Welcome to the world of crocheting! This wonderful hobby is easy to learn, and once you get started you can look forward to many hours of relaxing while creating beautiful projects out of yarn. You know you need yarn in order to crochet, but a walk down the yarn aisles in your local craft store …
When I travel, I always try to visit an art gallery. This is because I love walking through the halls while admiring the skill and creativity of artists from all time periods and locales. It is a wonder to me what artists can do with a brush and some precisely selected pigments. They know exactly …
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Learning to knit can be a fun hobby to start at any time of your life. Whether you are a child, teen, young adult, or an older adult, it’s never too late to learn how to knit. Once you get the hang of holding those needles and hearing the click, click, clicking sound while watching your …
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Crafting has become a favorite way to pass the time these days. It offers a creative outlet and a therapeutic activity in one nice and neat package. A very popular craft is needle crafting, which includes embroidery, Needlepoint, Cross Stitch, crewel, and even crochet. There are many other types of needle crafting to try, but …
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Crafters have been knitting woolen garments since medieval times. But, unfortunately, somewhere along the way, this traditional craft got clouded by its associations with elderly women, rocking chairs, and, generally speaking, all things ‘uncool’. Now, Knitting is Back With a Vengeance. From old-fashioned to fashion-forward, this craft has exploded in popularity with all generations, and …
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If you love wearing knit or crochet wraps, shawls, and stoles, then you may have discovered that they can be difficult to keep in place while you go about your day. This problem is easy to resolve with a shawl pin. However, adding a shawl pin to your wardrobe accessories can bring its own hassles. …
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This fun, colorful, and often quirky Japanese craft is going to take over your crafting world. Seriously, just make one Amigurumi and you’ll be hooked (pun intended). Because there are no boundaries with this craft, you can be as creative as you want. From nostalgic teddy bears to colorful cartoon characters to food, furniture, and …
Whether you knit or crochet, scarves are an easy and classic project that both beginner and experienced crafters enjoy working on. The only problem that arises with this sort of project is how exactly to end a scarf. It is not as though the sources on how to end a scarf are rare or difficult …
It’s a necessary piece of kitchen equipment, it’s small and it’s simple, but without a potholder, you would be enduring a lot of burnt hands and discolored tabletops. Sure, you could fill your kitchen drawers with a collection of potholders from fancy and chic stores or from stores that sell bulk products at bargain prices, …
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Scarves are wintertime essentials; unfortunately, many scarves are made from the wrong type of yarn. Have you ever tied a lovely-looking scarf around your neck to head outside for a great day of winter activities only to feel like you’ve mistakenly grabbed a vine of poison ivy? When we crafters select yarn to make into …
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