Knitted Carrots & Mandarins
Bleu Arts is offering these two cute new knitting patterns, which can be turned into sachets, baby rattles, or even pincushions.
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Celestial Bodies in Orbit Embroidery Pattern
The Floss Box is selling a downloadable PDF of this Celestial Bodies in Orbit embroidery pattern, which is nice enough to include poor ol’ Pluto. This pattern is the fifth in her “Science in Stitches” series, which features such patterns as The Law of Gravity, DNA: The Code of Life, and Meteorology. [via]
HOW TO – Make “Roller Coasters”
Juliette from Chickpea Sewing Studio has a new pattern up at The Sewing Republic which shows you how to make these ric-rac trimmed “roller coasters“. This would be a great project to use up fun scraps of fabric you can’t bear to part with.
HOW TO – Make a Robot Toy
Revoluzza shows you the steps that go into making this fun plush robot for a lucky kid you know–or even yourself!
Leethal’s Short-Rows Wavy Hat – CRAFT Pattern Podcast
Download the Pattern PDF | Subscribe in iTunes This week’s CRAFT Pattern Podcast is the Short-Rows Wavy Hat by Lee Meredith of Leethal.net. Lee uses beautiful hand-dyed recycled yarn to create the cool looking wavy knit hat! You can catch up with Lee and all her projects via her blog. Related: Leethal’s Multi-colored Custom Yarn […]
HOW TO – Knit an Evening Shrug
The Purl Bee shows you how to knit up this earthy yet sophisticated shrug from sustainable bamboo yarn. Perfect to wear over a little dress, or even with a tank and jeans.
Ariana Marinelli Interview and Staindrop Hedgehog Pattern
Kristen of Plush You! has an interview with crafter Ariana Marinelli who makes plush goodness like these hedgehogs above. Read the interview and enter the giveaway to win two albino hedgehogs. Ariana also includes a pattern to make the cute little hedgehogs above.
