HOW TO – Make Butterfly Bobbins
Kristin at Craft Leftovers shows you how to wind butterfly bobbins for your weaving, knitting, or crochet! Plus you can use them for organizing your random bits in your yarn stash.
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HOW TO – “Crazy Yarn”
One thing I really love about the blog Laughing Purple Goldfish is the way it gets me thinking about how to create crafts from materials I already have. Take her recent post on “crazy yarn” for instance. What’s crazy yarn? Well… I took all my bits and bobs of leftover yarns which have been accumulating. […]
Knitmap – Find a Local Yarn Shop
Want to know which local yarn shop near you has classes or even Wifi? Enter Knitmap, a handy site where you can enter in your zip code or address and you’ll be able find a yarn shop with just the stuff you need. There’s even an iPhone friendly version of the site. [ via Handmade […]
HOW TO – Recycle Sweater Yarn
Kristin of Craft Leftovers shows you the steps for how to recycle an old sweater for yarn.
Magazine Bin Yarn Organizers
Laughing Purple Goldfish came up with a thrifty and clever way to organize her yarn: cardboard magazine bins turned on their sides!
Vickie Howell’s Natural Yarn Dyeing Experiments
I just caught this glimpse of the beautiful naturally dyed yarn by Vickie Howell. Pictured above are yarns dyed with coffee, roses, beets, and tumeric. So cool!
HOW TO – Yarn Doll Hair
Needles Noodles has a very detailed (and well photographed) tutorial on adding fringe yarn hair to amigurumi and other types of soft-headed dolls.
