When I posted about the amazing yarn I customized at Yarnia in Portland, OR, I got a lot of questions about plying yarn. At Yarnia the yarn is wound together from many “singles,” or individual strands of yarn to make up one unit, but the strands remain individual, making it a little more difficult to […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to the second installment of Ask CRAFT! I’ll be alternating between video and text with the intention of providing the most useful method of communication for the questions at hand. Here are this week’s questions! If you have suggestions for these askers, leave them in the comments! How do I “break” into the community? […]
Continue ReadingIt’s time for the first installment of Ask CRAFT! This week I cover a question from Pollie in New Jersey about adding new elements to vintage dishes, while keeping them food-safe, plus Theri from Ohio writes in with a craft fair ethics question. Don’t forget to email me your crafty conundrums at becky@craftzine.com. If I […]
Continue ReadingI’m totally psyched to announce a new weekly column here on the CRAFT blog called Ask CRAFT. We want you to write in with your crafty conundrums, your material mysteries, your technique troubles! I’ll scour all resources available to me to bring you an answer. Some weeks will be video responses, some weeks text, but […]
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