Knitting experiences, especially early on, are scared by all sorts of odd ball issues. During my year and a half (or so) at the Yarn Exchange I came to realize that dropped stitches were the number one culprit of all time. They would stop knitters dead in their tracks. And […]
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Apartment Redress :: Laundry Days Part III
Today I set out to make the frame of the laundry hamper. It went pretty smoothly, except it turned out kind of huge! Haha. I think I’ll cut it down a little bit. I’m thinking about making the depth smaller, like 1 foot instead of a 1 1/2′. It just […]
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Generosity of the Craft Community and a Book Review
I have been fortunate enough in my life to receive many things through the generosity of others. My grandma gave me all of her craft supplies getting me started on my life adventure of pattern writing, craft leftovers, fiber arts, and now teaching classes and workshops.
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Free Crochet Pattern: Felted Scrap Basket to Use up and Organize your Yarn Scraps
all those ends because of the felting, it’s the perfect thing to use up all those scraps. Support the Craft Leftovers pattern archive restoration project by purchasing the PDF on Ravelry or Etsy.
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Friday Night Hello
Hey there folks! I just want to post a quick note to let you know that I just finished up the pattern for this weekend, but I need to get a nice finished shot of it. Well, it’s 11:15pm so it’s just not going to happen this evening. It will […]
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Apartment Redress :: Laundry Days :: Part II
I went to Lowes this morning and spent about an hour and half wheeling my cart from “lumber” to “plumbing” trying to decide “wood” or “pvc” for the hamper. Then I did the math. Pvc won out on ease of use, because of the tools I have on had, and […]
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How To :: Fabric Covered Button :: Part II
In the last How To post I said something about sewing on a button without a shank and how I would show you how at some point. Well, I decided that really, this would be just an extension of the last how to post and if you make some fabric […]
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Apartment Redress :: Laundry Days
Our bedroom was in order. Now it’s not. What happened? Laundry. Simple as that. We have no place to put anything as far as the laundry goes (from the laundry itself to the detergent bottle lying on the floor next to it). Well, the times are a changing, we need […]
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We Have a Winner!
I’m happy to announce by random selection Meg is the winner of this month’s postal give away! I mixed the post up, fanned them out, and Jason picked one with his eyes closed. She gets to pick out any item she wants from the shop and I send it to […]
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And Uphill Battle Won! but no pattern for this week… shoot.
Well, I met a huge goal today. I rode my bike to work today and home again. Why is this such a big deal? Because when I first moved here I said “before the summer is over today I’m going to ride up the big long hill”. It had been […]
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Lamp Remake :: Part IV :: Finished!
I am so happy to report that I finished the lamp and I am also happy that I really like the way it looks! Here is how I redid the lamp shade
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How To :: Making Fabric Covered Buttons
For this month’s Craft Leftovers Monthly I included vintage fabric covered buttons in everyone’s package. And one thing I noticed while looking through them all is that they are pretty easy to make (without a kit) from just a washer, some
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Craft Cat Strikes Again :: Last Chance for November CLM
Usually this is something I would expect from the ferrets, but this time it was my very own Craft Cat, my cruddy studio assistant. She got all hopped up on catnip and then stole my project right off the table and now I can’t find it anywhere! You see I […]
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Apartment Remake :: Lamp Remake Part III
I’ve hit a few bumps along the road of redoing this lamp. Mainly, lots of rain. So today, I woke up and it was sunny out, finally! It’s go time lamp! I taped it all up using masking tape and newspaper. I bundled up the cord in some more newspaper […]
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Hattery Round Up
Thinking of Christmas Crafting lately? I know I sure am. I see many many hats and scarves in my future, haha. I’ve been trying to find hat patterns that I like that would be quick to knit, that are good for stash and leftover yarn, and look super nice that […]
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Crocheted Scruby Bumpy Face Cloth
Another great face cloth from the yarn I recycled last month, this time though, it’s crocheted!
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Hi ya folks!
I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news is that I won’t be posting tonight. I’ve been trying to edit photos for the post and nothing is working. Photoshop is being really buggy. I think my poor computer is as tired as I am. The good […]
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How To :: Making Butterfly Bobbins
I first learned how to make these great little bobbins in my beginning weaving class at Northern Illinois University. They are great for weaving, especially tapestry weaving, but also when working brocade on the floor loom. The thing is, they are great for knitting and crochet and pretty much any […]
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Apartment Redress :: Lamp Remake :: Part II
Today was so rainy. I actually really liked it. I worked on crochet stuff earlier, and then was a kit making machine for the rest of the morning. The rain was nice but completely foiled my plans for the Lamp Remake today. You see I picked out my spray paint […]