We occasionally hear whispers about celebrities who dabble in craft, but legendary Broadway and television actress Sutton Foster is different – she proclaims her love of crochet and other crafts loudly and proudly. The star even uses craft as a framing device for her own life story in her memoir,
Hooked.
(Great title!) Sutton is known for her Tony Award-winning performances in the musicals
Thoroughly Modern Millie
and Anything
Goes,
as well as her starring role in all seven seasons of the American television series
Younger.
1Simply Crochet: What types of crochet projects do you like best, and do you have an all-time favourite project?
Sutton Foster: I really love granny squares and small projects. One of my favourites was a granny square blanket Imade when I was going through a bad breakup. I used this 100% wool Patons yarn in vibrant colours bright greens, magentas, hot pinks, turquoise – and each square has a superdetailed poppy on it. It took me about 10 years to sew it all together! Out of something painful came something beautiful.