Yarncraft

Subversive Finds with Julie Jackson: Talking with Katherine Shaughnessy + Pattern

atherine Shaughnessy is one of my favorite people on the craft scene. She runs the online shop Wool & Hoop, which is one of the main suppliers online for crewelwork kits and fine supplies. She is also the author of The New Crewel. A few years ago, she came from Chicago to the very small Texas town of Marfa (population 2,000) where she now has ten chickens and two kids, and she recently opened a little craft store on the town square. Katherine is a trained artist with an interesting story and I really wanted her to tell it in her own words.

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The Tennessee Sampler Survey

The Tennessee Sampler Survey is a project founded to “document and preserve Tennessee’s needlework heritage.” For many years, textile scholars assumed that sampler making was not practiced in the South. Our research has shown that Tennessee girls made samplers from the era of settlement through the end of the 19th century. Their collection of samplers […]

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How-To: Make Your Own Bra

Following up on her excellent DIY panties Instructable, user Rachel shows us the steps to making your own perfectly fitting, any-fabric-you-want bra. Because face it, you like to sew, and you can’t find a bra with pirate fabric in the store. More: How-To: Sew Panties How-To: Make Your Own Panties How-To: Make Boy Cut Panties […]

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Crocheted horse hats

MAKE’s photo editor Sam Murphy sent us this great photo she recently took in Vienna. She writes: I was on a lightning trip with my fiance and his parents in Germany for my soon-to-be family reunion. We were in Germany mostly, but we hopped on the train to Prague and Vienna. These were the horse […]

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