Over the course of December and the first couple weeks of January, JOANN Fabrics was having its yearly giant yarn sale, the Yarnormous Sale. And I got sucked into it. I love seeing what other people have in their stash so I thought it’d be fun to do a yarn haul! I ended up buying …
One of my favorite children’s movies is Tinker Bell. Not only is it a cute story and so beautifully animated, I just love Tink’s style. The first thing this girl does when she finds her home is to give herself a makeover and craft a pretty dress and slippers for herself. Today, I took a …
I love making things with a chevron pattern. They’re fun, easy, and can be used to make something for anyone. Recently, I received a custom order request for a giant chevron throw, so I thought I would show you how to work a crochet chevron stitch. This pattern is really simple and after you work …
One of my favorite tools for knitting and crochet is my ball winder from Knit Picks. It’s such an underrated tool but I use mine at the beginning and end of every project to keep my yarn stash organized and easy to manage. When I started using yarn, I didn’t know how to make a …
Welcome back to the Knitting for Beginners series! Last time, we talked very simply about the tools you’ll need to start knitting and what we’ll be using in this series. Today, we’re going learn how to cast on knitting with a long tail cast on. In this post, I’ll go over what it means when …
Whenever I think of modern design, I think of geometric shapes and bright colors. So of course, when I came up with the pattern for the Hudson Baby Blanket, I wanted to use different colors of hexagons and half hexagons to make a modern and easy pattern. In this post, I’ll show you how to …