When I was a little kid, I used to make bookmarks and puppets at my grandma’s house using yarn on big, plastic square grids. These tapestry wool creations from The Pin Pals look like a much more stylish, all-grown-up version of my beloved childhood craft! Isn’t the barrette beautiful?
Many of us know our way around a crochet hook well enough to create simple projects on the fly, but get completely intimidated when it comes to recording the stitches so we can make the same project again or share the pattern with others. Heidi from Speckless shared her method for creating crochet patterns—from inspiration […]
Needle felting is a medium that is often seen as only practical for making small objects. I love seeing fiber artists who tackle large-scale projects. This fox mask that I discovered in the CRAFT Flickr pool, by Laura Lee Burch is a wonderful example of useful, ambitious needle felting. I also think it would be […]
Incredible Crochet Cthulhu Mask Hello Crafters! Here we are, already in September, with autumn right around the corner. And to get into the fall mood – the season when threads, needles, hooks and looms run overtime – our theme for the month is Fiber Arts. Some of our upcoming projects include making a colorwork tote […]
My friend Tania Prosser is one of the most diligent upcycling crafters I know. She saves all the tiny pieces of ribbon to make barrettes, and reuses fabric scraps and buttons with great success in the form of headbands and ponytail holders. I love it when accessories bring a smile to my face when I […]
Vancouver BC’s first Mini Maker Faire is this weekend, and to help build excitement for the event, a group of local knitters and crocheters joined forces to do a bit of yarn bombing on June 11th, which is also International Yarn Bombing Day. Using their fiber skills and teamwork, these 15 crafty activists beautified the […]
Christina McFall is obsessed with color, texture, form, and chemical reactions. She approaches the art of cyanotype printing with the mind of a scientist, carefully recording tests and cataloging results.
