October House Fiber Arts began with spinning fiber and knitwear designs, but has expanded over the years to include a large line of cross stitch patterns. (Unrelated: they’re based in Arkansas, same as me!)
A lot of their designs are … Read More...
Knit for Yourself Shrug Pattern
I feel like we’re far enough into December as I write this that all thought of knitting for gifts for other people should be over. Unless you’re knitting, like, a super bulky hat or something, there’s probably not time to … Read More...
Kwanzaa Activities for Kids
Kwanzaa is a celebration that often gets overlooked at school for lots of reasons, not the least of which being its celebrated when most kids are not in school, the week after Christmas.
But it’s an important celebration for kids … Read More...
Knit Hidden Bigfoot into Your Scarf
Right off the bat I had a problem with writing this post, because I don’t know what the plural of Bigfoot is. Bigfoots? Bigfeet? Bigfoot is generally characterized as a solitary creature, so I don’t know if there’s a word … Read More...
Mitten Cross Stitch Patterns
It’s probably the knitter in me, but I’m drawn to holiday projects that use winter wardrobe staples as motifs. Bring me all the tiny Christmas sweater ornaments, hats on snowmen, and, yes, mitten cross stitch patterns.
I’m clearly … Read More...
Christmas Printables: Coloring Pages and Activities
Whether you have a long trip over the river and through the woods to your holiday gatherings, or just want to give kids something fun to do at home during their holiday break, these Christmas printable coloring pages and other … Read More...
Adorable Sheep Knitting Patterns
Have you been around the online knitting community long enough to remember the winter everyone was knitting Baa-ble hats? It was 2015, which feels like ages ago. I never got around to knitting one (you can still get the pattern … Read More...
Review: Pokemon Cross Stitch
It doesn’t seem like the popularity of Pokemon is slowing down, and it’s always fun to stitch characters from pop culture as gifts or for yourself if that’s a fandom you belong to. My daughter never got into Pokemon, but … Read More...
Worsted Weight Sock Knitting Patterns
Every year when it starts getting cold, I think about the things I might want or need to make to help me get through the season without being so chilly. And probably every year I think about the fact that … Read More...
Get Started on Stash Busting with Ziggy Triangle
I think that many knitters have as a new year’s resolution or goal to use more of their stash whenever a new year rolls around. I say pretty much every year that I’m not going to buy more yarn (unless, … Read More...
Christmas Sensory Activities for Kids
Christmas time is a great time for sensory activities for kids. They’re likely to be home from school more than usual, and I always found sensory things a great way to fill some time so I could get a little … Read More...
Knit a Snowman by Hand or with a Circular Knitting Machine
A little while back I got a 40 peg Sentro circular knitting machine
, and while I haven’t used it that much, I am trying to use it more often and learn a bit more about what it can do.… Read More...
Christmas Themed Math Activities
If we can do Christmas themed language arts activities, we can do Christmas math, too.
Kindergarten Worksheets and Games has a bunch of printable math worksheets for younger kids, including skip counting, greater than/less than, I-spy with counting and more, … Read More...
Stitch All Kinds of Samplers from Long Dog Sampler
I keep picking cross stitch designers to feature at random from a list that I found online a while ago (with a few Etsy shops that I like thrown in) and it seems like most of them make lots of … Read More...
Twisted Lace Headband Knitting Pattern
Change up your headband knitting routine with this fun lacy headband knitting pattern. I tend to knit headbands in stockinette or garter stitch pretty much exclusively, but sometimes it’s fun to throw in a different stitch pattern every now and … Read More...
Hat Knitting Patterns Using Sock Yarn
I’ve spent a lot of time this year sharing patterns you can make with sock yarn that isn’t socks. We’ve covered gloves, mittens, cowls and shawls, most of which you can make with a single skein of … Read More...
Christmas Language Arts Activities
There are so many fun ways to add a holiday spin to language arts learning, particularly sight words. These Christmas language arts activities make classroom time a little more fun as we head into the break, or give you something … Read More...
Add Some Doodles to Your Cowl with this Fun Arctic Pattern
It feels like winter gets sucked up in Christmas trees and elves and doesn’t leave enough time for adorable winter animals, snowflakes and the like. But today we’re going to focus on a pattern that’s decidedly winter but not necessarily … Read More...
Polar Bear Cross Stitch Patterns
Polar bears might not be an animal you associate with Christmas, but they are a great choice for winter decor that takes you beyond the holidays. These polar bear cross stitch patterns are so cute, and they’d be great as … Read More...
Easy Cardigan Knitting Patterns
After sharing the pattern for a super simple boxy cardigan yesterday, I got to thinking more about cardigan knitting. I used to say that I didn’t like cardigans, but now I have a “house cardigan” that I wear as an … Read More...