Megan of Not Martha created this amazing felt dahlia brooch tutorial for Holidash. It’s geared toward a Mother’s Day project but it would make a gorgeous accessory for any occasion. We thought this was a great idea to make out of our wool felt sampler packs! Our soft wool blends and saturated [...]
How do you keep your fingers warm and your ice cream cold while eating directly out of the pint? You check out the website of Julie Weisenberger aka Cocoknits, who has offered this easy and fast pattern for a knit and felted pint cozy! Download the FREE PATTERN HERE
Thanks Julie for letting us re-post this [...]
Disclaimer: I am not by any stretch of the imagination a food blogger….that aside I hope you enjoy our tiny adventures in cooking!
2 pounds firm ripe figs (makes sure they are as fresh and unblemished as possible)
2.5 cups granulated
1 cup water
Directions:
Wash the figs thoroughly in a large pot or bowl of cool tap water. Drain [...]
Urban Fauna Studio teamed up with our fiber friend Juliene Ford of www.stitchify.com to present this cute Brimmed Beanie pattern using our fine wool yarn hand dyed by Mary Jane’s Attic (our in house dye company). Click the image below or this link to download the pattern from the Craftzine site!
Check out this fun and easy tutorial we wrote for Craftzine! You can make an adorable knitter’s gift tag with some of your left over yarn scraps….those little bits of sock yarn are perfect for this project! Read the full article here.
The fabulous folks of STC Craft have offered one of the patterns from Knitted Socks East and West for FREE download. You can CLICK THIS LINK to download the Tatami Sock Pattern! Come by the studio to check out a copy in person. Happy Knitting!
We had heard conflicting reviews about the Yudu system when it first came out. Some good and some bad. After Blas saw it in Action at Maker Faire we took the plunge and signed up for an account with Provocraft. We’re excited to report that the Yudu has been successful for us. We placed our [...]
Anna of Mochimochi Land has done it again. She created the more adorable pattern for knit weeds…the dreaded enemy of the gardener never looked so adorable!
The free pattern is available here on her blog:
http://mochimochiland.com/weblog/2009/06/free-pattern-weeeds/
You can also get the PDF version of the pattern from CRAFT:
http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2009/06/craft_pattern_podcast_weeeds.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954
Picture property of Anna – Mochimochi Land
Ever wonder how wool felt is made? Felt is very easy to make given the right circumstances. Wool is a very strong and stretchy fiber. When you get wool hot, wet and add pressure (rubbing and rolling it) it shrinks and becomes felt! In this class you will be learn to make [...]
We’re going to break from fiber related posting for an aside into the world of crafting food. It can be said they we are both big Hayao Miyazaki fans. We even visited the Ghibli Museum while we were in Tokyo. You can’t take pics inside the museum…hence the boring entrance sign picture. Let us assure [...]
