ReRelease: H2O Slinger Duo

It’s getting warm. I’m thinking about riding my bike. When I went to scramble up all my bike gear, I realized that it’s about time I refresh the design and wording of one of the original Craft Leftovers Patterns. It’s still pretty much a jpeg, one of the last of an era far gone. Time [...]

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Wardrobe Redress: Cowboy Knit Shirt!

Last week I told you about the shirt frenzy I’ve been under lately, cutting out the patterns for 3 shirts in one day! Well, I actually got one finished! I did exactly as Design-It-Yourself Clothes spelled it out, and it worked! Check this out: Rah! The most awesome shirt ever! It was a little too [...]

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March CLM Preview!

Yes yes yes! It’s just about here! The March issue of clm will be in the shop and shipping out to subscribers in one week from today. I wanted to show you a little preview of the fun things going into this month’s issue. And don’t forget about the February issue. Super great garden know [...]

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Card.Paper.Ribbon::DecoArt Paint Giveaway!

One of the main projects in Diane’s and my new ebook Card.Paper.Ribbon. is taking wadded-up wrapping paper and fusing it to cloth, and then sewing into wallets and bags.

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Quick Knits Club: Another awesome mail day!

The mail has been pouring in lately. On Friday I was so happy when Jason checked the mail and brought back the first package delivered to my new studio address: Lee sent me her awesome Quick Knits Club! The yarn is gorgeous, it’s recycled, respun, and over-dyed. An amazing amount of work went into this [...]

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Free Pattern: Earth & Sky Mini Sock Ornament

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If you are a sock knitter, you know of the little 10 feet to 20 yards that are left when you make them. This cute little mini sock was great for using up some of my leftover sock yarn!

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Free Pattern: Earth & Sky Mini Sock Ornament

If you are a sock knitter, you know of the little 10 feet to 20 yards that are left when you make them. Well, I’ve been knitting a Ton of sock. Okay, maybe not a “ton” but about 5 pairs down now — I love wearing them now that it’s getting cold. Anyway, I’ve been [...]

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On the Needles: Changing Yarns Around

It’s been awhile since I started a new knitting project, so I wanted it to be really great. Something I would want to wear all the time. And something that would be brainless to knit so I can take it everywhere for me. At first I was going to do another in the round sweater [...]

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Finished Objects, stash busting, and using up leftovers

Quite some time ago I posted about how I was working through my stash of works in progress. I thought (unrealistically) I would be able to post progress on this pile of wips each week. Ha! Yeah right. Let’s see that was how many weeks ago? 12 weeks. Yep, twelve. Well, I have been trying. [...]

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Analogous Striped Delight: Knit ReRelease Pattern

It is always so satisfying to use up stash yarn I must say. I’ve had this nondescript bundle of bulky super wash wool for quite sometime. It was given to me by a friend who was de-stashing. Known as the “Craft Leftovers Girl” I often get donations of leftovers from other people’s projects. It’s like [...]

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