Made By Humans
This week’s Iron Craft challenge was to make something for someone you love. I had been making some crocheted hearts (from this super simple pattern from Repeat Crafter Me; it’s not her fault mine all came out different sizes) but I wasn’t quite sure what to do with them. Then I decided, since there are […]
This post contains affiliate links. If you click on them and buy something I’ll get a little kickback. And I’ll appreciate it! Every now and then I try to get into other crafts besides knitting. I really want to be better at crochet but I’ve never given it the time it needed to develop the […]
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 to crochet something, either, though […]
This week’s Iron Craft challenge was all about fruit and flowers. It took me a long time to come up with something I wanted to do, but I finally landed on a knit apple cozy, which could certainly protect an orange, too. It’s a simple little bag that I jazzed up with a stitched on […]
I’ve told you about my little word for the year, but I also decided to take on another challenge for 2015: a year of making. Like it sounds, year of making just means that I commit to making something, anything, every day this year, as well as documenting what I’m doing on Instagram. This idea […]
I like to sew, and have somewhat known my way around a machine for many years. I made clothes in high school (though I never learned how to put in a zipper) and have made some basic things for the girl as well. One of my goals for this year — OK, for every year […]
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 merry cards in less than […]