It might be a little late to order these books from Leisure Arts to make something for this Christmas, but they’d be a great gift for the knitter in your life (or you) who loves to knit things for the … Read More...
Free Cross Stitch Patterns for Neko Atsume Cats
Do you know about the game Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector
? It’s a strangely addictive app in which players seek to attract cats to their gardens with food, toys and furniture. The cats interact with the items in the garden … Read More...
Knit Gift Idea: Knit a Santa’s Mitt Dishcloth
We’re getting a little bit down to the wire on our ability to knit holiday gifts (though I’ve been knitting a ton of giant needle scarves, and I have plans to make coffee travel mug cozies for my daughter’s … Read More...
Knit a Sweet and Simple Gingerbread Man
This little knit gingerbread man from Knits’ End is just too cute!
I love the idea of a gingerbread man as an alternative to that weird elf everyone is always on about. Or if you have a child who loves … Read More...
Use Cootie Catchers to Make Learning Math Fun
My daughter is in first grade and her class is a little obsessed with cootie catchers (aka fortune tellers). She likes to make them a lot, and other kids her grade and a little older do, too.
Which is just … Read More...
Giveaway: ColorSense
Chris is the winner!
This week’s giveaway is not a knitting book, but it is a book that might help you become a more adventurous knitter.
Choosing colors for a project can be really daunting — I read somewhere once … Read More...
Stitch a Sweet Cardinal for Winter
This cross-stitched cardinal from Alita Designs doesn’t have to be a Christmas stitching project, though it certainly has a holiday feel without smacking you over the head with it.
It’s the sort of decoration that can be used for Christmas, … Read More...
Cross Stitch a Lovely Reindeer and Winter Scene
I’m really trying to post things other than holiday/winter cross stitch charts, but there are so many beautiful things it is hard to resist.
Like this reindeer scene from Kissy-Cross. The site is in German but that’s never stopped us … Read More...
Christmas Activity Center Ideas for Preschool and Kindergarten
Activity centers are a great way to give kids a little something extra to explore in the classroom or as a time filler at home. Centers are perfect for playing with while you’re cooking dinner or writing blog posts, and … Read More...
Gift Idea: Sock Ruler
There are so many fun knitting tools out there that would make great gifts for knitters — or to add to your own wish list — but one cool tool that’s really useful for the sock knitters is your life … Read More...
Review: Tweed Yarn Knitting
There’s just something about tweed yarn. The shifting colors are always a surprise on the needles, and the texture of the yarn is great for accessories and garments.
Tweed Yarn Knitting: Over 50 Sumptuous Woolen Projects
from Landlust magazine (based … Read More...
STEM Activities for Christmas
It’s always fun to integrate the holidays and seasons into what you teach or the playful learning activities that are available for your kids or students to explore, which is why I love seasonal STEM and engineering challenges.
Plans for … Read More...
Easy Knit Gift: Coffee Cozy Sweaters
If you have a lot of people you would like to knit for, but not a lot of time, it’s a great idea to knit a little something that is part of a larger gift.
For example, knit up some … Read More...
Hanukkah Cross Stitch and Hebrew Alphabet Fonts
It happens that Christmas Eve is also the first night of Hanukkah this year, so it’s time to get stitching on any Hanukkah gifts or decorations you might want for the holiday this year.
I have always loved Connie’s collection … Read More...
Learn About Parts of Speech with Scrabble
This is such a fun idea for kids who can spell and are learning about the parts of speech (or already know them).
Instead of playing Scrabble in the regular way, where players can make any word they have the … Read More...
Knit Little Santa Sacks for an Advent Calendar
Bekki at the Dartmoor Yarn Company has started an advent calendar of knitting projects for little “Santa sacks.” These little projects can hold a tiny treat, as you might have in your advent calendar — knit the whole bunch and … Read More...
Sweet Umbrella Cross Stitch Patterns
It’s fun to be able to see what people are searching for when they visit this site, and sometimes it makes me see holes in coverage where people might not be finding what they are looking for.
I recently noticed … Read More...
Book Review – Knitter’s Know-How
Congratulations to Dina!
One of my other jobs aside from writing for Craft Gossip is that I occasionally write book reviews for Foreword, a great magazine and website supporting small, independent publishing.
I recently did a roundup of craft book … Read More...
Learn About Christmas Around the World
One of the fun things about teaching during the holidays is getting to learn about traditions that come from other parts of the world from where you live. My daughter’s class last year learned about the Feast of St. Nicholas … Read More...
Gift Idea: Yarn Bowls
I don’t have a yarn bowl, but I love the idea of them and I know a lot of knitters use them and love them.
A yarn bowl is basically a bowl with some kind of hole or groove in … Read More...