The idea for this week’s Iron Craft Challenge was to make something just for you. It was supposed to be, in fact, a treat, but I went with something completely practical, something that fixed a problem that’s been bothering me for a long time. It’s my purse straps. You see, …
Earlier this week I shared a post on Craft Gossip about a sweet little free knitting pattern for egg cozies that have bunny ears. Adorable, right? Someone on Facebook had the gall to comment “Cute. But why?” Which is completely the wrong answer. Cute is its own reason, its own …
I’m a knitter and yarn crafter, so I end up with a lot of little bits of yarn. Not just odd balls left over from projects, though I have a lot of those, too. I’m talking about the little bits that are left when you weave in ends on a …
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 …
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 …
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 …
I used to participate in the Iron Craft Challenge over at Just Crafty Enough all the time, but then I got busy with the book and had no time for extra crafting, and then the book was done but I didn’t feel like making anything or wasn’t sure what to …
