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	<copyright>Copyright &#xA9; Leanne Prain 2010 </copyright>
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		<title>Tenugui Towels at Nikkei Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 05:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weekends ago, I traveled with some friends to Nikkei Place in Burnaby to see their exhibit of tenugui towels. I&#8217;ve seen cheap tenugui in Japanese dollar stores here but it had never occurred to me they were more than mass-produced tea towels. This exhibit was eye-opening. Tenugui means &#8216;a hand-wiping cloth&#8217;. Since the 17th century, these hand printed cotton cloths have been used widely in Japan. Not only used for cleaning and wiping, tenugui are used for wrapping &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2012/03/tenugui-towels-at-nikkei-place/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>How to Pitch Your Craft Book to Publishers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 07:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leanne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craft Book Publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pitching a DIY Book]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Publishing A Craft Book]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, I&#8217;ve received a few emails that have asked me how I secured my book contracts. I thought it would be best to post my answer here so that others who are interested in publishing a DIY book might be able to glean something from my experiences. My first published book, Yarn Bombing, was the culmination of sheer luck, timing, a willing co-author/tech editor, and many years of study of both the creative and the business sides of publishing. In &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2012/03/how-to-pitch-your-craft-book-to-publishers/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Dreamy book animation.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love bookstores, and I love stop-motion animation, so I double-love this book trailer that was shot at Type Books in Toronto. (Text link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKVcQnyEIT8&#38;feature=player_embedded) Full disclosure, my book Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery has a tiny cameo. See if you can spot it.]]></description>
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		<title>One of a Kind Vancouver, Dec 8 &#8211; 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be at One of a Kind Vancouver tomorrow giving a short talk on Subversive Craft. Find me on the main fashion stage between 2-2:30. Afterwards, I&#8217;ll be teaching Siobhan Long&#8217;s &#8216;Photo Feelism&#8217; an embroidery craft from Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery which will have participants learning to stitch on photographs. Books, as always, will be available for sale and signing. Can&#8217;t make it? Then make sure that you check out one of Kim Werker&#8217;s Mighty Ugly Workshops happening &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/12/one-of-a-kind-vancouver-dec-8-11/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver to Courtenay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:34:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leanne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kogawa House]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo caption: Cherry Blossom photo by Jeff Christenson I have two free public events this week: Tomorrow night I will be at the Roundhouse with Ann-Marie Metten and Lenore Rowntree discussing the Joy Kogawa House Cherry Blossom Project for the Vancouver Community Arts Council&#8217;s &#8216;Eco Arts Salon&#8217; series. This is a free event held from 7-9 pm. I will be showing some examples of yarn bombing and knit graffiti and we&#8217;ll also discuss the benefits and challenges of the cherry &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/11/vancouver-to-courtenay/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>VPL event</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 06:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be at the Vancouver Public Library (Central Branch) on Monday night talking about subversive craft and demonstrating the &#8216;Photo Feelism&#8217; project, designed by Siobhan Long, from Hoopla. This is a free public event where you can embellish a postcard with stitching. Here are the official details: November 7, 2011 Vancouver Public Library Central Library, 350 W. Georgia St., Alma VanDusen &#038; Peter Kaye Rooms 7:00–9:30 pm This is a fun craft. Here are some examples made by attendees of &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/11/vpl-event/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>From Brooklyn to Bowen Island</title>
		<link>http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/10/from-brooklyn-to-bowen-island/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leanne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Tour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[All ages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artisan Square]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Entering Snug Cover Terminal on Bowen Island, photograph by Adam Jones. My book tour has come full circle, and I&#8217;m back in Vancouver, prepping for local events. The first is this coming weekend on beautiful Bowen Island. Here are the details: Author and Artist Talk Sat. Oct. 22, 2011 at The Gallery 589 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island For all who love art and textiles with a dash of whimsy! Event schedule: 4:30pm &#8211; Doors open 5:00pm &#8211; Author Leanne Prain &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/10/from-brooklyn-to-bowen-island/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>West Coast Tour begins</title>
		<link>http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/10/west-coast-tour-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 07:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m halfway through my epic nine-city book tour and I&#8217;m having so much fun meeting many of the artists who contributed to the book. Read a recap of my East Coast over at my Unexpected Embroidery blog or come and join me at an event on the West Coast: October 6, 2011 Craft Bar, Museum of Craft and Folk Art 51 Yerba Buena Lane San Francisco, California 6–8 pm, Admission $5 at the door October 8, 2011 Yarn Bombing and &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/10/west-coast-tour-begins/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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		<title>Hoopla in Toronto tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/09/hoopla-in-toronto-tonight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leanne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be talking about Hoopla and showing images from the book at Type Books in Toronto tonight at 6pm. Come join me for a stitch and bitch after the talk. Door prizes will be given! Download Hoopla Poster for Type Books here]]></description>
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		<title>Late Night Antics</title>
		<link>http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/09/late-night-antics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leanne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yarn Bombing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Threads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Documentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Gonzalez]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had the pleasure of meeting two film-makers, Sarah Gonzalez and John Moore who hail from Austin, Texas. They are making an ambitious documentary on the knit graffiti movement and are traveling all over the place to get footage. They interviewed Mandy (my co-author and co-conspirator in Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti) and I in my living room while we tried to keep my cat out of the view of the camera. Sarah and &#8230;</p><div class="read_more"><a href="http://www.leanneprain.com/2011/09/late-night-antics/">read more</a></div>]]></description>
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