Needlecraft category

  • Iron Craft ’15 Challenge 25 – Mini Team Mitten Ornaments

    For this Iron Craft challenge we were asked to take some time during this busy season and finish something. Matt had asked me to make a Red Wings mitten ornament for his sister and an Arsenal version ...
    Dec 22, 2015 8 Comments

  • Christmas Tree Convoy

    I love seeing what our readers do with our patterns and how they make them our own. Recently, I heard from Angie who works on military base. She wanted to do something for the waiting room of the opto...
    Dec 17, 2015 1 Comment

  • Teaching Kids to Sew

    I have an AMAZING job. I teach sewing as an elective at the middle school. The kids in class are 10 – 13 years old. I have refined my teaching style and my delivery to match my audience. While m...
    Dec 15, 2015 1 Comment

  • More Finished Mitten Garland Advent Calendars

    More finished Mitten Garland Advent Calendars are popping up on Ravelry. I have to say how much I love all of them. It is wonderful to see people have success with one of our patterns. You can read mo...
    Dec 14, 2015 4 Comments

  • Icelandic Yarny Goodness

    I’m just back from a winter trip to lovely Reykjavík, Iceland. It was full of Christmas coziness, warm thermal pools, sparkling lights and, of course, wool. Iceland had the biggest December sn...
    Dec 11, 2015 5 Comments

  • 74 Christmas Ornament Tutorials

    Wednesday we shared a wrap-up of our latest twenty-four ornament tutorials, but we know you want more. Here are seventy-four more tutorials to cover your tree with handmade goodness. Row 1: Felt Gnome...
    Dec 07, 2015 1 Comment

  • Advent Calendar Project ’15 Wrap-Up

    Well, we did it another year with 24 handmade ornaments! Let’s take a look back. Row 1 – Cross Stitched Locket, Drawer Knob Mushrooms, Jute Heart, Burlap Owl Row 2 – Wooden Words, J...
    Dec 02, 2015 No Comments

  • Winter Snows: January MKAL

    I had so much fun with our Mitten Garland Advent Calendar knit along, I’ve decided to host another knit along in January. Since January is National Knit Mitten Month we’ll be knitting a pa...
    Dec 01, 2015 4 Comments

  • Finished Mitten Garland Advent Calendars

    Last week, I released mitten #24 in the Mitten Garland Advent Calendar. Now, all the beautiful finished sets are starting to show up in our forum on Ravelry. They are too good not to share. It is such...
    Nov 30, 2015 7 Comments

  • Iron Craft ’15 Challenge 23 – Up North Cowl

    For this challenge, we were to take something old and turn it into something new. My sister runs a pet sitting/walking business in northern Minnesota. That means even when it is 32 below and the windc...
    Nov 24, 2015 3 Comments