They're not full balls of yarn, but rather Styrofoam balls wrapped with a small amount of leftovers.
Make the most adorable little dolls out of craft sticks, yarn and a few buttons. They're SO cute, and the process is seriously addictive! Kids LOVE them!
Busting stashes, taking names.
You'll love these brilliant ideas for using up those little bits of yarn leftover from your crochet projects!
Knit Like a Viking With Nalbinding - How to Do the Oslo Stitch: Nalbinding (also spelled naalbinding, nalebinding, nalbindning and other variants) is an ancient fabric construction technique that predates knitting and crochet by some 2000 years. This video shows you how to do the Oslo stitch, which is the simple…
"Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn." -Elizabeth Lawrence Fall is by my favorite season for several reasons... 1. October is my Birthday Month! I enjoy celebrating birthdays more than anyone else that I know!! I get so excited that I spend all of October preparing for October 30th! Unfortunately, my friends and family are not big fans of this "birthday month" idea. 2. Colors of the Leaves There's nothing like watching the colors of the leaves change; It is evident that there is something new and refreshing right around the corner. 3. The Leaves on the Ground Jumping in leave piles brings joy to my little child-at-heart soul! 4.Pumpkin Coffee Coffee shops, in general, are my favorite hangout spots; during autumn I find it extremely refreshing to grab a good book or study Scripture in a cozy coffee shop with a pumpkin coffee or latte in hand. 5. Hiking Trails Recently, a bunch of my friends and I went on a retreat to the Mountains of North Carolina. The leaves had not completely started to change yet, but it was evident that the process would soon begin. I enjoy taking walks on trails during the fall; the ability to hear the crunch of the leaves with every step I take and the fact that God has blessed me with the ability to see His beautiful creation fills my heart with thankfulness. 6. Pumpkin Pickin' Whether it's with family or friends, I always look forward to this time of the year when we all load up and head to our local pumpkin patch to pick a pumpkin. This year I am going to Carrigan Farms in Mooresville, NC with a bunch of friends and I am probably more excited than a 5 year old about this event! I always look for the punkin that is the biggest, orangest, and the least beat up! Ha! 7. Pumpkin Carving This is an example of what I hope to be able to carve this year and enter into the "Carving Contest!" Chyyeeahhh! 8. The Scent of Fall The brisk air outdoors makes it a pleasure to come indoors to different fall aromas such as homemade apple pie, pumpkin spice, firewood, candy apples, autumn potpourri, etc. 9. BONFIRES Bonfires no matter how big or small are always a great way to get the gang together for s'more s'mores! 10. Arts & Crafts Arts and Crafts are my "go to" and knitting just happens to be one of my favorite things to do. You will most likely see me actively trying to pursue this activity during the cooler months. One of my goals is to finish a blanket that I have been working on for the past year... 11. Apples-to-Apples Apple Cider and Apple Pie are also another top favorite! My grandma makes an amazing apple pie that will melt in mouth! If my family and I get the chance we usually stop at one of the produce stands in the mountains and stock up on apples and apple cider for the fall and winter months. 12. Camping I'm not a big fan of the buggies but I will allow them to be my friend for a night or two out in the middle of nowhere when it comes to pitchin' a tent! 13. College Football Ok, ok, ok... so UNCC doesn't have a football team YET, but I long for the day 08-31-13 when they hit the turf for our first game! My roomie, Holli, is obsessed with football! I have learned a lot more than I ever knew was possible by living with her! Let's just say things get pretty heated when Clemson or Florida plays! As far as NFL is concerned... the Panther's will continue to suck. :( GO BRONCO's! Tim Tebow will be Holli's future husband. Just sayin'.... 14. Scarves There's nothing like a little fall fashion! Scarves add a great accent to any outfit and serve the second purpose of keeping oneself warm and bundled up on those cold mornings walking to class. 15. Fall Decor Last, but definitely not least, one of my favorite things about fall is the fabulous decor! With just a touch of a few neutral tones any home (even a dorm room) can experience its own "harvest time" feel. I enjoy getting creative and using different elements from the outdoors to create table pieces or door wreathes such as Indian corn, acorns, mini pumpkins, leaves, or pine cones.
