This free knitting pattern falls in the category of cute but maybe not essential, as well as a nice way to use some yarn left over from another project.
The Briggs St. Fruit Hammock from Mycah Knits is beginner friendly … Read More...
Sensory Fun and Learning with Ice Cream Inspired Activities
When it’s hot outside it’s fun to do any kinds of activities that involve ice, water or anything cold. Check out my water and ice activities here, and read on for sensory and science experiments using and inspired by … Read More...
Easy Ways to Fancy Up Your Biscornu
The cross stitcher behind the blog Sirious Stitches is quite into biscornu.
If you’re not, a quick primer: biscornu are three-dimensional cross-stitched objects with eight points, often with an indention in the middle that makes them look a bit like … Read More...
Book Review: Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond
When I discovered Kate Atherley’s book Circular Knitting for Beginners and Beyond, I wasn’t sure there was enough to say about circular knitting to fill a book. It’s a pretty short book (144 pages) and includes 10 patterns to … Read More...
Celebrating Mexican Independence Day
Lots of Americans seem to think that May 5 is Mexican Independence Day, but that holiday actually falls on Sept. 16.
May 5 is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexicans defeated the French in 1862. … Read More...
Back To School Pencil Knitting Patterns
Getting ready for back to school makes me think about pencil crafts, so let’s take a look at some pencil themed knitting patterns!
I recently made a pencil on a circular knitting machine, and it was a fun, quick, easy … Read More...
Backpack Cross Stitch Patterns
These backpack cross stitch patterns aren’t like the backpacks you would use for school, but they might inspire you to go on a different sort of adventure, and pack your sense of humor.
When it comes to funny cross stitch, … Read More...
Books About Bugs Through the Seasons
Growing Up Ladybug and How to Become a Butterfly are both by Stepanka Sekaninova and illustrated by Linh Dao, and they came out at the same time and are on similar themes, so let’s look at them together.
Knit an Easy Lacy Top for Summer
I love the look of mesh tops for summer, but I don’t know that I would ever actually wear one that’s full of giant holes, even though I admit they look cool (in both senses of the word) on other … Read More...
Stitch a Banjo Playing Opossum Because Why Not?
I started writing this one as a designer spotlight kind of post, and then I realized when I was almost done with it that I had actually featured this designer before. It was in late 2024, so I’ll forgive myself … Read More...
Get Ready for Back to School with Routine Printables
We try to keep a relatively regular sleep schedule during the summer, but the morning routine kind of flies out the window when we don’t have anywhere in particular to be. To get little kids back in the groove of … Read More...
Knit a Trusty Troll for a Kid, Or Yourself
I’m a sucker for knit toys of all sorts, but especially when that knit toy is a character of some kind that you can make a story about and put into different scenes, I don’t think there’s anything better. Knit … Read More...
Book-Themed Bookmark Cross Stitch Patterns
Whether you’re stitching for back to school or making gifts for a book lover, these book themed bookmark cross stitch patterns are a lot of fun to stitch and to use if your next read.
Display your bookworm tendencies with … Read More...
Celebrating Terry Fox Day
In our continuing exploration of lesser known holidays, let’s take a look at Terry Fox Day, which is probably one you know if you’re Canadian.
Terry Fox was a Canadian athlete who had a leg amputated at age 18 because … Read More...
Pencil Case Knitting Patterns
One knit item for back to school that students can actually use is a knit pencil case. Especially if they are tightly knit or lined with fabric, a knit pencil case is a fun project to knit and useful for … Read More...
Easy Outdoor Games to Play with Kids
After talking about the pirate themed chalk obstacle course the other day, I got to thinking about other easy, low prep games and activities you can do with kids outside. A lot of these are ideas I found on Pinterest… Read More...
Designer Spotlight: Siren Stitchworks
Siren Stitchworks has cross stitch patterns that feel like old samplers (and some of them are in fact historical reproductions) even when they are modern designs. They have patriotic patterns, biscornus, pop culture patterns and more so let’s take a … Read More...
Knit a Simple Pair of Shorts that Fits
Last year I shared a roundup of shorts knitting patterns over at Our Daily Craft, and it’s consistently one of my most popular posts this time of year.
What that post lacked, though, was any projects of mine, because I … Read More...
Learning about Sea Turtles and Turtle Printables
Sea turtles are a fun ocean creature that’s fun to learn about in summer, so let’s take a look at some learning activities related to sea turtles.
We love to start with the parts of an animal, and Homeschool Preschool… Read More...
Knit a Mosaic Shawl Inspired by Mythology
Sometimes when I’m scrolling through Ravelry a pattern will catch my eye as much because of the name as the look of the design (which is a little hard to see in those little thumbnails sometimes, anyway).
So it was … Read More...