This is such a cute idea!
A line of faux leather bags from the Target Dollar Spot have been all the rage with cross stitchers this season, and it’s easy to see why. With a pattern of perforated holes, the … Read More...
Knit a Simple Beach Poncho in Bamboo Stitch
A summer poncho or beach coverup is a really easy project because it’s usually just two big rectangles sewn flat and then seamed at the sides, leaving holes for the arms and another for the head.
You can take that … Read More...
Stitch a Grumpy Cat Cross Stitch Pattern Because She Would Have Hated That
Grumpy Cat, the cat known to her family as Tardar Sauce and to the world as the perpetually angry looking face to countless memes, died recently, which made me thing that something that would really annoy her/honor her grouchy memory … Read More...
DIY I-Spy for Preschoolers
This is one of those things that is such an easy, fun idea you’ll wonder why you didn’t come up with it yourself. Some kids just love I-Spy books and games, and it actually doesn’t take that much work to … Read More...
Stitch a Pet Bandana for All Those Animal Events
I don’t know if it is like this where you live, but there are lots of events this time of year that seem to be as much for the dogs as they are for the humans.
There are literally pup … Read More...
Ideas for a Fun Bubble Day
Having a bubble day is a great theme day for the end of school or for a preschool or kindergarten class that meets in the summer.
Primarily Speaking outlines all the fun things they did on a bubble day in … Read More...
A Sweet Collection of Cupcakes to Stitch
I don’t know why cupcakes remind me of summer. They just look like the perfect little festive thing for this time of year, less fussy than a whole cake but still a lot of fun.
These cute little cupcakes are … Read More...
Spring Clean Your Stash with this Cool Shawl
Stephen West is known for his fun and colorful designs, and both are true in his new Garter Stitch short row shawl called Spring Cleaning.
It uses as few as two and as many as seven different colors of … Read More...
Beat a Light Breeze with this Roomy Sweater
Striped sweaters seem like they are the perfect thing for summer. I guess it’s the French Breton sweaters that make me think of warm days by the seashore.
The Light Breeze Sweater from All about Ami is a great, simple … Read More...
End of the Year Scavenger Hunt
Celebrate Spring and Summer in Stitching
Little projects are especially great for this time of year, and these little spring and summer designs from Cross Stitcher are cute little designs that would be great to use on greeting cards, samplers or with other little designs.
The … Read More...
Knitting Pattern – Add Instant Style with a Bow Head Headband
I love knit headbands this time of year, because they are an easy way to add a bit of knitting to your wardrobe even when it’s hot outside.
The Bow Head Headband pattern by Laura Riker is a free knitting … Read More...
Use a Special Skein for this Pretty Shawl
I think most of us have a yarn stash with some special skeins in it that we don’t quite know what to do with.
If you’ve got some multicolored sock yarn sitting around and you don’t want to make socks … Read More...
Wear this Top Alone or as a Layering Piece Later
This time of year we tend to think about the seasonality of our knitting projects a bit more. No one wants to knit a big wool sweater, but a wool shell worked in lightweight yarn is still a great piece … Read More...
A Lacy Top to Keep You Cool
Probably my favorite kinds of summer tops are ones that are mostly Stockinette Stitch but have a little something interesting going on. I like summer projects to be quick knits but not so simple that they aren’t also fun.
A Casual Shawl to Wear with Your Jeans
Sometimes shawls feel kind of fancy, but there are definitely some shawls with a more casual look and feel, like this one.
Blue Jean Saturday from O/C Knitinot Designs was originally worked with a denim sock yarn, so it’s … Read More...
A Pair of Swans is a Sweet Symbol of Love
The other day I shared some wedding related cross stitch patterns, and I like this mirrored swan pattern as a less obviously wedding gift project.
The free pattern from DMC features two swans, hearts and flowers, and is considered … Read More...
More Fun Ideas for End of the School Year
I had to share this post of end of the year classroom ideas from Whimsy Workshop Teaching because I actually saw one of these happening in a classroom in my daughter’s school.
The second graders are doing the balloon countdown, … Read More...
Scarf Gives Knitters a Chance to Try Sequence Knitting
Have you heard of sequence knitting? Cecelia Campochiaro wrote a book on the subject, which is a method for using simple repeats of stitches to make sometimes complex patterns.
The book is big and rather intimidating, but Catherine Lowe adapted … Read More...
Teach the Teacher Activity
This is a fun end of the school year idea for older kids who have some good reading and writing skills.
Editors note: The original link from More than a Worksheet has now expired as the domain is no longer … Read More...