I 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 […]
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Woven Kiddo Kicker :: Weaving Workshop :: Tutorial
I’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.
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Getting Organized :: Hooks & Needles :: Help!
A 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. […]
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Catnip Pillow :: Re-released!
I 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 […]
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Beginning Knitting Book Round Up!
My 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 […]
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What yarn? What hook? What needle?
One 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.
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Meet Suzanne Mwamba :: Tapestry Weaving for All!
Suzanne 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 […]
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Birdy Bookworm Bookmark :: Free Embroidry Pattern!
I 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 […]
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ReRelease :: Travel Tissue Cozy :: Lady Moss Mittens
I 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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Thrift Kitchen :: Leftover Spaghetti Sauce
I’m happy to announce the birth of a new blog! Thrift Kitchen! It started out as a solo deal – to help me cope with the reality of a shrinking budget – it’s turned into a collaborative project of three woman who love food, but don’t have a lot of […]
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Amy Sedaris :: I love you :: And Craft Magazine too!
Craft Vol 10 is due out on news stands February 10th! It’s going to be a great issue full of idea on how to Celebrate Like Crazy! And best of all Amy Sedaris is the cover lady this issue – she shows us all how to make a great beautiful, […]
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Spicy+Savory :: Free Spice Jar Labels!
I have been buying the majority of my spices and herbs from the bulk bins for quite awhile now. At least a few years actually. I tend to reuse the spice containers that I had on hand from the pre-bulk-bin-buying period in my life. I would just put the little […]
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How To :: Purling!
Purling defied my understanding for quite some time when I first learned to knit. mainly because I was twisting all my stitches. One thing that helped was to think of it as going over the top of the needle counter clockwise and with knits going around clockwise. I’ve remembered it […]
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February Craft Leftovers Monthly Preview!
February Craft Leftovers Monthly is going on sale tomorrow evening around 7pm! Here are some drawings for your delight that will be all mashed together, remixed, and poof, craft leftovers monthly is born!
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Have you seen my pen?
Well, today’s post is totally defunct. I’m going to call it a night (kind of) and regroup with a new way to approach the planned post tomorrow.
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Scrubby Bumpy FaceCloth Kits! In the shop!
I’m happy to get this kit into the shop! Check it out here! The yarn in the kit is recycled yarn from a big cotton sweater! It’s a duo kit, so you can knit or crochet it! I’m testing some new recycled yarn out to see how much the pattern […]
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Cherry Loves Honey in the Shop!
I am happy to announce two new kits and a redo of an older kit today! It’s been a long time coming because the before mentioned errors in the Cherry Chirp Pattern, but no more waiting, they are now available in the shop! The Cherry Loves Honey kit (two pattern […]
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Re-Releasing to the Wild :: Cherry Chirp :: Free Knitting Pattern!
Quite some time ago I first wrote and posted the pattern for the Cherry Chirp Bird. I love this pattern and think it came out really cute. Standing about 8 inches tall, 4 inches wide, and 8 inches long they are a quick knit and takes a mere 40gram of […]
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Central Iowa Sewing Rebellion!
I’m really excited to tell you about a great project I’ve become involved with and will now soon be the host of here in Central Iowa! It’s called the Sewing Rebellion! I first joined the Stop Shopping, Start Sewing cause 2 years ago when I did an art history (contemporary) […]