After crocheting my daughter’s axolotl, I had a bunch of my second color of Bernat Blanket yarn left, so I decided to make this giant Peep bunny knitting pattern. I knew I wanted to try to do something with the yarn right away, because it’s the only yarn I’ve bought …
I’m not entirely sure why, but crocheted axolotls have been having a moment for a while now, so hunting down axolotl crochet patterns had been on my mind. My daughter showed me some cool pride axolotls she found online, so I decided I wanted to make an axolotl for her …
March is National Craft Month, but any time is a good time to start a hobby. Whether you want to start a creative hobby or you’re ready to try something relaxing like reading more, bird watching or doing yoga, the same process can help you get started with anything you …
I’m a completely self-taught crocheter, and most of it has come pretty easily to me (once I figured out the basics, which took YEARS), but I have always had trouble with treble crochet. I recently decided to figure out why I was having so much trouble, and while I don’t …
I’m not much of a DIY cleaner person (though I would like to be!) but I do make my own room spray and have for years. This is the thing I use to defunk my teen’s laundry hamper, but it’s great for general freshening purposes, too. The best thing about …
Doing embroidery on paper is a fun way to add a little more texture to your projects. Learning how to embroider on paper is really easy and it doesn’t take any more skill than embroidering on fabric. Uses for Embroidery on Paper Before you learn how to embroider on paper, …
I have a pretty large collection of stitch markers, but for the longest time I mostly just used them to mark the end of a round when I was working on circular knitting needles. But there are actually a lot of different ways that you can use stitch markers to …
