Shepherdess, Louise Fairburn, of Rsiby, England, was recently married wearing a stunning wedding gown that was made from wool from her own flock. The dress took a spinner and a dressmaker 67 hours to create, and was made from a rare Lincoln Longwool. More pictures and the full story are here.
CRAFT catches up with Zontee Hou and Liz Shaw from Lion Brand Yarn at Maker Faire.
Gareth @ MAKE writes: This enterprising fellow built a chakra (a spinning wheel) largely out of cardboard. At the end of the post, he also has links to a bunch of other cheap lo-tek spinning wheel projects available online.
For you traveling knitters and crocheters, there’s an easy way to make your own project caddy for the car, train, bus (or other) trip. When you get a new set of sheets, save the vinyl zippered case they came in, and poke a few holes in the top, then pass through your yarn. The pockets […]
As a follow up to this post, Laura at Aran Brew has part 2 of her process from washed Alpaca fleece to spun yarn.
I’m so in love with this circuit board latch hook rug from Red Tarts, I’m not sure what more to say other than … wow.
Make and Takes has a great tutorial for making these fun yarn fireworks, perfect for adding a little safe spark to your 4th of July celebrations!
