By Kristin Roach Aww… so sweet when this little tiger kitty is sleeping, you better hope to never meet him awake. Don’t let that sweet sleepy face surprise you; he’s the fiercest little tiger I know. Materials 10g – Fingering Weight Yarn, Color A 10g – Fingering Weight Yarn, Color B 10g – Fingering Weight […]
Making Christmas stockings for my family was one of the big reasons I initially wanted to learn how to sew so many years ago. I did, eventually, make stockings for each of us after my first sewing class, but then I realized that I just want to make new ones every year. Cute patterns like […]
Dr. Carol Ventura, professor of art at Tennessee Technological University, maintains a website that focuses on her research of traditional arts and crafts in The Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. She shares an extensive collection of crafts, each with its own set of process shots of the skilled craftspeople at work, with descriptions of each […]
Madagascar Institute in Brooklyn, NY have some rad craft classes coming up very soon at their Gowanus facility: Corset Making – 3-part Class: Dec 5, 12 & 19 SantaCon Prep Class w/ Jacquie: Dec 7 SEWING MONSTERS! – Intro to Sewing with Jason: Dec 13 Christmas Stocking Making w/ Jacquie: Dec 14 Make Your Own […]
When you want to give handmade gifts, but don’t have time to crochet something for everyone on your list, it’s perfectly fine to take some shortcuts. Kirsty of Kootoyoo shares a really fun shortcut with her doily-covered soaps. Better yet, each soap takes only five minutes or less to make. Check out her “faker crochet” […]
This Noro Hat pattern is an oldie but a goodie by Saartje de Bruijn. I whipped one up this weekend as the temperatures in NYC started to drop. It’s an easy pattern with alternating sections of knit and purl stitches, resulting in a cartoonish frozen yogurt-looking ripple texture. So warm!
By Jessica Wilson I know owls have been a fashionable bird for quite some time now, but I don’t think they have finished their reign as a quirky crafty bird just yet. This year I am hoping to make a good portion of my holiday gifts, and what better inspiration than this wide-eyed bird? When […]
