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Dec
10
Cathie and Steve came up with a great tutorial on making a lavender eye pillow, perfect for helping you calm down and get a peaceful night’s rest. These also make great, quick holiday gifts! Find the instructions here.…
Dec
10
In the last part of our Homemade Handknit Holidays series, I’ll show you one more 
Free Door Stocking, this one from Caron.
But, stockings aren’t the only thing you still have time to knit. How about raiding your stash for a scarf? Scarves knit up quick, can be easy or elaborate, and there are LOTS of free patterns out …
Dec
9
Make this indulgent red wine scrub and exfoliate and moisturize your skin with the yummy scent of red wine!…
Dec
9
As part of our Handmade Holidays series, I’ve found some free Christmas Stocking Patterns for you. It’s not too late, you know, these are quick, easy and so totally doable, before Christmas.
Get your needles ready, no excuses!
Free Christmas Stocking Pattern from Craft Leftovers!http://www.craftleftovers.com/blog/archives/795
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Free Miniature Stocking Pattern, From Joy Knits
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This set …
Dec
7
With “eco-friendly” holding strong as the latest buzzword, those of us that love to make crafts out of recycled materials can rejoice – we’re way ahead of the curve.
Take these coasters featured at Apartment Therapy recently – all are called eco-friendly simply because they’re made from reused materials. Everything from sticks to carpet samples to circuit boards, these items …
Dec
7
Proof that you can make something new out of just about anything? Take one of the old soccer balls you’ve got laying around from those David Beckham days and turn it into a bag!
Dec
6
These great buttons are just a few of the amazing items available from Space Oddities.
from the e-mail: “Useable art made from recycled comic books! From wonder woman to darth vader,
Space Oddities makes pins, magnets, mirrors and more with images saved from damaged comic books.
A great way to extend the life of damaged items, wonderful conversation piece, …
Dec
5
In my dreams I am as prolific a scrap-booker as Ali Edwards. In reality, I struggle to get through a stack of photos, and instead turn to her blog to oogle at the pictures in envy and admiration.
So when I popped onto her blog today to see what she had in store for her Weekend Creative post, I …
Dec
4
Today’s pics include 2 free patterns and just some other cool stuff!
This adorable Santa Hat is modeled by “Lacey”, a 7 month old French Angora Rabbit. The pattern is free courtesy of Spin Blessing. You can find it here:
http://www.spinblessing.com/doc.php?page=santabunnyhat
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Classic Elite Yarns comes through again with this gorgeous cardigan, another free pattern, here:
http://www.classiceliteyarns.com/pdf/PrincessLacePanelCardi.pdf
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KnitNet …
Dec
4
Craftbits has an incredibly simple recipe (only 2 ingredients!) for whipping up a razor burn soother to help with bumps and ingrown hairs. Find it here.…
Dec
3
Today we’ve got an extra special guest tutorial, thanks to reader Amy Quarry.
Collect lots of big paint chips in your preferred colours. I used Debbie Travis chips from Canadian Tire, but I think they have the big ones in Home Depot as well.
Place two chips together, back to back. You could glue them, but I didn’t bother. …
Dec
3
Today’s picks are a smattering of stuff I’ve found for you.
Really Warm Hat (and really easy) by Melissa Lynn of The Knitting School Dropout http://www.knittingschooldropout.com/patterns/Really%20Warm%20Hat.pdf
Free Patterns and just for fun is Craftzine: http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/knitting/
And a really pretty, free sock pattern from Phoenix’s Journal
: http://phoenixbess.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/new-free-pattern/
Here’s more:
How about an Ornament contest? http://knittingetcithaca.com/?p=384
Kristin Nicholas is holding a …
Dec
2
Hanukkah begins at sundown December 21st. Make simple and beautiful melt and pour soap gifts with these soap molds from Milky Way! Package them in clear take out cartons or cellophane bags from Snowdrift Farm.…
Dec
2
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Isn’t this adorable! It’s an advent Calendar made from mini hats and mittens. Now, before you say, “Duh, Terrye, isn’t that a bit obvious”, let me say this.
No. To me it wasn’t. I had to read the description. Ok, due to all of the recent snowfall, my mind may be a bit frozen.
You can get the pattern …
Dec
1
Interweave Knits has done it again. Just when you think there are no new, really sassy Christmas Stocking patterns out there, you stumble across this:
Ok, breathe, there is time to knit at least one of these before they need to be hung by the chimney with care. And, what’s better, you don’t have to wait for delivery of this, …