I’ve always been the sort of person who wants to hang on to happy trash, shorthand for things that might otherwise be thrown out or recycled but that could also be used for creative projects.
Now I’m going to be … Read More...
Knitting and Math Combine in Wooly Thoughts
I came across this article from the Guardian recently about a husband and wife who explore math-inspired knitting.
Pat Ashforth and Steve Plummer have made more than 90 math-inspired afghans, as well as other expressions of mathematical ideas in … Read More...
Learn How to Knit a Cable
I think of winter as being the perfect time for knitting and wearing items with cables. I guess that extra bulk seems warming to me, and it’s great to reach for a cabled scarf, hat or sweater for a little … Read More...
Stitch a Gorgeous Maple Leaf
There are lots of cross-stitch patterns that use fall leaves as a motif (and I’m sure I’ll be sharing more than this one) but this maple leaf from CrossStitchPattern.net is one of the prettiest I have seen.
It shows the … Read More...
Book Review: Urban Knit Collection
I’m not sure why it is that knitters find inspiration in architecture and the urban landscape. The shapes of archways, gates and buildings seem to make a natural translation into cables, textured stitches and colorwork patterns, as well as sometimes … Read More...
Fall Science with Leaves and Pine Cones
Fall is a great time to gather natural materials to using in play, art and learning, and there are a great variety of things you can do with them, from painting on leaves to making collages of natural materials, drawing … Read More...
A Couple of Little Witches to Knit
It’s not too late to knit a little Halloween magic if you’ve procrastinated this long. I have a couple more super cute patterns for you for knit witches that would be perfect little decorations around the house or gifts for … Read More...
Check out These Cute Dory Knitting Patterns
Do you have a Dory obsessed kiddo in your home? You might want to check out and knit these cute Dory knitting patterns from Nicola Riley.
She has both a baby Dory (for £2.50) and a larger Dory (£3.75, but … Read More...
Celebrate Fall with this Lovely Harvest Cross Stitch
I am getting a little tired of the almost-fall weather. Here in the southern United States, it takes so long for fall to actually happen that we get a little impatient. But it’s supposed to be cool later this week … Read More...
Free Halloween Themed Printables for Kids
As much as I try to avoid activities at home that feel like playing school, my daughter loves coloring pages and activity sheets, especially when related to a holiday or season or theme that’s happening right now in the house.… Read More...
Giveaway: Super Duper Knit Hats for Beginners
Congratulations Patricia!
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s high time you should be knitting hats and other goodies to keep yourself and your loved ones warm.
This week’s giveaway will help you, even if you’ve never knit … Read More...
Funny Subversive Halloween Cross-Stitch Patterns
I know there are a lot of funny, snarky, subversive Halloween cross-stitch patterns out there, but I wanted to highlight just a few for your stitching fun.
I think we shared this one last year, but the Snarky Ghost from … Read More...
Knitting Made Musical with Cyberknitics
Thanks to Make, I learned about this really cool project that Teresa Lamb made for her master’s thesis called Cyberknitics. She made a leather harness a knitter can wear as they knit, which also connects to the knitter’s … Read More...
Review: A Hat for Mrs. Goldman
Because I have a child who is still into picture books, I love it when I find children’s books about knitting.
Luckily the publisher sent me a copy of A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story about Knitting and Lov… Read More...
Bat Crafts and Learning Activities
Bring a bit of Halloween fun into the classroom or your learning activities at home by learning about bats and making bat crafts.
We’ve probably all read the book Stellaluna, right? Make your own hanging bats with clothespins and basic … Read More...
More Little Halloween Cross Stitch Patterns
OK, so I’m a little obsessed with Halloween cross-stitch patterns. I’ll be done soon, I promise. It’s just that there are so many cute ones, and they’d be great as a sampler or on a pillow or on a treat … Read More...
Download this Free Ebook Full of Science Ideas for Early Learners
I just came across this amazing resource from Science Sparks: a free ebook on science for the early years, full of fun experiments you can do with a classroom of kids or with your own child.
There’s some really … Read More...
Knit Up a Halloween Costume to Go as the Crazy Knitting Lady
I came across this pattern for a Halloween costume on Ravelry and I couldn’t resist sharing it. To my mind the pattern, by Zoomsnoren (available in Danish and English if you scroll down) is basically the crazy knitting lady, but … Read More...
Talk About Social Skills with Five Little Pumpkins
It’s always fun when you can work the seasons and holidays into learning activities (such as these roundups of fall learning activities, pumpkin learning activities and apple learning activities), and this activity for teaching about emotions with Five … Read More...
UK Knitters: Join the Christmas Sock Appeal
The UK Hand Knitting Association is looking for some knitters who want to hone their sock-knitting skills, or just knit some cute little socks, that will be used as bunting to decorate care homes and other places during the … Read More...