If you have some bored kids around your house, try this little project: pull a cereal box from your recycle bin, dig up some yarn scraps, and weave some pretty sun ornaments. Michele Pacey shares her how-to over at Michele Made Me. I could see these being cool holiday decorations or even gift tags. Maybe […]
Once I dove into sailor knots in my latest Nautical Lamp video, I can’t stop! I really love the designs created by this functional form of tying rope, and I particularly enjoy when people customize it for themselves. This knotted headband by You Seriously Made That is a fun spin using yarn.
For yarn-loving crafters, Kootoyoo has a fun project for making a project tote bag, “perfect for carting small projects around and keeping yarn dust free.”
I remember the god’s eyes crafts from summer camp, but these works of art from Jay Mohler blow those clean out of the water. I’ve been making Ojos de Dios ever since seeing such yarn and stick mandalas in almost the exact form made by Huicholi natives of Mexico, and lamas from Tibet. Later I […]
With the big bad steek behind you, all that’s left is the button placket, a piece of cake. Picking up the button placket is pretty straightforward (detailed instructions on the original pattern). You may notice that on the right side of the steek/left side of the sweater, some of the stitches you’re using for your […]
Pam of GIngerbread Snowflakes shares an easy way to create small scale saori weaving projects on the go with a mini loom and yarn scraps. I loved reading about the freeform style of saori. Self expression in it’s purist form. And because it is almost a form of meditation, it can heal and restore the […]
Artist Juliana Santacruz Herrera takes yarn bombing to the streets — literally — with the creative and colorful Projet Nid de Poule (Project Pothole, Paris 2009).
