The Scarlett headband is a chic accessory that will keep your ears warm on cold and windy days. Or if it’s not cold where you live right now, you can wear it as a headband.
This simple headband is knit … Read More...
Tea and Coffee Cross Stitch Charts
Facebook works in mysterious ways, but the other day it sent me something good, in the form of a link to Durene Jones Cross Stitch. She’s a UK cross-stitch designer and regularly shares free patterns.
Last week’s freebie was this … Read More...
How Do You Put Yarn in a Yarn Holder?
If you’ve spent much time looking at knitting accessories on the Internet, you’ve probably seen yarn bowls, which are a pretty way to manage your yarn and keep it clean.
Yarn bowls are typically made of pottery or wood, and … Read More...
Knit a Summer Top with a Textured Twist
I’m all about summer tops (and sweaters any time of year, let’s be honest) that are super simple in design. I guess I’m more of a product knitter because I want to have the thing I want as soon as … Read More...
Easy Crab Stamp Craft
It’s funny the paths the Internet takes you down sometimes. I was on Facebook the other day and one of the pages I follow shared someone else’s Instagram post to make these super cute crabs.
The body is made with … Read More...
Temperature Blanket Crochet Pattern
There’s no better way to ring in the new year than planning out a fun year-long crochet project. This Temperature crochet blanket pattern will give you all the information you need to plan out your own temperature blanket or a … Read More...
Space Crafts for Kids
If you’ve been looking at the amazing pictures from the James Webb Space Telescope with your kids, it might be a good time to do some learning activities related to space.
There are so many great projects out there but … Read More...
Summer Beach Houses Cross Stitch Pattern
Whether you live near the beach or just want to be reminded of time you spend near the shore, this beach house cross stitch pattern is a cute way to decorate your home.
It features three cute little houses you … Read More...
Long Lace Vest Knitting Pattern
I love the idea of a long vest (or sleeveless cardigan, if you will) as a way to add a bit of knitting to an outfit without adding a lot of warmth.
The Bailar Vest by Susanna IC for Knit … Read More...
Frozen Baseball Science Experiment
It seems like in summer we try to freeze just about anything if it will give our kids a cool sensory experience or an opportunity to bring some STEM learning into the hot days.
Our Family Code did a fun … Read More...
Book Review: Bob Ross Cross Stitch
Bob Ross is well known for his leisurely approach to creativity, producing paintings on the fly that might have “mistakes” covered up by happy little trees, or clouds, or just left to be an expression of a happy accident.
Cross-stitch … Read More...
Easy Mosaic Cowl Knitting Pattern
The other day I told you that I was taking part in the Christmas in July makealong with Underground Crafter, and I wanted to share my project with you.
This simple cowl is made using the mosaic knitting technique, which … Read More...
Play a Traditional Liberian Strategy Game
Playing games from other countries is a fun way to learn more about a culture or just to play something that you haven’t already played 100 times before.
What Do We Do All Day has a great post on Queah, … Read More...
Mock Cabled Baby Socks Knitting Pattern
I don’t really like baby booties, to knit or for babies to wear. I feel like they fall off way too easily, and while they are cute they aren’t really that useful.
I much prefer knitting socks for babies, like … Read More...
Tokyo in Neon Cross Stitch Pattern
If you are or know someone who is a fan of Japanese culture, here’s a fun cross stitch pattern to make.
This is Tokyo in kanji, and the multiple colors used in the pattern give it the look of a … Read More...
Phases Sweater Knitting Pattern
Colorwork sweaters are a lot of fun to knit, but it adds a little something extra when there’s meaning behind the designs.
Jennifer Berg was inspired by Navajo blanket design motifs, especially the Chief Blanket, to make her Phases sweater, … Read More...
Easy Marbled Seashell Art for Kids
It says more about the lack of good shells at the beach than our lack of restraint that we came home from the beach this year literally just with a handful of shells. In years past we’ve brought home, well, … Read More...
Get Ready for a Kitchen Knitting Makealong
In case you need another project for the summer, Modern Daily Knitting is hosting a makealong for kitchen towels and dishcloth-adjacent makes starting on July 15.
If you skipped over knitting washcloths or dishcloths when you learned how to knit, … Read More...
Disaster Island Lego Building Challenge
I love Lego building challenges, and kids who are into Legos enjoy using challenge cards to decide what to make or to build in a little extra storytelling into their creations.
The disaster island prompt from Lego Librarian has kids … Read More...
Check out the Christmas in July Makealong
If you love knitting, crochet, sewing or all of the above, you need to keep an eye on the 2022 Christmas in July blog hop and makealong from Underground Crafter.
Every day in the month of July a blogger will … Read More...