hey have you been keeping up with craftstylish this month? lots of great earth-friendly crafts… here are mine! first, make a vest from an old pullover sweater, with different embellishment ideas… like crocheting into the knit fabric: and embroidery with recycled cotton: this one has hand-stitched knit tape stuff i got at knittn kitten: andContinue reading “newish projects and knit design pattern reveal!”
Monthly Archives: April 2009
book review: the anti 9 to 5 guide
ok i’m going to try to make book reviews a regular thing for reals, starting today. i plan to review a mixture of all different diy books, both new and old, knitting and other craft genres, and anything else i’m excited about that i want to share with you! (some with giveaways!) but first, hereContinue reading “book review: the anti 9 to 5 guide”
knitting, knitting, dyeing, and food!
some knitting stuff for you today… first of all, i’ve altered the mary jane booties pattern a wee bit. just changed a couple decrease types for looks, nothing that changes the shape or anything, so it’s not a big deal. i had knit them with fuzzy yarn that hid the decreases before, but while makingContinue reading “knitting, knitting, dyeing, and food!”
coffee photos, non-profits, websites, books (aka stuff!)
i have non-crafty things totally in the spirit of doing stuff! that i want to talk about, which don’t have pictures, so i’m going to stick a few old black and white film photos in here because of my excitement about my recent discovery that you can develop film with coffee!! can you believe it?!Continue reading “coffee photos, non-profits, websites, books (aka stuff!)”
oops this is still a massive post…
wow, the last week was so overwhelmingly awesome, i don’t even know where to start. so i’m going to break it up a bit, to avoid a massive post that you can’t get through… so here’s part 1: fun times with amazing people! friday morning the weekend of crazamazingly crafty fun times (all because ofContinue reading “oops this is still a massive post…”