I love a good sampler pattern, and this time of year it’s fun to stitch up sampler style patterns related to Christmas. Some of these Christmas sampler cross stitch patterns can work like an advent calendar, stitching a little bit … Read More...
Holiday Bauble Cross Stitch Patterns
I love a good handmade Christmas ornament, and some of these patterns literally are meant to be ornaments, while others are patterns of ornaments, which you could probably make into ornaments or stitch up to hang near the tree. They’d … Read More...
Knit Accessories Inspired by Ballet
This week’s free pattern is actually four free patterns, all from Wool and the Gang, all inspired by accessories a ballerina might wear, but that you can also enjoy even if you’re not a dancer.
First, there’s the ballet scrunchie… Read More...
Hanukkah Crafts for Kids
Hanukkah is family time, and it’s a great time to do some crafting together. From star of David crafts to menorahs and dreidels, here are some fun options for Hanukkah crafts for kids.
If you want to make your own … Read More...
Book Review: Customize Your Cross Stitch
If you’ve been looking around the Internet for cross stitch patterns for very long, you’ve probably come across Stitch People, which specializes in cross-stitched portraits. While they provide a lot of different patterns to stitch a lot of different … Read More...
Santa Knitting Patterns
I wanted to do a post of Santa knitting patterns, but maybe not in the way you would expect. Instead of sharing a bunch of Santa dolls, I wanted to point you to Santa-themed patterns that might or might not … Read More...
Hanukkah Learning Activities for Kids
It seems especially important this year for all of us to reflect on the story of Hanukkah (if you need a refresher here’s a quick video on the subject) and incorporate Hanukkah learning activities at home or in the classroom.… Read More...
Stitch with Sweets to Support Warm Up America
The Hallmark Channel and Warm Up America have teamed up with Stitched with Sweets to provide fun and warm Christmas scarves to women’s shelters.
As part of their Countdown to Christmas, The Hallmark Channel has donate $10,000 to the initiative … Read More...
Hanukkah Cross Stitch Patterns
Every year I share Hanukkah cross stitch patterns, but it seems especially important this year to take a moment to reflect on the season of light and hope that Hanukkah is.
Stitch People has a cute Hanukkah freebie you can … Read More...
Worsted Weight Knit Amigurumi Animal Patterns
I’ve been working on a series of posts about ways to use leftover worsted weight yarn, and it seems to me that knit amigurumi is a great place to start. Not only is knitting little animals (or other things, but … Read More...
Remember November with this Knit Hat and Mitt Set
I don’t know what happened to Vanessa Smith that one November so that she needed to commemorate it in yarn, but I think it’s a good thing for the rest of us that she did.
The Novemberist hat and mitts … Read More...
Elf on the Shelf Ideas for the Classroom
If you have a classroom elf, it can be hard to come up with Elf on the Shelf
style ideas every day along with all the other things you have to do in the crazy runup to the holidays.
My … Read More...
Religious and Acts of Kindness Advent Calendars
The advent calendar activity ideas I recently shared mostly focused on fun holiday-type things you can do together as a family like looking at lights and drinking hot chocolate, but if you want to bring about a deeper meaning in … Read More...
Easy Mitten Knitting Pattern
I recently shared a post all about mitts and mittens to knit using sock yarn leftovers. I know using sock yarn for mittens makes it sound like they will take forever, and maybe not even be that warm because the … Read More...
Snowflake Cross Stitch Patterns
I know it might not be feeling all that wintry where you are (we typically go back and forth a lot before it decides to solidly be winter where I live sometime in December) but if you want to tempt … Read More...
Christmas Stocking Patterns to Knit
When I added writing a post about Christmas stocking knitting patterns to my list for November, I went back to look at some old pattern roundups to make sure I wasn’t repeating patterns and I had to laugh at myself … Read More...
Advent Calendar Ideas for Kids
When my daughter was younger, for several years I did a book advent calendar for her. Some of the books would repeat every year, while others were new. It was a lot of fun but as she got into chapter … Read More...
Christmas Village Cross Stitch Patterns
I always feel a little weird sharing holiday patterns as early as I know I need to for people to be able to make them for the current year’s holiday season, but in this case we might already be too … Read More...
Review: The Art of Landscape Knitting
Nature has a lot to offer in the way of inspiration to artists, and knitters are no exception. Anne Le Brocq used textures from the sea, forest, mountains and more to develop textured stitch patterns she shares in her book … Read More...
Review: Let’s Play!
If you or your kids have ever wondered about the kinds of games kids play in other parts of the world, you’ll enjoy reading and playing through Let’s Play: Children’s Games from Around the World. This book by Nancy … Read More...