Su of Tangled Crafts has sent us all another great how to! How to make your own weaving needle from old gift cards. Here is what she says about it: “My usual suggestion for a makeshift weaving needle is to use a hairclip. But what if you don’t have a
Read MoreI was delighted to receive Rejuvenated Jewels in my mail box about a week and a half ago. I was going to post about it right away, but I wanted to give the book a little time to ferment and get a real feel for it. You can check in
Read MoreI saw this while looking for Knitting Baskets or some such thing (I’m actually not sure how I came across this at all now that I think of it), but anyway, I found this great tutorial on how to spin yarn from newspaper using a drop spindle. Excellent! I really
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I’m facing giving my knitting basket a face lift. Very similar to the story here on Vintage Knitting, my basket is old and broken down and it doesn’t stand up (I have it propped open between the couch and the side table, nice right?). But I really like it. It
Read MoreI just checked my email and saw that Knitting Daily is offering up a set of 5 sock patterns. You can get it by clicking here. You just need to sign up for Knitting Daily – which often has a lot of good knitting tips as well as free patterns
Read MoreI’ve been working this afternoon on a project I’m doing with some kiddos as part of the Spring Break Art Camp. I’ll be working with kids 5 and up so it has to be easy, solid, and the flexibility to be more complex.
Read MoreSu Mwamba of Tangled Crafts has provided me this great instruction set to share with you! I am so impressed by all of her productivity!
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It’s great having a place to put all my stitch markers instead of just putting them into random little pouches and bags and cubbyholes.
I redid the wooden 4 drawer set I had mentioned yesterday. It wasn’t really hard to do but made me feel really good. Kind of set the rest of my day on good footing you know. Here is what I did:
Read MoreA pressing thing – hooks and needles. I need a serious storage solution for sure, but I don’t have a lot to spend. I have a little wooden 4 drawer deal, but I think that my circulars would catch on the inside and it would turn into a huge headache.
Read MoreI make this pattern pretty often, both for the shop and for Molly as well as my friend’s cats’. I’m so happy to finally get this pattern into a pdf. It was one of those 2 page jpg deals, pain in the you know what. So now it’s all touched
Read MoreI remember the first time I brought home yarn in a hank. It was a disaster. I laid it out nice and flat on the couch next to me and started to knit. Wow. You can guess what happened next. So I went to the yarn shop and asked about
Read MoreMy first beginning knitting class is coming to a conclusion and I want to make sure to give these new knitters some great resources to take with them into their future knitting adventure. I know I would recommend Stitch N’ Bitch for sure, it has great illustrations and tips for
Read MoreOne of the things that many of us take for granted is how to know what hook or needles for the yarn you have. This is especially important if you are making up your own project as you go along or if you are altering a pattern you already have.
Read MoreSuzanne Mwamba is the author of the TangleCrafts website – a great resource for all things diy weaving and embroidery! You can visit her website here and her shop here. Make sure to take a look at her new zine+kit subscription: DIY Weaving Club! I first met Suzanne Mwamba when
Read MoreThe March issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly is in the shop! You can get a one month subscripton or three month subscription or the zine only. You can also get the February issue of clm if you missed out on it last month. I know I say this every month,
Read MoreI love love love reading. And I love love love books. So that being the case I often am reading, looking through, or skimming a half a dozen or so. I go through a lot of book marks. Over time they just get misplaced, or if they are paper destroyed
Read MoreI have many patterns from when I just started Craft Leftovers that are just a jpg you click on and print. Although this works okay, pdfs are a quite a bit nicer (better quality and readability) and smaller file size (easier on my server limitations). So as I announced last
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