I’m a completely self-taught crocheter, and most of it has come pretty easily to me (once I figured out the basics, which took YEARS), but I have always had trouble with treble crochet. I recently decided to figure out why I was having so much trouble, and while I don’t know that my frustration will […]
How to Make DIY Room Spray with Essential Oils
I’m not much of a DIY cleaner person (though I would like to be!) but I do make my own room spray and have for years. This is the thing I use to defunk my teen’s laundry hamper, but it’s great for general freshening purposes, too. The best thing about it is that it requires […]
How to Embroider on Paper
Doing embroidery on paper is a fun way to add a little more texture to your projects. Learning how to embroider on paper is really easy and it doesn’t take any more skill than embroidering on fabric. Uses for Embroidery on Paper Before you learn how to embroider on paper, you might want to know […]
How to Use Stitch Markers in Your Knitting
I have a pretty large collection of stitch markers, but for the longest time I mostly just used them to mark the end of a round when I was working on circular knitting needles. But there are actually a lot of different ways that you can use stitch markers to make your knitting easier or […]
How to Alter a Sweater Knitting Pattern into a Tunic
I have a lot of stash yarn, and a lot of odd balls I like to try to use in projects. Recently I was making a sweater with blue and green yarn and decided while I was knitting it that I wanted to make it into a tunic/dress length sweater. It occurred to me someone […]
Learn to Knit Fingerless Gloves with Me!
If you’ve always wanted to learn how to knit fingerless gloves, or make custom mitts to fit your hands, I’ve got the class for you. I’ve filmed a Choose Your Own Adventure knit mitts class for the Rebecca Page Knitting Summit, which is the perfect place to learn how to make fingerless gloves that will […]
A Word for 2023: Calibrate
I just looked it up and I’ve been doing One Little Word (with more or less success/focus) since 2013! That’s 10 years of words to guide me and help shape my year. I’m a fan of just letting my word come to me and not giving it too much thought, and this year’s word came […]