Suppose you’re at a point with your crafting skills where you’re considering selling your work or gifting it to beloved friends and family. In that case, you may want to up your game by using the best possible tools for the job. It may be that you want to extend your creative skills and portfolio …
Cricut Weld vs Attach: How to Use These Functions for Your Next Project? Read More »
There are a lot of things you can make with acrylic yarn. From blankets to scarves to wall hangings to baby Yoda, yarn art has gotten really creative, trendy, and functional in the past few decades. Sometimes all that matters for a project to look good is that it be made with love; however, there …
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Any enthusiastic crafter knows that Styrofoam is a versatile addition to their creative toolbox. Not only is it widely used by adult crafters, but it also comes in handy if you’re looking for fun ways to entertain the kids with arts and crafts. There are multiple ways crafters use styrofoam in their projects, and we …
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My first introduction to scrapbooking was through my best friend. She is the queen of encouraging the people she loves with random, “just because” cards and gifts. Her simple, homemade cards started out as handwritten messages in a folded piece of paper with stickers. Always lots and lots of stickers. Gradually these got more elaborate …
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Knitting is such a beautiful and artistic craft. When you can make warm, comforting sweaters, socks, and afghans from strings of fiber, you are almost a magician. It is also something very pleasant to watch someone do. Take a moment to go watch someone knit on YouTube and you will be mesmerized by how calming …
Knit Stitch vs Purl Stitch: What’s the Difference? Read More »
Cross stitch vs embroidery are both wonderful ways of creating beautiful crafts that can be used for a variety of purposes. Chances are, you’ve seen some lovely examples of both that have led you to learn more about these types of needlecrafts. Anyone can learn the basics and can soon be creating works of art …
My first glance at a knitting chart made me think of a brain-teasing puzzle or a perplexing scavenger-hunt map. It had symbols and gridlines that looked more like it led to treasure rather than create a sweater. But, once the symbols were explained to me, I fully understood that these knitting charts really did both. …
Knitting Chart Symbols Explained: All You Need to Know Read More »
Have you ever bought yarn online? Despite the popularity of online shopping for nearly everything these days, many crafters have been reluctant to consider buying their yarn online. This is in part because, for so many of us, selecting yarn is such a tactile process. We want to touch the fibers and imagine the feel …