Apart from actually shearing a sheep or wooly animal (hopefully I will get to do this someday), I have officially worked through the entire fleece to yarn process! Recently I was given a bag of raw…
Use them all over your house not just the office.
Ennustan, että tämän villasukkakansan seuraava tee-se-itse sisustushittituote on Ojos de Dios -tyylinen villalankamandala. Kaunis kuin mikä. Täydellinen projekti hukata pois neuleproggisten ylijäämälangat. Plus, ihan tosi helppo. Käsityöterapiaa. /////////////////////////////////// Spiritual symbols and objects have been popular in interior DIY in the past years. I’m sure you have seen many references around diy blogs and interior blogs. A God’s […]
Yarn Weaving! Great For Kids And Making Bracelets!
Making a yarn doll is a great way to spend quality time with your kid. Not only that, but it'll give him or her something to play with and be proud of. Best of all, you can make clothing and hair for the doll when you are done. Once you...
Do you often get your yarn tangled around while crocheting or knitting and trying to find something around to help you out? Here are some simple DIY ideas and projects that you can rethink of your household items for yarn holders, such as teapot and colander as instant holder, or a bow and clip or […]
Campside by Alicia Plummer is a beautiful triangle shawl knit in a DK-weight yarn. The shape lends a classic feel while the colour and texture lend a beach-y, casual vibe. We love the feeling this…
Scrap yarn, leftover yarn, whatever you call it we all have it. Unless you are the most minimal and thrifty of knitters we all have a little (or not so little) stash of leftovers from other projects. The question is what on earth do you do with it? Yes of course there is the ubiquitous sock yarn b
French Knitted Knotted Coasters
Do you want to join your yarn in a fast and secure way? Learn how to join yarn with the magic knot! Useful for both crocheters and knitters
I thought I’d play around a bit with some yarn and a glue gun and see what I could do. This was made as a gift for the opening of A Good Yarn.
The origins of this art lesson came from a pin that I found on Pinterest connecting to the blog B Art Z - Elementary Art. I have been SO excited to blog about my new and improved cup weaving lesson! So last year I attempted to do cup weaving with my some of my students.. and while I loved the results.. the process was infuriating! For some reason I thought it was a great idea to weave with plastic cups - which made sharp jagged edges when cut by children. When that didn't go smoothly I thought myself sooooo clever to switch to styrofoam cups - which ended up making spokes (warp strips) that snapped off when pulled on to much. FINALLY I figured it out - PAPER CUPS!! These work PERFECTLY!! It is easy for the kids to cut the strips themselves AND they are surprisingly very durable. **Get them in bulk here! The first thing I had my kids do was write their name on the bottom of their cup with a sharpie. Then they placed their upside-down cup onto a template I created and made a tick mark on the rim of the cup everywhere where they saw a triangle poking out - this gave them evenly spaced points to cut from. When cutting out the spokes/warp strips, it is extremely important to remember to cut out an odd number of strips so that when you are weaving your AB pattern, the pattern alternates each consecutive time around. I found that with the 9oz cups my kids were using, 9 strips turned out to be the perfect number. Once the strips were cut, students double-knotted a piece of yarn to one of the strips, then began weaving! This particular class worked for 5 days straight on this (they really are a wonderful group).. and I had a few students who even completed 3 very well done cups in this amount of time (a couple even got pulled for our county art show)! :)
I-cord Easy Mug-cosy: This is the type of project that 'just happened' one day. I had a lot of I-cord (knitted string), that I was not sure what to do with, and once I realised that I can both get rid of a tangly thing lying around and make a nice present for my grandma'…
This shrug is worked side to side from cuff to cuff. Sleeves are worked in the round, the back is worked flat, then the band is picked up around selvedge edges of back and worked in the round, making a pretty shawl collar. The sample shown was knit in The Fibre Co. Canopy Worsted, shade Acai. Substitute yarns are recommended below.
