Handpicked crafts for creative people
Christmas may be over but that doesn’t mean we have to stop making winter projects. Winter technically just started, after all.
These perler bead snowflake patterns from A Subtle Revelry are really cute and a great fine-motor practice for kids … Read More...
Quilling is a fun craft that involves curling paper strips into different shapes. It’s fun to do for decorative purposes, but the shapes you make can be educational, too.
STEAM Powered Family has instructions for making a quilled solar system … Read More...
Happy new year! As we work on our resolutions and goals for the year (and decade!) to come, I see a lot of people talking about using their stash and not buying new yarn/supplies while they have things they can … Read More...
Happy new year, stitching friends! If doing more cross-stitch is in your plans for the next year, you’ll want to check out this great list of stitchalongs happening in 2020. Thanks to Stitching the Night Away for compiling!
Some are … Read More...
I love long, roomy sweaters, and pretty much live in them this time of year. I feel like I need to add the Big Comfy Sweater from Red Heart to my knit list right away.
This simple boxy sweater uses … Read More...
There are so many great STEM and STEAM activities out there, and I love having books of activities around so my child can choose something she wants to do rather than me having to direct or suggest activities all the … Read More...
If you want to stitch some new year’s greetings for someone special, check out this Merry Christmas and Happy New Year pattern from Alita Designs.
It has candles and holly on it so it has a bit of a Christmas … Read More...
Sometimes I really love the look of what’s supposed to be the inside of a garment or knitting project as much as what is supposed to be the outside. When stranded knitting or slip stitches are involved, the floats can … Read More...
This is a good activity that kids in the classroom can do in groups or you can do with your kids at home. All you need is marshmallows and some other basic building supplies to challenge kids to build snowmen.… Read More...
This time of year I really need color, especially as the holiday decorations start getting put away and we’re left with a landscape of brown.
So I find myself wanting to craft with more color in the winter, and this … Read More...
Once Christmas is done and those holiday decorations come down, it can feel like a really long winter ahead without anything pretty to decorate with.
This finger knit wreath is not only super easy to make, because it uses winter … Read More...
Even if you haven’t been watching the Star Wars show The Mandalorian, odds are really good you’ve seen the character known as Baby Yoda. This adorable little…whatever species Yoda is…floats around in an egg-like carriage and uses the Force in … Read More...
These French knit ornaments by the Dartmoor Yarn Company were originally conceived to decorate holiday cards, and they can absolutely do that, but they would also work as ornaments of the tree or little decorations to use in other places.… Read More...
As the gift knitting season winds down, I feel like it’s appropriate to start knitting selfishly (if you weren’t already). We deserve some great knits, too, especially if we’ve been busy knitting for others recently.
The Yzzy Mitts from Jimenez … Read More...
You might have heard about the concept of One Little Word, where you pick a word that will guide your thoughts and decisions for the coming year.
The Thinker Builder has a great activity for using a word in the … Read More...
Snowmen are often seen as Christmas decorations, but of course a lot of snow can happen after the holidays, so there’s plenty of time to stitch up a quick snowman (or in this case, a snowman head) to use in … Read More...
I’ve been busy since Thanksgiving knitting what turned out to be a bigger project than I expected, a Bojagi Shawl as a retirement gift for a coworker of my husband’s. I finished it Tuesday night and still wanted to knit … Read More...
Winter break in the Northern Hemisphere is a great time for baking and kitchen fun, both because of the holiday season and because you might be cooped up inside with nothing else to do.
While all cooking and baking has … Read More...
I love this collection of different snowflake cross stitch patterns from Make it with Heart.
There are three little designs here, all charted out for your use alone or together (though they are slightly different sizes they could be combined … Read More...
Every year Aldi in the UK releases a commercial featuring plush produce, and Nicola Riley re-creates that fruit or vegetable in knitting for those who weren’t able to get their hands on the wildly popular plushes sold in the stores.… Read More...
