I used to have a website all about freelance writing. It was supposed to allow me to teach what I’d learned about the business of writing, and also to make money. I failed miserably at the second and usually felt like I was shouting into the wilderness, so I shut the site down. But every […]
Help Me Clean Up My Office: A Felty Book Giveaway
I have a lot of knitting books (well, and crochet books, and sewing books, and crafting books…). I get books sent to me to review. I buy books. Heck, I even write books. It has added up over the five years I’ve written for About and the many years I’ve been crafty. Don’t believe me? […]
The Best Playdough Ever?
Earlier this year I did an experiment with different playdough recipes I found on Pinterest, trying to find the one that was the ultimate. The first one, made with Jell-o, I loved, but it got moldy after a couple of months. The second one had Kool-Aid, and I liked that one pretty well, but the […]
A Waldorf-Inspired Color Sorting Game
I am a big fan of Montessori and Waldorf type activities and they way they approach setting up rooms and tasks for kids to deal with. Waldorf is naturally attractive to me because they teach knitting to kids, and both disciplines place an emphasis on having handmade things around the children. Not too long ago […]
Creativity Queue Challenge: Getting Things Finished
In a bit of web browsing serendipity a couple of weeks ago I came across the website Daisy Yellow and the beginning of the Creativity Queue Challenge. As the name implies, it’s a challenge to get people to finish (or start and finish) some things that have been on their creative lists for some time. […]
Getting Spring Started
Even though Easter is a moving holiday, it seems like when we had a big yard garden we always planted the weekend of Easter or right around then (maybe because the garden centers are empty when everyone else is at church?). It’s been feeling like summer, not even spring, for a few weeks here, but […]
Pinterest Pants and Getting Started Sewing Again
I’ve probably known how to sew almost as long as I’ve known how to knit (and that’s a long time!), but I’ve never felt very comfortable around a sewing machine. I’ve never, for example, installed a zipper. I was going to once, but then I realized I don’t even know how to put the zipper […]