Kumihimo, or Japanese style cord braiding, is easy to do once you have some tips and tools. Create jewelry by incorporating beads, make your own handbag handles, drapery cords, belts and much more. I’ve collected some resources, patterns and galleries of finished work for inspiration.
Yarn art is a great way to use up your yarn stash and recycle bits and pieces of other materials you have around the house. Anyone who loves knitting loves yarn. We love the colors, the textures, the fibers. Why not create something to display on the wall so we can enjoy it every day? Here are some links to yarn art projects and instructions.
Fashion Designer Julie Nash uses alpaca yarn almost exclusively for her 1970′s style knit dresses and ponchos. See a slideshow of her collection at Fashion Week El Paseo on March 25.
I’m finally getting around to making my first felted bowl. I found a list of links to free felted bowl patterns I wanted to share, plus some others that aren’t free but don’t cost much. I’m turning minebowl into an Easter basket, complete with felted eggs.
I knitted this simple yoga blanket for use in my yoga class. It’s small and convenient to carry and it cushions my knees, head or hips.
I’ve never seen a slouch hat pattern for the knifty knitter so I decided to invent my own pattern. Here is the resulting slouch hat, with instructions.
Latest photos of new baby hats made on a knifty knitter, along with links to free knifty knitter patterns.
Would you like try knitting for profit? Here are some different types of knitting businesses and how to get started in each one, plus resources for setting up an online store, learning to blog about knitting and other knitting for money ideas.
Slouch hats are all the rage and finding a slouch hat knitted pattern, similar to the slouch hat worn in the movie, Twilight, isn’t easy to do. Here are the slouch hat knitted patterns I found after several hours of searching the net. Most are free and 2 are from Etsy.com.
These felted bags by Holly Craft are made from recycled wool sweaters. I’ve also found a terrific crafting website with lots of designs and a few felting books I wanted to share.
