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Meet the “Double Knit Twins”. The two identical twin sisters are knitting personalized sweaters to help support the Down’s Syndrome Association.
What started as a gift for Sarah Palin’s son, the Trig Sweater blossomed into a way to help everyone … Read More...
November’s free embroidery pattern by Andrea Zuill is available now on her Badbird’s blog. What could be sweeter than this bird-and-flower sampler. It’s equally easy for me to imagine it in fall colors and in Christmas hues. Get the pattern… Read More...
I’ve been having a couple of rough days (again, yes). I feel like I’m in the clouds. LOL You’d really get a kick out of see me trip up on the floor that has nothing on it, for goodness sake. … Read More...
lusummers is showing a simple but very effective idea for Christmas ornaments on her blog. You probably won’t need a tutorial to follow her inspiration. But you will need some fabulous fabric. Lusummers used her own hand-screenprinted design.
Looking for … Read More...
This blogging on Craft Gossip is getting expensive! I have to keep up on all the latest glassy goodness you know, and that means test driving the handcrafted products I come across so I can review them.
The above is … Read More...
Crochet Techniques by Renate Kirkpatrick has a great cover – colorful and appealing. The attraction doesn’t end there – but was not exactly what I expected from the title. There are several sampler projects in the book, each with well … Read More...
CC of Lace ‘n’ Ribbon Roses blog is sharing a sweet chart for cross-stitch or chicken scratch. Get the pattern.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery Patterns? Check these out on Etsy
(1) Deepa of This and That blog showed us some beautiful experiments with shadow work.
(2) Mishka of Quilting Gallery shared a video by Eleanor Burns demonstrating how … Read More...
Try this cool pictorial tutorial on a veined eye ball that would be a great last minute project for Halloween. The blog is: Monster Crochet and all the instruction are here for you to make this fun project.
Crafty Carmi Cimicata posted a fabric skeleton pin tutorial on her blog Carmi’s Art/Life World. Its SOOO CUTE!!!! I must make one too! I know I have scraps of this muertos fabric upstairs in the closet so I’ll be … Read More...
Since starting to blog for Craft Gossip I’ve been scouring the internet for all forms of glass art. An interesting thing is that in my blanket searches I’m finding amazing artists right in my own backyard.
Take for example Newt … Read More...
CraftGossip’s own Needlework Editor had a great post yesterday. Chock full of stitching goodness, she has a ton of links to some great quilts, stitching projects and fabulous fabric art. Thought you’d wanna check it out!
Get Your Sparkle On: Create and Wear the Gems that Make You Shine
Written by Sarah Weir and Femmegems founder/owner Lindsay Cain “Get Your Sparkle On” is not your usual jewelrymaking book. Instead just a ‘how to’ book, this … Read More...
After spinning a whole lot this past weekend, I tried a new method of washing and setting the yarn. Before, I would have used a just a generic baby shampoo, but I had some Soak on hand so I decided … Read More...
Number 7 in the Trick or Treat Kids series of free patterns from Gayle of sentimental stitches is this little cutie. Get the pattern. And see the whole series on Gayle’s blog.
Number 7 in the Trick or Treat Kids series of free patterns from Gayle of sentimental stitches is this little cutie. Get the pattern. And see the whole series on Gayle’s blog.
Number 7 in the Trick or Treat Kids series of free patterns from Gayle of sentimental stitches is this little cutie. Get the pattern. And see the whole series on Gayle’s blog.
Number 7 in the Trick or Treat Kids series of free patterns from Gayle of sentimental stitches is this little cutie. Get the pattern. And see the whole series on Gayle’s blog.
I’m not quite sure this is the ‘ultimate’ book of knitting and crochet stitches but it’s a useful one, albeit half of it is devoted to knitting making it virtually worthless to me. If you both knit and crochet, this … Read More...
