Jenny Hart points us to the embroidered work of artist Peter Crawley. I love the crisp, stark quality of the stitched illustrations, and think Jenny sums it up well on her blog, Embroidery as Art: Worked almost exclusively in black thread on paper, the precision and line work that could be mistaken for pen and […]
Nikol here. I’m almost finished, but I still haven’t committed to a sleeve. I knit one of each and I’m parading around in the mirror trying to decide. Help me pick? That’s the cap on the left and the flutter on the right. The wee sleeve variations eat very little yarn, so I’m making the […]
Flickr user, sarahxsea, created this awesome cross-stitch for some friends as a thank you/housewarming gift. They gave me an awesome Lego set of an RV when I moved into my apartment last year, so I thought I would return the favor! It’s an rad gift indeed! I love it.
Kristen at the Martha Stewart Crafts Dept. shares how she put together the circle in square quilt blocks in this adorable baby gift for a friend’s child.
Cook Clean Craft has a quicker solution on how to turn men’s jeans or pants into toddler-sized jeans. [via jean repair] Cook Clean Craft writes: I’ve seen a few blog posts for converting men’s pants or jeans to toddler-sized jeans, but they all seem to involve a lot of seam-ripping, deconstructing and lots of sewing. […]
There are a lot of fun Christmas in July series circulating on craft blogs this month, including over at Sew, Mama, Sew! This awesome felt paisley stocking Cathy Ziegele makes me want to drop everything and come up with fifty million different ways to stitch felt paisleys on to stockings for everyone I know.
Our friend Zontee Hou of Lion Brand Yarn will be running three fun KAL projects on Knitting Daily TV. Zontee will be knitting the Fallen Leaves Scarf, the Little Lamb Sock Critter, and the Tabard Vest shown below.
