I just finished a series of knitted pelts, made from all animal-free materials (cotton, acrylic, wooden frames, etc.). I look up images of particular animal pelts (the one above is a squirrel) and hand-knit the shapes before mounting. They’ll be on display at the ASU sculpture show, Flirting with Disaster, this Friday at Bragg’s Pie […]
Knitting striped scarves with two different colors of variegated yarns is big this year! I like that the effect can be as subtle or vivid as you want, depending on the colorways you choose. If you like horizontal stripes, there’s the gorgeous Noro Scarf by Brooklyn Tweed. If you prefer vertical stripes, the Webs people […]
Green Kitchen shares her tips on overcoming your fear of the zipper foot and shows us how she sews zippers into her various skirt projects using the glue-in method. The most difficult part of zipper installation is making it look good. With the glue-set method you eliminate most of the challenges. The process becomes quite […]
Sew, Mama, Sew! tips us off to Hoppo Bumpo’s shower cap tutorial, perfect for those occasions when you need to keep your hairdo dry when bathing.
Little Birdie Secrets shows us how to turn bamboo handles and some upholstery fabric into a quick and easy tote. Related: • HOW TO – Simple Back-to-School Bags • HOW TO – Bring Kids’ Drawings to Life
Marc @ MAKE found this amazing three-part tutorial about French knitting, the kind done with a loom. It goes over creating your own knitting loom and using it with recycled plastic bags to knit a reusable (and very strong) purse or grocery bag. Be sure to see all three pages! From the pages of CRAFT:09: […]
Crochet by Faye shares a crochet pattern for making this stuffed dreidel softie you can use for decoration or for play.