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Alright dudes, BRACE yourselves, this is a full-on post!! While writing this post I realised I had a lot to say, and maybe it's only interesting to me, but I left the waffle in! This is my completed Knit for Victory Cardigan! Knit for Victory is the 40's themed knitalong hosted by Tasha of By Gum by Golly. This skirt, one of the first things I ever made... I need more skirts like this as I paired this with my Miette cardigan too. So unoriginal!! When I first wrote about my plans, I had found a version of my pattern from both the 60s AND the 50s, and reasoned it looked very 40s, so I was sure there was a 40s version floating around. And I found it- completely by chance! I got this book out from the library over Christmas, and happened to find not only a version of the pattern from the 40s, but a picture of another modern knitter wearing her version. What an amazing coincidence!! This vintage pattern was pretty sparse on the details (and I think most vintage patterns are). So I had to spend a while reading it and figuring out how it was constructed. I even drew my own half-baked schematics to figure out what was going on. So from the start I knew it would be a challenge. I did a LOT of maths for this project: -Figuring out decrease rates for arm and waist shaping -Calculating the original pattern's ease -Altering ALL my stitch counts to fit my different gauge and custom ease (I estimated how much ease I wanted by looking at previous knits I'd made, and also by pulling numbers out of thin air. lol). -Spacing the buttonholes along the button band -and the biggest doozy of ALL- Creating my own custom sleeve cap shaping using lots of calcuations and even trigonometry! Yup, busting out the Pythagorean theorum is now what I do for a hobby apparently! That's nuts. For this bit, I used Tasha's post on sleeve cap shaping, and this resource she linked to ended up being the main information I used. And, it took me forever. And, it was kind of fun actually. Cackling "Victory is miiiine!" I also changed the construction in many ways for this project: -I changed the front from being knit in one piece with a faux buttonband, to being knit with an opening for a REAL buttonband. This meant picking up stitches and knitting the band once the body was done. I decided to go with a moss stitch button band to echo the texture of the seed stitch body. -I knit the front and back as one piece, unlike the original pattern which had side seams. -The original pattern has a seam under the bust connecting the ribbing and the bodice, meaning they are knit as two different pieces. I knit it all as one. This was a little tricky as I slowly transitioned the stitch pattern from ribbing to seed stitch, to mimic the diagonal shaping of the original pattern. As the ribbing was knit on smaller needles, I had two sets of circular needles in my work at once! -I noted that the bodice piece was slightly gathered into the ribbing. As I wasn't sewing together two pieces, I decided to mimic that by placing increases under the bust in my transition zone. I did this very scientifically by holding it up to my body and eyeballing where I thought I should make those increases. Boobie gathers! -I lengthened the sleeves to full length. -I added decreases to the ribbing from the high hip to the waist. The reason for this was that I have relatively large hips, and I didn't want it to be either too tight on the hips, or too loose at the waist. I realise ribbing is such that it expands and contracts to fit your shape, but that ability has limits. I tested this up by holding the knitting (placed on scrap yarn) up to my waist after I'd cast on and knitted a bit of the bottom. It still looked a little loose at the waist so I feel like adding shaping was justified. In any case, it doesn't seem to have hurt the garment. -I changed the shoulder shaping (originally done with bind-offs), to short rows, which meant I could seam the shoulders with a 3-needle bind-off (I know that sounds like gibberish to anyone who doesn't knit, but it's a good technique!). There are lots of tutorials floating around, like Tasha's or the free Craftsy class on short rows. I know what you're thinking... that seems like a LOT of work, just for a knitting project! And yeah! It is! But I actually really enjoy stuffing around changing EVERYTHING. It's a challenge, and I love customising things for my tastes. Here are my notes on Ravelry. This was the first project I've done that involved lots of seaming! Even though I eliminated the side seams, I decided to do the sleeves vintage-style, and seam them. I can see why knitting sleeves in the round is so popular these days, but I definitely found pros and cons to seaming! Pros +stable: It adds sturdiness to the knitting, and could see how it might stop it stretching out with wear or in washing. I