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Crochet a Basket with T-Shirt Yarn

Sarah White October 10, 2019 Crochet / Yarn CraftLeave a comment

T-shirt yarn is fun to work with and great for sturdy home projects. Learn how to crochet a basket with T-shirt yarn. I’ve had this ball of T-shirt yarn for a long time. (It’s Lion Brand Fettuccine, which has been discontinued, but there are other T-shirt yarns out there, and …

Try Finger Knitting {Craft Challenge, Day 123}

Sarah White May 2, 2016 Knitting3 Comments

I love knitting with needles, of course, but it’s always kind of a fun trick to make familiar things in unfamiliar ways, such as with finger knitting. I was reminded his fun finger knitting is when I taught the girl, who isn’t quite ready for knitting with needles just yet. …

Make a Burlap Bow to Decorate a Simple Fall Wreath

Sarah White September 29, 2015 Crafts / Holidays2 Comments

As much as I craft, I’m not really a decorator, but this year more than any other I’ve been feeling a desire to decorate our front porch for fall. It all started with the apple-themed fall porch decor I made for Walnut Hollow, but then I decided we really needed …

Make a Tassel Necklace from a Keychain

Sarah White September 23, 2015 CraftsLeave a comment

I went to an event at my daughter’s school recently and scored as a door prize a lovely suede tassel keychain from GiGi New York. Sweet, right? Except I’m not really a giant keychain kind of girl. So of course I had to get crafty with it. These keychains are …

Two-Color Pom-Pom DIY

Sarah White January 22, 2015 Crafts / Yarn Craft4 Comments

I spend a lot of time with yarn, because it’s my job. When the January DIY Challenge from Adventures in Making was announced as being yarn, I was kind of excited but also didn’t know what to do because I didn’t want to just knit something. I didn’t really want …

Getting My Holiday Together Like a Crafty Ninja, Part One

Sarah White December 18, 2014 Cooking3 Comments

It’s not like we don’t see Christmas coming. It’s at the same time every year. It can’t possibly sneak up on us, and yet every year there’s the same mad dash to finish something or buy something or do something before that big, firm deadline of Dec. 25. Or, in …

Make a Cute Holiday Card in Five Minutes or Less

Sarah White December 17, 2014 Crafts / Holidays / Paper Crafts and DrawingLeave a comment

I’m a little behind on, well, probably everything this holiday season, but I’m just now starting to pull together gifts for my daughter’s teachers. I knew I at least wanted to make handmade cards, so I pulled together some really basic and wonderful supplies that allowed me to make these …