How-To: Cast on a Knitting Loom
Instructables user PurlingSprite shows us how to cast on a knitting loom in her throrough tutorial. If you missed it, we did a whole loom-along with the Knifty Knitter to make wrist warmers like those seen in Twilight
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Maternity Sewing Tutorials
Luvinthemommyhood rounded up all the best maternity sewing tutorials and organized them all into one handy post with categories for skirts, pants, tops, and more.
Truckers Take to Knitting and Quilting
My friend, Niku, passed this story on to me from the Wall Street Journal about truckers who have taken to knitting and quilting during their downtime on the road. It’s a beautiful piece about defying expectations and appreciating the work and art of creating with your hands. One of the truckers talks of daydreaming about […]
How-To: iPad Lap Stand
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories strut their stuff this week with a tutorial and pattern for making your own iPad lap stand. Look, Ma, no hands! Works on the desk, too.
Book Giveaway: Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts
Martha Stewart’s Encyclopedia of Sewing and Fabric Crafts is a must-have for a sewing lover’s craft library. This comprehensive book covers all you need to know for hand or machine sewing, including techniques such as appliqué, embroidery, quilting, dyeing, and printing. The book is filled with over 150 sewing projects (including a few no-sew ones […]
Reader-Made T-Shirt Pillow Chair
Kyle tried out our T-shirt pillow chair project and writes: Here are the pictures from my attempt this project. I think this must be a great project for beginners because I have never used a sewing machine before and I pulled it off. [Thanks, Tiffany!] More: Pillow Chair from T-Shirts and Foam
How-To: Bunny Egg Cozies
Khali of Little.Lovely. shares how to make these adorable bunny egg cozies from scraps of fabric and a few simple stitches. [via Book Hour Craft Projects]