Made By Humans
I was thinking about crafts for back to school the other day and it inspired me to try my hand at making a knitting machine pencil. This pencil would be a cute back to school gift for a teacher or a novelty sized pencil to use in pretend play. It’s a great knitting machine project […]
If you have a lot of large fabric scraps, knowing how to sew a patchwork dress is a fun and easy way to use a lot of them. The Story of My Patches A few months ago I went to an estate sale and the woman had an amazing craft room (or really a couple […]
This crochet leaf bookmark takes just minutes to make and once you have the basics of how to crochet a leaf down you can make them in lots of different ways. Materials You can use any weight of yarn and corresponding crochet hook to make your crochet leaf bookmark. My first one was done with […]
Mending clothes is an important skill to have to make your clothes last longer. It doesn’t take a lot of techniques to be able to perform basic mending tasks, but this post will walk you through some things you need to know to mend clothes and some projects you can try. How to Thread a […]
My daughter has this pair of linen shorts that used to be mine that’s gotten some holes, and I thought the perfect way to deal with them would be using a reverse applique patch. What is Reverse Applique? Reverse applique just means that there’s fabric on the inside of your project that can be seen […]
There are lots of great shorts knitting patterns out there, but if you want to learn how to knit shorts that fit you in the style and with the yarn that you want to use, this tutorial is for you. Yarn and Other Supplies Of course I can’t tell you exactly how much yarn you […]
This DIY cat bed knitting machine pattern was an idea I’d had for a long time. One of our cats really loves yarn so I thought she would like a pillow all her own, but doing all that knitting by hand would take forever so I wanted to do it on a knitting machine. Here’s […]