From traditional crafts to modern crafts, we’re covering news and interesting projects to educate you and keep you inspired. Design trends and pop culture related projects are here to inspire.
There’s nothing I love better than looking through vintage knitting books and chuckling at all the funny scenes that showcased knitwear way back when. For some reason, this blog was not on my radar until I just found out that there’s a new book out now by the same name, The Museum of Kitschy Stitches […]
Nicole of Curious Jayne is a refashioning whiz. She took this ugly looking XXXL shirt and refashioned it into a fresh strapless dress. She found the sewing tutorials on whatthecraft to be helpful. Also don’t miss her ultimate muumuu challenge where she took a size 12 muumuu and changed it into an empire waist babydoll […]
The Sock Monkey dress is on exhibit now at the Minnesota State Fair but according to Boing Boing today you’ll also soon be able to purchase this crafty dress for yourself at the Hazel and Melvin online shop. [ via ] Link. More: Make a Sock Monkey – Link.
Cat Morley of Cut Out + Keep has created her first MasterCraft video on Knitting 101. Here she goes over all the basics you need to start knitting (using the English method) including techniques such as increasing, decreasing, and changing colors of yarn. Link.
In this podcast, Erin Shafkind and I talk about a class that Erin took this summer with Marita Dingus and her work with soft sculpture. Erin introduces her little friend named Little Roy and we take some really great calls! Here are some links to ideas we talked about! House made of trees A dress […]
Our CRAFT friend Cassi Griffin of Bella Dia recently redecorated her craft studio into a completely drool worthy mecca of crafting heaven. Take a look at the inspiration. Link. She also created these fabric panels to decorate the room and just posted up a tutorial on how you can make these yourself. Link. More: Flickr […]
Mmmm…donuts. Why does this look oh so ever appetizing even though it’s made out of yarn? ax174 says, “If you like knitted food, you’ll love the free donut pattern by rogue knitter, Matie Trewe – she of the squid hat and knitted digestive tract patterns. I’ve knitted this pattern many times (results here, as have […]
