This might be another one of those posts where all you need to know is in the headline.
Knit vest. Cats? Sign me up.
The Darjeeling Vest by Sangmi Lee offers exactly that.
It’s a stranded knitting pattern worked from … Read More...
Tips for Traveling with Cross Stitch
As a person who is mostly in the knitting world, it comes up fairly often that people will have questions about traveling with knitting and whether knitting needles and other supplies are allowed on airplanes. (The answer is generally … Read More...
Make These Charming Gingerbread Houses from Paper Bags
One holiday tradition that I still do with my teenage daughter, even though we’ve never had a lot of holiday traditions, is decorating a gingerbread house. We use a kit rather than making gingerbread from scratch, and sometimes have a … Read More...
Sweet Baby Blankets to Knit
It seems like there is no end to demand for cute and easy to knit baby blanket knitting patterns (lots of people have been checking out this post about how to knit a baby blanket recently), so let’s take a … Read More...
Temperature Cross Stitch Patterns
As the turn of a new year happens it seems like lots of people are thinking about different ways to document the year to come. One crafty project that has become a popular way to chart a year is temperature … Read More...
Designer Spotlight: Nathnolu
Nathnolu is an Etsy shop based in Cyprus that features a smallish but fun collection of what it calls modern cross stitch patterns. There’s a colorful, mystical side to these designs that is a lot of fun, so let’s take … Read More...
Knit Up a Colorful Patchwork Blanket
The Checkin’ It Twice (see what they did there, it’s a checkerboard!) knit blanket pattern from Yarnspirations is meant to be a holiday knitting project, but it wouldn’t have to be. Instead of making the one big patch that in … Read More...
Fun Winter Printables and Games to Keep Kids Entertained
Winter break is a great break from our everyday routines, but it can be tricky to keep the kids entertained because it’s generally not the best weather. On the rare occasions we get snow it’s usually awfully cold, so my … Read More...
More Ideas for Cross Stitch Gifts
The other day I shared a post about personalized cross stitch gifts to make for people, and now I’ve got another one full of more ideas that you can personalize or not for the people on your list.
The post … Read More...
Easy Knit Gift Idea: Felted Sailor Slippers!
It feels like it’s about that time of year as I write this, where you’ve either abandoned all hope of knitting all the holiday gifts you had planned to knit, or you just decided, like, yesterday that you wanted to … Read More...
Snowman Learning Activities for Kids
If you live somewhere that gets snow (and really even if you don’t!) you might want to incorporate some snowman learning activities when it’s cold outside. There are lots of fun snowman themed worksheets and activities so let’s dig into … Read More...
Winter Animal Cross Stitch Patterns
If you’re in the part of the world where it’s winter right now, it’s winter for the animals, too, so let’s stitch up some cute winter animal cross stitch patterns.
Some of these projects are more literal than others, but … Read More...
Creative Gifts to Make for Kids
I started to call this post educational gifts to make for kids, but it’s really more about things that can help you and them express your creativity, explore the world and have fun together. These are great to make for … Read More...
Christmas Themed Coffee Cup Cozy Knitting Patterns
A couple of years ago I made a couple of Christmas tree coffee cup cozy knitting patterns as an introduction to knitting stranded knitting and intarsia. I love little projects like this because they don’t take long to knit but … Read More...
Learning about Djibouti for Kids
Djibouti is officially the Republic of Djibouti and it is a country on the Horn of Africa that is heavily influenced by Arabic and French traditions (and those are the nation’s two official languages). Let’s learn more about Djibouti!
Djibouti
… Read More...Get a Jump on Stash Busting with the Cecilia Collection
I like stash busting all the time, but I especially seem to think about stash busting at the beginning of a new year. Using what you have is a great new year’s resolution, and a great habit to keep throughout … Read More...
Designer Spotlight: Diana Watters Handmade
Diana Watters Handmade has lovely, vibrant and playful cross stitch patterns filled with color, but it’s also a great shop if you’re looking to be a crafty enabler in a young person’s life.
We’ll get to that in a minute, … Read More...
Book Review: The Littlest Solstice Tree
I shared some ideas about celebrating the winter solstice with kids, but I wanted to share a cute book on the subject as well. The Littlest Solstice Tree by Lisa Varchol Perron and illustrated by Ahya Kim talks about the … Read More...
Book Review: Quick Knit Baby Toys
Babies like the simple things, including when it comes to toys. While it’s lots of fun to knit elaborate projects for babies (and others!), it’s also totally fine to knit simple things. Baby might just end up liking the more … Read More...
25 Days of Christmas Cross Stitch Freebies
There are a lot of great old cross stitch patterns on the Internet, and a lot of good free content if you’re willing to dig around for it.
I’ve had this link to a freebie page from Aurifil (which is … Read More...