Whether you love the cottagecore vibe, are heading to a Renaissance faire, stitching something fun for your Halloween costume, or just want to keep cozy on your fall rambles in the woods, the Wandering Woods Knit Hood from Yarnspirations should … Read More...
Book Review: Borders
My brother went through a phase where he was obsessed with maps. He loved to look at maps and he would draw maps of places real and imagined. He even drew maps that followed our route when we’d go to … Read More...
Cross Stitch a Job and Get a Jump on Holiday Crafting
I was recently doing a scroll through some crafting websites that I follow and I came across this amazing collection of cross stitch job patterns from Koekoek. It includes more than 100 different jobs, sports and hobbies, and these would … Read More...
Easy Lacing Cards to Make for Kids
Lacing is a great fine motor activity, and most kids go through a phase where they enjoy working with lacing cards. It helps promote focus and is a great quiet activity for kids to do in the car or to … Read More...
Book Review: The Knitting Book
There are two schools of thought when it comes to instructional books about knitting. Either focus in one particular technique or kind of knitting (stranded knitting, say, or brioche) or try to cover a little bit of everything in a … Read More...
Cross Stitch Sheep Projects
As a knitter, I love a good sheep motif, so let’s take a look at some cute sheep cross stitch patterns.
If you want to stitch a little sheep, this mini square from Good Dog Needleworks is a nice choice. … Read More...
Games to Make with LEGO Bricks
When my daughter was younger she had a ton of LEGO bricks, and I’m honestly a little sad we got rid of most of them because there are so many fun things to do with LEGOs outside of the kits … Read More...
Classic Dishcloth Knitting Patterns
Fall will be here before we know it, and that means there are holidays coming right behind where we might be entertaining at home. It’s always fun to have a hand knit touch in your home for other people to … Read More...
Learning about Georgia for Kids
Georgia is a state in the United States, of course, but Georgia is also the name of a country that was formerly part of the Soviet Union and now is considered part of Europe. Let’s learn more about the country … Read More...
Designer Spotlight: Artmishka Cross Stitch
Artmishka Cross Stitch is an Etsy shop based in Italy with lots of whimsical and colorful designs and an emphasis on animals, flowers and landscapes. Let’s take a closer look!
The animal section is by far the largest, and it … Read More...
Knit a Log Cabin Blanket with All Your Scraps
I guess I must have had this pattern on my mind, because I had chosen this log cabin blanket recipe to write about, promptly forgot about it and a couple of weeks later started knitting a log cabin blanket using … Read More...
Learning Numbers for Preschoolers
Learning numbers actually involves a few different skills, from recognizing the shape of the number and knowing the word that goes with it to understanding one to one correspondence for counting and what order the numbers go in.
A lot … Read More...
Stitch a Colorful Cross Stitch Unicorn
I don’t know why the designer chose to call this design funny, but I guess that’s their business. This Unicorn funny cute magic animal free cross stitch pattern from Tango Stitch has a lengthy name but looks like a good … Read More...
Knit a Plaid Cowl with a Built in Pun
As long-time word nerd, there’s not a lot I like better than a pun. And what’s better than a pun in writing? A pun in knitting, because it really requires you to commit to it for as long as knitting … Read More...
Michaelmas Activities for Kids
Michaelmas is one of those holidays that is religious in nature but also has a more secular meaning, especially in England.
Michaelmas is variously known as the Feast Day of saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael or the Feast of the … Read More...
Stitch a Color Wheel in Flowers
If you’re someone whose favorite color is all of them, or you know someone like that (in my world it’s my daughter!) this color wheel bouquet cross stitch pattern is one you might enjoy stitching.
It’s from Works by ABC … Read More...
Hats to Knit for Kids
I don’t share a lot of kids knitting patterns, and that’s a shame because there is a lot of cute stuff out there to knit for kids. If you’re worried about spending tons of time on a knitting project for … Read More...
Designer Spotlight: Mango Charm Studio
Mango Charm Studio doesn’t have a huge collection of cross stitch patterns in their Etsy shop, but at the risk of repeating their own descriptor, the designs they do have are charming, pretty and cute.
This shop has cross stitch … Read More...
A Single Skein Shawl to Knit for Summer
Even more than normal this year I’ve been trying to use yarn that I already have. I’m doing lots of odd ball projects, scrappy things and small projects, but it’s also nice sometimes to be able to use a whole … Read More...
Book Review: Dear Math, We’re Not Friends
My daughter has always liked math, which is a relief to me as someone who never really got math when I was growing up. (As a knitter I use math a lot now and have managed to learn what I … Read More...