This was an interesting challenge, we were asked to make a project that contains something unexpected. I’d been wanting to play with adding things to classic toile fabric for awhile so this was ...
Apr 26, 2016
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If you have been following long at all, you know that I have been knitting a pair of mittens for the MN Knitters’ Guild Yarn Ends Challenge. The idea is to use up all those little scraps of left...
Apr 19, 2016
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For the current Iron Craft challenge, we were to incorporate dots into a project. I bought some Sharpie paint pens awhile back and have been wanting to use them to decorate some cheap porcelain. This ...
Apr 12, 2016
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Recently, I’ve been wishing for mitten blockers. Usually, I just put my mittens between towels to block them, but it really doesn’t shape them as forcefully as I’d like. There are bl...
Mar 22, 2016
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Oh, I had so much fun over the last week working on the Iron Craft Teeny, Tiny challenge. You know how much a like working with thin yarn and tiny needles, so this week I created a very tiny bunny cou...
Mar 15, 2016
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Spring is in the air, but that doesn’t stop me from knitting more mittens! This pair is for a friend of mine who lives in Cornwall, England.
When we discussed design, she told me she really lik...
Mar 09, 2016
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For this Iron Craft challenge we were asked to use the kitchen as our inspiration. The project could be for the kitchen, made from items found in a kitchen or made using a kitchen appliance. I struggl...
Mar 01, 2016
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I am on a mission to make pillows this year. I see so many that I love around and in the shops. (And they are EXPENSIVE!) So I am going to take it on and sew a bunch. The first pillow in a Year Of Pil...
Feb 23, 2016
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For this challenge our prompt was G is for…. Well, G is for girls, sweater girls!
When I was in Iceland in December, my friend Lori found this artist, Heavenly Hosts, who carved these sweet litt...
Feb 16, 2016
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For this Iron Craft challenge we were asked to make something that featured with hearts or flowers. I came up with a cheeky little knit coffee sleeve inspired by conversation hearts.
This is a fun qu...
Feb 02, 2016
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