Looking for St. Patrick’s Day crafts you can make yourself or with or for your kids? I’ve got some great ideas. I feel like St. Patrick’s Day sometimes gets overlooked as a crafting holiday; we just wear green or maybe make a leprechaun trap if we have little kids, and that’s about it. But who […]
Helical Knitting Tutorial
Helical knitting is a fun knitting technique to make jogless, one round stripes when knitting in the round. This helical knitting tutorial will show you how it’s done. What is Helical Knitting? Helical knitting is a method by which you can work single round stripes (aka changing colors every round) and have them come out […]
Sew a Bookmark with Fabric Scraps
We all have little leftover bits from old projects, so let’s sew a bookmark (or several!) with our fabric scraps. Materials First you’ll need some fabric for your bookmarks. If you don’t already have some scraps that are sewn together, you can make patchwork fabric to make your bookmarks out of. I happened to have […]
Sand Stitch Knitting Tutorial
Sand stitch is a fun and easy knitting stitch pattern that looks great on both sides and doesn’t curl. It’s an easy four-row repeat, and only two of the rows have any pattern to them. Let’s check it out! What is Sand Stitch? There are actually a couple of different variations on this kind of […]
Easy Air Dry Clay Projects for Beginners
When you’re getting started working with air dry clay, it’s common to wonder what some good air dry clay projects for beginners are. There are lots of pictures of amazing projects available online, but they’re not always accessible for people who are new to working with clay (and sometimes they aren’t even real). This collection […]
Air Dry Clay Magnets
Making air dry clay magnets is so much fun and really easy to do, especially if you have small cookie cutters handy. Let’s learn how! Materials First to make air dry clay magnets, of course you need air dry clay. If you have some on hand or want to buy it you can, but my […]
How to Snow Wash Sweaters: What is Snow Washing?
I’ve been hearing about snow washing sweaters for years, and we finally got enough snow for me to learn how to snow wash sweaters! What is Snow Washing? Pretty much like it sounds, snow washing involves putting your wool (or other animal fiber) sweaters (or other garments) out in fresh snow, then sprinkling (or covering, […]