Quick One Hour, One Yard Tote Bag
Joan of Lazy Girl Designs is sharing her free pattern on how to make a tote bag in just one hour with one yard of fabric! Just think of all the bags you can make in a day for gifts. Link.
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Garter Stitch Fingerless Mitts
Ysolda has a knitting pattern to make these easy garter stitch fingerless mitts which use less than a single ball (50g) of yarn. [ via ] Link.
Plush Toy Design Software
Yuki Mori and Takeo Igarashi from The University of Tokyo have created this really cool tool for designing plush toy patterns. It looks very easy to learn and lets you model completely original toys, then gives you the 2D pattern from which to sew. Computer science just got cute. – [via] Link.
CRAFT Pattern Podcast: Recycled Peace on Earth Ornaments
This week’s CRAFT Pattern Podcast are the Recycled Peace on Earth Ornaments by Kristin Roach of Craft Leftovers. These holiday ornaments are a quick project you can make under an hour by using your left over felt and materials from your previous craft projects. For more great recycle craft projects, take a visit to Craft […]
TMNT Amigurimi Pattern
Rachel just tipped me off to this great Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle amigurumi pattern created by Craftster user Atsuko (with the help of her pal Rheatheylia). These dolls are totally cute–plus they love pizza. Link.
Knitgrrl Hat and Legwarmer Patterns
Knitgrrl Shannon points to the collection of knitting patterns she had originally written for the new book, Find Your Style, and Knit it Too which is now available off the Wiley site in PDF. Also, take the 2008 State of the Knitgrrl Survey and enter to win a win a 2008 Yarn Club, Best of […]
The Story of Quilts
Babyannequilts writes up a great story on The Story of Quilts in a feature piece for Etsy’s The Storque. Link.