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How to make a homemade stuffed animal!

intern — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:47:49 +0000

This article I read is fascinating! To make a homemade stuffed animal without spending much money, brilliant! I also found this article on craftzine. Graduation is such a big event, and you’re likely to spend a lot on that celebration, why not make a crocheted animal from scratch, you can even choose your own color and size! You can actually benefit from it in many different ways; you can crochet this in your spare time, your children or friends will enjoy this lovely gift, and it’s just plain cute! Try it, it really works!

Posted by Urban Fauna Studio Intern::Tina Li

Great way to organize your materials!

intern — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:04:36 +0000

This is what I found interesting at Craftzine, the 3 Tiered stand. This is a great way to organize your buttons. The glass jar is very decorative and an easy, inexpensive way to store your buttons and other knitting essentials. You can also paint the jar with lively colors that brighten up your mood and the room. This wouldn’t take up a lot of space since you are stacking everything up with a tiered rack.

Posted by Urban Fauna Studio Intern::Tina Li

Needle Felted Angry Birds

admin — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:00:59 +0000

Everyone loves that game on their smart phones. Now you can make your own angry birds in felt with this cute tutorial. Thanks Craftzine for the instructions! LINK HERE

We do heart yarn….

admin — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:36:50 +0000

We loved this giant heart box filled to the brim with yarn! Tutorial for making this giant box on The Crafts Dept. ! Thanks Craftzine for pointing it out to us.

DIY Felt Mother’s Day Corsage

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 21:49:30 +0000

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 colors make for a corsage to last for years to come! via Craftzine

Sweet Treat from Cocoknits

admin — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 05:02:54 +0000

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 fun and east knit. Now go buy yourselves some delicious Ben and Jerry’s. Blas loves Chubby Hubby (ironic, we know) and Jamie loves Cherry Garcia….yum! What’s your favorite flavor?

Fig Preserves

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:09:28 +0000

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 well then wash again. Drain well and trim off stems. Combine all ingredients in a quart stainless steel saucepan.

Bring to boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Continue boiling. There should be some yellowish foam from the surface of the mixture and you should try to skim it off. (Note: I didn’t see much myself and barely skimmed it much.) This will take about 10 minutes to do as the yellow foam continues to develop. A less dense purple foam may also develop; this does not require skimming. Reduce heat to med. and cook about 30-40 minutes, stirring and scraping the pan bottom occasionally so mixture will not scorch. Skim any additional foam as it develops. By the end of the cooking time, the mixture should be very thick and most if not all of the figs should be reduced to a puree. Cool it off and put in the fridge or eat.

It’s so so yummy on toasted bread with caramelized red onions and even a little goat cheese….now how easy was that?

Brimmed Beanie Pattern

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:23:03 +0000

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!

3-D Knitter’s Gift Tag

admin — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:16:42 +0000

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.

Free Pattern from Knitted Socks East and West!

admin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:42:36 +0000

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!