I love this idea for painting a cross-stitch mural on a wall from The Palette Muse.
Hers is a floral map of the world, which is just amazing and super dramatic, but you could do whatever sort of design you … Read More...
Free Art Nouveau Wedding Cross Stitch
I love this Art Nouveau style wedding cross stitch pattern from DMC. The flowers are so pretty, and of course you can make it in the couple’s wedding colors instead of the pinks and greens shown in the sample.
The … Read More...
Just Right Mitts from the Goldilocks Zone
These days I’m a little obsessed with checking out the new and trending projects on Ravelry. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I’ve been stuck in deadline knitting mode for so long that I just want to be able … Read More...
Stitch the Northern Lights with this Lovely Pattern
I have a fascination with the Northern Lights because even though there’s a scientific reason for them, they look kind of magical.
They’re also really fun to reproduce in art and craft projects, like this Northern Lights cross stitch pattern … Read More...
Slip in a Little Mosaic Knitting with This Fun Top
It’s always nice when learning a new knitting skill to find projects that are small or just use a little bit of that technique so you can get comfortable with it without being intimidated by the scale of the project.… Read More...
Knitting Pattern – Knit Socks with a Tipsy Toe
These Tipsy Toe Socks from Knitting and so on are a fun variation on a basic sock. The toes are worked with short rows in wedges that give the toe that slanted look.
This looks like a really fun technique, … Read More...
Sweaters for Me, and Mini-Me
I know it’s not quite the right time of year for sweaters in the northern part of the world, but I can’t resist a design that’s simple, cute, and that you can make for both grownups and kiddos.
The Cinnabar … Read More...
Mystery Science Lessons for Kids up to Fifth Grade
Here’s another company that’s offering some free educational content for our kids in these weird times. Mystery Science has a selection of its video science lessons for kids from kindergarten through grade five available for free.
You can use them … Read More...
A Simple Rectangle Cardigan to Span the Seasons
I’m guessing there are two schools of thought when it comes to what to knit in these strange times. You might want to knit something skill building, complex, to keep your mind off things.
Or you might want something totally … Read More...
How To Crochet A Coin Purse, A Free PDF Pattern
At this time of international lockdown, parents everywhere are seeking kid/tween-friendly activities. This crochet coin purse pattern is available to download for offline use and it’s perfect for beginner crocheters who are ready to level-up their crochet skills. See the … Read More...
Make a Paper Plate Marble Maze
Here’s any easy STEM activity that you can do with kids of a variety of ages with materials you already have at home.
Buggy and Buddy shared a paper plate marble maze that you can make really simply with construction … Read More...
Easy Knit Ear Saver Pattern
With all the mask making that is going on (side note: I’m involved with a group called Masks Now, which is working to meet requests for cloth masks from across the country) people are looking for different ways to … Read More...
Semicolon Cross Stitch Pattern
The semicolon has always been my favorite punctuation mark, but it has become even more meaningful in recent years as a symbol of suicide prevention and recovery movements.
Stitching the Night Away designed this free semicolon cross stitch pattern to … Read More...
The Cozy Cardigan We All Need Right Now
I’m a little obsessed with loungy cardigans right now, but really all the time. I have “house sweaters” that rarely leave the house even when I’m going out more than I am right now.
I love Soft Flow by Hanna … Read More...
Vintage Spring Signs Cross Stitch Patterns
Build a Cardboard Town to Keep Kids Occupied
Speaking of happy trash, as I was the other day, there is nothing better than giving a kid a pile of stuff and seeing what they do with it.
If yours needs a little more guidance, give them some cardboard … Read More...
Scrap Bin Scrunchies
Theyrrrrrr’e baaaaack. The 80’s-90’s hair essential, the scrunchie, seems to have made its way back into pop-fashion culture. Since we’re all at home with pandemic hair, that can likely use a little wrangling, this seems as good of a time … Read More...
Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
If you’re of a certain age you probably remember Where in the World is Carmen Sandeigo? the crime-fighting, globe-trotting video game turned TV game show of the 1980s and 1990s.
(There’s also a card game version I bought my daughter … Read More...
Stitch Mom Some Flowers for Mother’s Day
It’s a reality that a lot of us probably won’t see our moms on Mother’s Day, even if we could in normal years. So why not stitch something sweet to send to her when you can’t be there yourself?
This … Read More...
How to Make a Self-Propelled Boat from a Margarine Tub
Where I live they’ve stopped collecting recycling in order to keep the sanitation workers safe, and while we can still take our recycling out ourselves it feels like we have a lot more “happy trash” around the house these days … Read More...