Crafty Superstars » #10: Joan of Dark aka Toni Carr

Details

Name

Joan of Dark aka Toni Carr

Location

Greenwood, Indiana, US

Occupation

Owner of Strange Brew Coffee, Roller Girl, Obsessive Knitter/Designer

Website

http://www.joanofdark.com

Crafts You Do

Knits	Crochet	Make clothes	Cook
Draw	Paint	Scrapbook	Embroiders
Sews
Others

Favorite:

Color

I've been really hung up on pink, lime green, and purple lately

Movie

I like pretty much anything with a good plot, or good visuals. I tend to watch a lot of movies. Classic 80's like Real Genius are always good, and I love pretty much anything that Jason Statham or Kate Winslet are in.

TV Show

They always take my tv shows away! Firefly and Dark Angel are my faves, but currently I'm harboring an obsession with 24 and Battlestar Galactica!

Band

It really depends on what mood I'm in. Some days I've got my headphones in, with Joy Division cranked. Other days I'll be blasting the Ting Tings and singing along as loud as I can.

Book

Book would be The Invention of Solitude by Paul Auster. But comic/graphic novel would have to go to the Sandman.

City

I'm so not a city girl. Give me 20 acres of peace and quite, some goats and ponies, and I would be a happy girl.

Food

Thai

Hobbies

Roller Derby of course takes up the vast majority of my time. We have mandatory practice 3 nights a week, but 6 available practices that we all try to get to. When I'm not skating, knitting, or working, I like to write, read obsessively, and play with my miniature horse.

Favorite Crafts

Easily knitting. It's the one where I'm the most
relaxed and happy.

What you craft along to

Sometimes we have fairly quiet nights at the shop. I'll be in the back on hulu.com watching TV on my laptop and knitting. I'm a big fan of knitting to mindless tv. It's always Sunny in Philadelphia is a good one. If I try to watch something like Battlestar Galactica I get too caught up and can't focus on my knitting.

First Project You Ever Made

When I was really little my Grandma taught me to crochet. My brother and I would make "snakes" which were really just 20 feet of cast on rows in garish acrylic yarn.

Favorite Items to Make

I'm a fan of little items like hats, gloves,
and bags. Anything you can make quickly is fun, though once in a while I like to sit down with a good chart and graph something out that's a
real brain teaser.

Anything Else

My current project is to try and find something to do with old derby wheels. If any gals out there have ideas, hit me on the website! I've been considering everything from picture frames to coffee tables!

Check out Joan of Dark's website to find out more about her or pick up a copy of the book.

Joan of Dark

Knockdown Knits author and rollergirl Toni Carr

Questionnaire

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