have heard that negative ease garments don't need seams so much, but I can see this being useful on the side seams of a drapey, positive-ease project. +enjoyable: seaming is kinda zen like hand-stitching. I found it quite fun and satisfying, but I can see how the novelty could wear off, especially with multiple seams on a large garment! +avoids knitting in the round: I'm not the greatest fan of knitting in the round in a small circumference, as I'm still pretty slow and clumsy, and I can get tension issues too… knitting sleeves in the flat was a nice change. Cons -time: yeah, it does take a while! I would love to compare which method was faster overall though, as I think the knitting portion of the sleeves went faster. -fiddly factor: I found the sleeves pretty nice and neat, but seaming in the sleeve cap wasn't as smooth. Still, overall, I don't think you can go too wrong if you have a nice clear tutorial. Wow, I sound like I'm almost a convert to seamed sleeves huh? It was nice to try out anyhow. So, I think I see why they designed this as a fake cardigan- it looks much nicer buttoned up I reckon. Otherwise the gathers poof to the sides. Plus, my button band is a skosh wavy, but I was too lazy to sew ribbon behind it (it doesn't look that bad, right? Right??). I had an idea to try stabilising it on the back with crochet, but… it didn't work. Open... I quite like it half open though! Funnily enough, after the gargantuan amount of effort I put into this, I don't think this is a super versatile piece, but I guess that wasn't the point. It was a good challenge, and I enjoyed knitting it. I think it'll go best with vintage-style skirts and dresses, so OBVIOUSLY I need to sew more of those! If only I was as inspired about my sewing as I am about my knitting right now!! In fact, I have the perfect fabric to pair with it, but it has stubbornly remained in fabric form rather than becoming a dress at this point. By the way, the girdle action on the original models is quite stunning. My waist is gargantuan in comparison, haha! This is me sucking in to get that vintage sihouette, lol! "Ahhhh, as long as I don't breathe or move, this is working out great!' In any case, I consider my Knit for Victory cardigan to be a victory! Thanks Tasha for hosting it, and I can't wait to see everyone else's vintage-style knitting projects! :)
Giving a whole new meaning to doing things by halves, our Striped Half + Half…
Learn how to make classic braided yarn dolls. This is a simple, traditional craft which is fun to make and the finished yarn dolls make cute DIY toys
I-cord Easy Mug-cosy: This is the type of project that 'just happened' one day. I had a lot of I-cord (knitted string), that I was not sure what to do with, and once I realised that I can both get rid of a tangly thing lying around and make a nice present for my grandma'…
Although you wouldn’t know it from looking at me, I really do love clothes and…
The other day I was scrolling through Pinterest, as you do, and came across this photo . Of course the link was broken, causing me to become obsessive. I scoured the website trying to find the tutorial on how to make the delightfully rustic looking DIY sponge thing of my dreams but alas, no luck. S
The Russian join is an easy way to securely connect two pieces of yarn. No knots or weaving in ends. Come see how to do your new go-to technique!
French knitting (Knitting Nancy) has been around for years. It's a great hobby for children to learn plus here are 22 things to make with the yarn.
Say goodbye to messy balls of half-used yarn. Read this free crochet tutorial on How To Wind a Center-Pull Ball of Yarn By Hand to learn how they're made. This is a great way to store unused yarn, and you'll be surprised to learn how easy it is to do. All you need is yarn and a smooth, sturdy winding tool such as a thicker-gauge crochet hook or a long knitting needle. Scroll down for step-by-step instructions and photos. There is even a downloadable infographic available with visuals for all the steps. Find it below the tutorial and download your free copy so that you always have it on hand when needed. Plus, learn how to wind a yarn ball using a toilet paper or paper towel roll with a video how-to on our sister site, AllFreeCrochetAfghanPatterns: How to Wind a Yarn Ball Tutorial.
I have been a spinner where I “let the fiber tell me what to do”. This is not a bad starting place However, when you are spinning for a project, most likely you will not spin all that you need in o…
The Russian join is an easy way to securely connect two pieces of yarn. No knots or weaving in ends. Come see how to do your new go-to technique!
you always keep these too? and i made it into this a while ago i saw on carolyn’s website a recipe for making a paste with which you can make a bowl out of yarn. she used a long piece of yarn…
Busting stashes, taking names.
