I wanted a little festive picture frame for my four leaf clover cross stitch pattern, so I made this easy upcycled yarn wrapped picture frame using paperboard. It’s a pretty quick and easy DIY picture frame, and you could do this same thing with lots of different embellishments such as covering with scrapbook paper or […]
American Made Yarn Producers
With the threat of tariffs against non-American made goods looming, it’s a great time to take a look at some American made yarn producers. Whether you want to buy American because it has a smaller environmental impact or because it might be less expensive in the future, these yarn makers are great ones to know. […]
The Best Yarns for the Sentro Circular Knitting Machine
If you’re new to using a circular knitting machine, you may be wondering about the best yarns for the Sentro. A lot of problems people have with their circular knitting machines can be cause by yarn behaving badly, but it’s not always easy to tell which yarns will work the best. The following are the […]
Stash-Busting Basics: How to Use Your Yarn Stash
I’ve been sort of working on an ebook on how to use your yarn stash for a few years now, but in the meantime I wanted to share some stash-busting basics that I’m using to help pare down my stash. I decided that this year (as I have several times before, with varying degrees of […]
Ghost Tassel Easy Yarn Craft Project
This ghost tassel project takes just minutes to make and it’s a fun addition to your Halloween decor, a cute little thing to put into a boo basket, or make a bunch and turn them into a ghost tassel garland. Have a knitting machine? You can also make these cute knit ghosts to go with […]
How to Wash Yarn That’s Been Used
Most of the time you won’t need to know how to wash yarn, but if you’re ripping out a project and want to reuse the yarn, it’s a good thing to know how to do. Do You Need to Wash Yarn? I will admit that most of the time when I rip out a project […]
How to Do a Felted Join or Spit Splice
The felted join (also sometimes called a spit splice) is a great way to join two balls of yarn together when they are made out of natural fibers. You can use it to join two balls of the same color, to join different colors in a stash busting project, or even to join ends of […]