Whether you have a storebought sweater that needs a little love or you just want to add an embellishment to a project, knit elbow patches are a cute and easy way to add some color or a homemade element to … Read More...
Investigate Seeds to Learn How Plants Grow
Planting seeds (in soil or in a wet paper towel) is a classic activity for springtime.
It allows kids to make observations, to understand what it takes for plants to grow, to take care of young plants, learn the parts … Read More...
A Gorgeous Tank to Knit for Summer
Just like that, in the span of a week, we’ve gone from lingering winter temperatures to full-on spring. So while I’m still finishing up the sleeves on my last wool sweater of the season, I’m also look ahead to knitting … Read More...
Give Your Cross Stitch a Different Look by Mounting it on Canvas
I have to admit this is not a presentation for cross stitch that I had thought of before!
We’ve seen cross stitch projects, framed (in an actual frame or using the hoop), made into pillows or otherwise stuffed, made into … Read More...
Make Stitching Big Charts Easier by Gridding Your Fabric
This is a super brilliant thing to do if you are working on a large cross stitch project and getting a little lost or your stitches aren’t ending up quite where they are supposed to be.
When working from a … Read More...
Great Knitting Patterns for Brand-New Knitters
There’s always a little problem that new knitters have: you want to knit something great, but you don’t have the skills or confidence yet for something really big or complicated. You don’t want your first projects to take forever, but … Read More...
An Easy Way to Make Your Own Cross Stitch Charts
These days there are more cross stitch patterns in more genres than ever before. If you want to knit something geeky, or pretty or weird the odds are pretty good that you’ll find a pattern that someone else has already … Read More...
Easter Egg Ornaments to Knit
There are lots of knitting patterns out there for knit Easter eggs, but I really like these from Purl Soho. They have a nice egg shape and look to be about the size of real eggs, and the design … Read More...
Easter Chick Cross-Stitch Card
Here’s another cute idea for a cross-stitched Easter card. The Easter Chick free cross stitch pattern from Sew and So (designed by Joanne Sanderson) features a chick breaking out of its egg.
It’s really cute and you can make the … Read More...
Knit and Felt Bunny Bowls
I love the look of felted bowls. In fact, the very first felting project I ever made was a felted bowl.
They’re really easy to do — much like knitting an oversized hat — and super useful because they’re thick … Read More...
A Lamb Easter Basket and Critters to Knit
I just came across this cool treasure hunt Easter knitalong from Deramores, which is mostly finished as far as the knitalong goes, but you can still grab the patterns for free.
The pattern makes a super cute lamb-shaped basket and … Read More...
A Colorful Shawl to Knit for Spring
Things are turning green where I live and I couldn’t be happier about it. I want to see color everywhere, from spring flowers to my knitting needles.
The Vibrance Shawl pattern from AbbyeKnits is a great choice for knitting up … Read More...
Happy Easter Cross Stitch
As with just about everything else you can think of, Alita Designs has a lot of sweet Easter cross-stitch patterns.
I wanted to share this Happy Easter cross stitch design in particular because it’s very cute, colorful and springlike and … Read More...
Knit a Snuggly Chevron Blankie
I am a big fan of little blankets. We have blankets everywhere — knit ones, sewn ones and store-bought ones — that we use for picnics, fort building, snuggling under to watch movies and all sorts of other purposes.
This … Read More...
Stitch a Little Egg Sampler
It’s the time of year to be thinking about Easter crafts, and I really like this little cross stitched Easter egg pattern from Craft with Cartwright.
I have lately been really enjoying sampler patterns and designs that use different patterns … Read More...
Crochet Pattern – Ashley Headband
Keep those ears warm in what could be a very long winter (or chilly fall and spring seasons) with this very quick Crochet headband pattern. It’s very easy to make, probably won’t take more than an evening, and uses … Read More...
Use a Rainbow to Help Kids Spell their Names
Even though St. Patrick’s Day already happened, activities that involve rainbows are fun any time of year.
There are lots of different activities you can do to help kids learn to recognize and spell their names, to coordinate with whatever … Read More...
Printable Easter Activity Placemat
Easter is one of those holidays that can involve a lot of waiting, whether its waiting for lunch or the Easter egg hunt.
If you need a little something to keep little ones occupied, check out this printable Easter activity … Read More...
Stitch a Heart and Arrow on a Pincushion
Valentine’s Day is long gone, and this pattern is several years old, but it still caught my eye.
The Heart and Arrow Pincushion from Purl Soho would be a sweet Valentine’s gift for a friend who sews or stitches, but … Read More...
Are You Awkward Like a Flamingo?
I had to share this cross stitch pattern as soon as I saw it because it made me smile. It’s both funny and relatable, and would be super cute in a craft room or anywhere else.