Knitting Projects category

  • It’s Mitten Season!

    It is starting to get cold here in the upper midwest (we had our first snow this morning in Minneapolis) and we are digging out those hats, scarves and mittens. I love knitting mittens, they are fun ...
    Nov 12, 2012 1 Comment

  • Handmade Holiday – Holiday Decor Project Index

    Over the last two years we’ve shared quite a few tutorials and patterns for holiday decorations. With the season upon us, we thought we’d compile links to all of them in one place for you....
    Nov 05, 2012 No Comments

  • Advent Calendar Project – Week 20

    (Every week until December 1st we will be making a small Christmas ornament that can be used in our Pocket Advent Calendar. Join us in making all 24 or just pick and choose your favorites.) We’v...
    Nov 02, 2012 32 Comments

  • Little Black Owl Revisited

    Let’s revisit another of our favorite Halloween projects. This time it’s the knitting pattern for the Little Black Owl. This little guy is a cinch to knit up in the round with added fel...
    Oct 19, 2012 2 Comments

  • Men’s Go Team Mittens

    A lot of people were saying they wanted to make the Go Team mittens for a husband or father. Since I was knitting a pair for my husband, I thought I’d share the larger men’s pattern. Also ...
    Oct 03, 2012 10 Comments

  • Iron Craft Challenge #19 – I-cord and Grapevine Pumpkin

    Are you like me? Do you walk about gift and decor stores saying, “I could make that”? Do you furtively try to snap photos without getting caught by the store clerk? Well, that is how this ...
    Sep 25, 2012 2 Comments

  • Go Team Mittens

    I have to admit I am not much of a sports fan, but I do enjoy watching University of Michigan football games with my husband. Generations of his family have gone to the U of M. This fall we will be go...
    Sep 19, 2012 8 Comments

  • Advent Calendar Project – Week 13

    (Every week until December 1st we will be making a small Christmas ornament that can be used in our Pocket Advent Calendar. Join us in making all 24 or just pick and choose your favorites.) This week ...
    Sep 14, 2012 7 Comments

  • Project: Knit Flying Pig Mittens

    You know what they say about when pig fly? That’s how I felt about my chances of ever getting a ribbon at the Minnesota State Fair. Well, these flying pigs certainly removed those doubts. Heart...
    Sep 12, 2012 14 Comments

  • Advent Calendar Project – Week 8

    (Every week until December 1st we will be making a small Christmas ornament that can be used in our Pocket Advent Calendar. Join us in making all 24 or just pick and choose your favorites.) To fill po...
    Aug 10, 2012 No Comments