There’s nothing I love better than looking through vintage knitting books and chuckling at all the funny scenes that showcased knitwear way back when. For some reason, this blog was not on my radar until I just found out that there’s a new book out now by the same name, The Museum of Kitschy Stitches […]
Nicole of Curious Jayne is a refashioning whiz. She took this ugly looking XXXL shirt and refashioned it into a fresh strapless dress. She found the sewing tutorials on whatthecraft to be helpful. Also don’t miss her ultimate muumuu challenge where she took a size 12 muumuu and changed it into an empire waist babydoll […]
The Sock Monkey dress is on exhibit now at the Minnesota State Fair but according to Boing Boing today you’ll also soon be able to purchase this crafty dress for yourself at the Hazel and Melvin online shop. [ via ] Link. More: Make a Sock Monkey – Link.
Cat Morley of Cut Out + Keep has created her first MasterCraft video on Knitting 101. Here she goes over all the basics you need to start knitting (using the English method) including techniques such as increasing, decreasing, and changing colors of yarn. Link.
Mmmm…donuts. Why does this look oh so ever appetizing even though it’s made out of yarn? ax174 says, “If you like knitted food, you’ll love the free donut pattern by rogue knitter, Matie Trewe – she of the squid hat and knitted digestive tract patterns. I’ve knitted this pattern many times (results here, as have […]
Andrea of SpinnySpinny shows you how to make a fun knitted drawstring cozy for your hand sanitizer. Link.
Recently, Kath at Whip Up did a post on clothes pins and it reminded me of these wonderful dolls that my friend and crafter Chrissa Banner makes. I love the accompanying sets she creates so the dolls really fit in a scene. She was inspired by the children’s book series,”The Borrowers” and because of her […]
