When kids are very young the best thing you can do to celebrate Earth Day might be to make sure they spend some time outdoors exploring the natural world around them and learning a little bit about what they can … Read More...
A Super Simple Way to Correctly Place Buttons on a Cardigan
I have this knit coat (a Tilted Duster, if you remember that long-ago pattern) that’s been finished where the knitting is concerned for about a month now. I sewed up the sleeves and everything.
It needs to be blocked before … Read More...
Stitch a Westworld Maze While You Watch Season 2
I’m so excited that season 2 of Westworld will be starting very soon (April 22) so I couldn’t resist poking around to see if there were any Westworld cross stitch patterns.
Well of course there are.
My particular favorite is … Read More...
Check Out This Great Collection of Knit Amigurumi Patterns
One thing crochet has on knitting is the wide variety of amigurumi patterns — designs for sweet little animals, food and all sorts of other adorable stuff.
There are some great amigurumi patterns for knitting, too, though, and Knitting Bee … Read More...
Ways to Teach Kids about Pollution
With Earth Day coming up, it’s a good time to talk to kids about how precious the Earth is and the things that people do that can be harmful to the planet.
Natural Beach Living has some great ideas for … Read More...
Stitching for Summer
Though we’re enduring what I hope will be the last cold snap of spring where I live, I’m already thinking about knitting for true spring and summer.
As I knit the last of a long-neglected lap blanket I’m dreaming of … Read More...
Stitch Little Lambs for a Sweet Pincushion
I love this idea for a sweet little pincushion that kind of combines a bunch of crafty disciplines, including cross stitch, sewing, and maybe even knitting or crochet since the subject is sheep.
Kathleen at Floss & Fleece designed this … Read More...
Knit a Winged Heart for Mom
You know the classic heart-shaped Mom tattoo? anny purls has made a knit version that’s a little heart-shaped pillow complete with a scroll and the word mom on it. Plus, it has wings.
How cute is that?
I kind of … Read More...
Nature Crafts : Make Seed Balls for Earth Day
Whether you are celebrating Earth Day or spring, making seed balls is an easy and fun project to do with kids.
Buggy and Buddy has the how to for making seed balls with recycled paper, and it’s a pretty easy … Read More...
A Lovely Design to Stitch for Earth Day
Earth Day is coming up this month, and it’s always a good time to think about our impact on the planet and to be reminded that everything we do is either good or harmful to this fragile place where we … Read More...
Fun Pokemon Patterns to Knit
I was poking around in the stats for the site, because that’s a thing normal people do, and I noticed there have been a lot of searches lately for Poekmon knitting patterns.
So it seemed like a good time to … Read More...
Learn Multiplication Facts While You Color
I have a dark secret: I never really learned my multiplication tables. I don’t know why, but multiplication was about the time I decided math was hard and I wasn’t going to be good at it no matter what I … Read More...
The March Mayhem Winner is an Awesome Sweater
Now that April is here we had the end of the NCAA basketball tournament and the end of March Mayhem, the knitting-related bracket that crowns a champion knitting pattern from the previous year.
The winner is Humulus by Isabell … Read More...
Stitch a Mom Tattoo Design
A long time ago I knit a bag with a mom tattoo design on the side. I kind of love that graphic design and I think it’s really fun for gifts for funky moms.
Don’t Eat the Paste has a … Read More...
Remember Clapotis? Now You Can Make it a Shirt
The 15th year of Knitty has been a lot of fun because they have published a lot of projects that were inspired by patterns that had previously been published in the online knitting magazine.
One of the most popular patterns … Read More...
A Magical Unicorn Hat to Knit
This unicorn hat is so darn cute I want to make one big enough for my daughter!
Little Red Window has a free version of the pattern in a six-month size, with other sizes available in a purchased pattern.
The … Read More...
Tiny Hens to Knit
I know three French hens are more of a Christmas thing than a spring thing, but chickens are cute to have in your decor all the time, especially if you raise chickens or have a farmhouse-themed decor.
Easy Tips for Keeping Kids Safe in the Kitchen
Whether you deal with actual food and cooking in your classroom or just with your kids at home, it’s always a good idea to reinforce good kitchen habits.
You can talk about these while kids are playing in the kitchen … Read More...
A Sweet Spring Bunny to Stitch
This sweet spring pattern was designed for the first birthday of the Snowflower Diaries blog back in 2014, which is long enough ago that it’s like it’s a brand new pattern now. 😉
It features a bunny in a dress … Read More...
Frog Life Cycle Sensory Bin
Spring is the perfect time to talk life cycles, and what’s better than a little hands on fun?
This frog life cycle sensory bin from Views from a Stepstool uses water beads as a base (aka frog eggs) and a … Read More...