Needlecraft category

  • 12 Days KAL: French Knots, Beads and Duplicate Stitch

    This is the sixth post in our series to get you ready for the 12 Days of Christmas Mitten Garland Knit Along. All of the mittens have a leaf and berry motif at the cuff. Today we are going to discuss ...
    Jun 08, 2016 No Comments

  • 12 Days KAL: Stranded Color Work

    This is the fifth in our series to help get you ready for the 12 Days of Christmas Mitten Garland Knit Along. Today we will be talking about stranded color work. I have to be upfront with you guys, th...
    Jun 06, 2016 2 Comments

  • 12 Days KAL: Knitting in the Round

    This is the fourth in our series to help get you ready for the 12 Days of Christmas Mitten Garland Knit Along. Today we are going to talk about knitting in the round. I love knitting in the round, no ...
    Jun 03, 2016 2 Comments

  • 12 Days KAL: Reading a Color Work Chart

    This is the third in our series of posts to help you get ready for our 12 Days of Christmas Mitten Garland Knit Along. Today we are going to talk about reading a color work chart since a few people ha...
    Jun 02, 2016 2 Comments

  • 12 Days KAL: Increases, Decreases and Kitchener Stitch

    This is the second in our series to get you ready to start the Twelve Days of Christmas Mitten Garland. A few people have mentioned they’d never worked some of the increases, decreases or Kitche...
    May 31, 2016 5 Comments

  • Iron Craft ’16 Challenge #10 – Summer Top

    For this Iron Craft challenge, we were to make something we could use for summer. For the last couple of summers I have wanted to make myself some summer tops. I wanted something that was casual and e...
    May 24, 2016 2 Comments

  • 12 Days KAL: Choosing Your Colors

    Earlier this week, we announced our up-coming 12 Days of Christmas Mitten Garland Knit Along which is starting in June. Between now and then, I will be writing a series of posts on different topics to...
    May 19, 2016 No Comments

  • 50’s Theme Ice Skater

    My daughter made the leap from “casual skater” to synchro-team and competitive events. Thanks to our lovely gentle coach, the transition was perfect for our family and our skater. When i...
    May 18, 2016 3 Comments

  • 12 Days of Christmas Mitten Garland KAL

    I had so much fun hosting last year’s Mitten Garland Advent Calendar KAL, I couldn’t resist coming up with a new mini mitten knit along for this Christmas. This year will will be making tw...
    May 16, 2016 366 Comments

  • Iron Craft ’16 Challenge #9 -Drawstring Project Bag

    For this Iron Craft challenge we were asked to make something that could be used for storage. Last year, one of the lovely ladies doing my Mitten Garland Advent Calendar KAL made me this sweet project...
    May 10, 2016 2 Comments