy, our e-learning platform.

The course is called Crochet Crash Course: Fiesta Fringe Bag and it's perfect for complete crochet beginners. Plicanic will teach you how to decipher a pattern and introduce you to all of the stitches you’ll need to know to complete the project. She even shares a macrame technique in the class, and when you’re done you’ll have a cross-body bag that you can completely customize with your favorite colors, charms, and more.

“Before you know it,” Plicanic says of her class, you'll be looking for your next project and proudly saying, ‘Look what I made!’”

Creative Khara Plicanic is a multi-talented maker.

Crochet Rainbows by Khara Plicanic

Crochet Rainbows by Khara Plicanic

Working on and off a screen, she produces charming analog crafts.

Crochet Rainbows by Khara Plicanic

Crochet by Khara Plicanic

Crochet by Khara Plicanic

Plicanic also works digitally and creates collage art.

Digital Collage Art by Khara Plicanic

Digital Collage Art by Khara Plicanic

Digital Collage Art by Khara Plicanic

Learn how to crochet in her online class Crochet Crash Course: Fiesta Fringe Bag on My Modern Met Academy.

Crochet Rainbows by Khara Plicanic

Get a peek into the class:

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My Modern Met granted permission to feature photos by Khara Plicanic.

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Sara Barnes

Sara Barnes is a Staff Editor at My Modern Met and Manager of My Modern Met Store. She is a graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she earned her BFA in Illustration and MFA in Illustration Practice. Sara is also an embroidery illustrator and writer living in Seattle, Washington. She runs Bear&Bean, a studio where she stitches pet portraits and other beloved creatures. She chronicles the creativity of others through her website Brown Paper Bag and newsletter, Orts. Her latest book is Threads of Treasure: How to Make, Mend, and Find Meaning Through Thread, published in 2014. Sara’s work has been recognized in Be Creative With Workbox, Embroidery Magazine, American Illustration, on Iron and Wine’s album Beast Epic, among others. When she’s not stitching or writing, Sara enjoys planning things that bring together the craft community. She is the co-founder of Camp Craftaway, a day camp for crafty adults with hands-on workshops in the Seattle area.
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