I made my third Abate sweater this winter and was reminded why it’s such a great pattern for the kids wearing it and the adults knitting it…
Continue readingMake with Me: Abate Sweater
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Make with Me : Edward’s Menagerie II
In a previous post, I shared the stuffed rhino, Whip Horn, that I made for Luc. Today I have a couple more cuties from the Edward’s Menagerie.
Continue readingMake with Me: Shifty
Last year I started a series that I call Make with Me. The name is a bit misleading because I don’t really allow for us to make the same project concurrently, instead, I share projects in their finished state. Most of these projects use other designers’ patterns, so I can’t even share a pattern or tutorial. Instead, I give you the project details, helpful hints, and links to the patterns and materials.
If I’ve talked to you about 2020 and the pandemic, I’m sure that I’ve told you that this was the sort of situation I was made for. Definitely didn’t like the health crisis, but I was so excited to not leave the house for weeks on end. I have enough ideas and supplies to keep me busy for years (no joke), and 2020 was my big chance to get busy….
But about 6 months into quarantine, I needed something new and a bit of inspiration.
Continue readingDIY Christmas Decorations + Crafts
This post was originally published in 2015, we’re re-posting it today to inspire some simple crafting before Christmas!
Today we’re rounding up past Christmas crafts. While Sarah was busy ordering gifts yesterday, I was finishing up the decorating. I love to get everything up as soon as possible so that there’s plenty of time to enjoy it (plus, I need the decorating out of the way so that I have every extra moment left to think about gift shopping!). If you’re taking your time and in need of decorations, we put together a list of past DIY projects that we made, love, and we’re excited to put out again this year.
This list provides a range of projects from those that can be finished in 30 minutes to others that may take a few hours, and the skill-level required varies from the simple to the more complex. In addition to decorating your house, some of these projects like the felt and cinnamon ornaments make great gift tags. What we have here is a little bit of something for everyone.
Make with Me: Macrame Owl
Sometimes the best use of your time is to learn a few knots and then use them to make a florescent pink owl… for the bathroom. Continue reading
Finished Object Friday!
You can find more of our knitting posts here.
Thank goodness for the snowy Colorado springs. It makes it seem totally reasonable to start a sweater in February and then finish it in April for a big Easter snow. Totally reasonable. Continue reading
Make with Me : Edward’s Menagerie
Meet Whip Horn, Luc’s newest little buddy. Continue reading
Crafting with Kids: Knitting Looms
Knitting looms are a great tool for helping young kids make useful garments and play items out of yarn. Click through to see a variety of looms and how we use them.
DIY Trick : Yarn Wrap
It’s been a while since we’ve done any sort of DIY craft post! We’re definitely making like crazy, so that’s no excuse. If anything, it means that we have a backlog of Make with Me posts to work on.
Well, the DIY drought ends today. I recently learned a great way to wind yarn around an object and tie it off without any tricky knots or loose ends. This is so simple, and for some of you, this may already be a tool in your DIY toolbox, but I’m hoping that there are a few of you that will appreciate this new trick as much as I do.
Click on for our step-by-step guide and a short list of places where this technique may be useful.
Make with Me : God’s Eye
At the beginning of the year, I encouraged our readers to “make with me“. In that post I shared a few of the many benefits that you may get from picking up a hobby, and I gave you a few simple suggestions for how to turn your hobby into a regular habit (that’s good for you!).
If you follow our Instagram feed or have been a long-time reader, it’s no surprise that my primary hobby is knitting. I always have a project (or ten) in the works. While I don’t need the encouragement to knit more, I’m taking this resolution as a nudge to share more of my projects, in their many phases, on the blog. And if you’d like to find me on Ravelry, my username is winterfoliage.
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Five months into the year, and I’m finally sharing a project that doesn’t involve knitting!
Growing up, this was a project that we would make every so often. We always made them using two sticks, creating four points, and we called them God’s eyes. As you can see, this one is slightly more complicated, and I’ve seen these referred to as either a God’s Eye or a mandala. I use both names throughout this post.
Read on to get pattern info and to see how big this beast really is.