Our bedroom was in order. Now it’s not. What happened? Laundry. Simple as that. We have no place to put anything as far as the laundry goes (from the laundry itself to the detergent bottle lying on the floor next to it). Well, the times are a changing, we need some order. And now, we have it. Enter the Laundry Loader. Half leftover craft/project stuff, half purchased supplies, we are now the proud owners of our own laundry organizer. And you can be too! Continue reading →

I just wanted to let you know that I was called in to work early today and it kind of threw the balance of my little crafterdom. So I got home and cleaned, then started cutting and sewing fabric. I’m still sewing. And I think I could get the pattern posted tonight, but the quality would be shoddy. So I’m going to keep sewing, finish everything up so it’s nice, finish writing up the pattern and then take good photos tomorrow, rewrite the pattern (haha) and post it all.

On a similar note, I’ve noticed that I’ve had a hard time getting patterns up on Fridays lately, so I’m going to re-evaluate the schedule and, maybe start posting patterns on Monday. It turns out that I’m mostly working Thursdays and Fridays at Stam, which is when I would normally finish up, shoot, and post the pattern. So a new schedule is in order while I’m holding down this part time job.

See you all soon!

Knitting experiences, especially early on, are scared by all sorts of odd ball issues. During my year and a half (or so) at the Yarn Exchange I came to realize that dropped stitches were the number one culprit of all time. They would stop knitters dead in their tracks. And after teasing out a stitch and pulling things here and there and trying to get it on the needles again so it’s the right way, they would give up. Put it in their ufo pile and wait until we were open again to come get it figured out. I had also seen many knitter struggle to find the one lone crochet hook in their bag and struggle to get that lone stitch up on the needles with the rest of its little stitch buddies. There had to be an easier way. And there is. Continue reading →

Today I set out to make the frame of the laundry hamper. It went pretty smoothly, except it turned out kind of huge! Haha. I think I’ll cut it down a little bit. I’m thinking about making the depth smaller, like 1 foot instead of a 1 1/2′. It just seems really big. I want a second opinion though.

The cloth hanging on the back is destined to be laundry bags. I want to get the size of the frame right before I start cutting and sewing the fabric.
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I have been fortunate enough in my life to receive many things through the generosity of others. My grandma gave me all of her craft supplies getting me started on my life adventure of pattern writing, craft leftovers, fiber arts, and now teaching classes and workshops. Continue reading →

Since making the itty bitty bag, I’ve been stuffing it full of bits of fabric, ribbon, and yarn. Well what to do with all that? I’ve also been piling up the cones of itty yarn. I think “oh this will be great for xyz” and then just never use it, or never as much as I think I will. So some bits of craft leftovers and some remaining yarn on a cone = felted basket goodness. Without having weave in all those ends because of the felting, it’s the perfect thing to use up all those scraps. Continue reading →

Hey there folks! I just want to post a quick note to let you know that I just finished up the pattern for this weekend, but I need to get a nice finished shot of it. Well, it’s 11:15pm so it’s just not going to happen this evening. It will tomorrow though, so I’ll get the pattern up for your crafting pleasure then. There is one more variable in the mix too. I think that even though it’s super nice as is (of course), but it could be better felted. So I’m going think about it over night and then decide whether or not to run it in the wash (hot then cold) tomorrow morning, put it in front of a fan, and get a shot when I get home from work. So I will be back soon, really soon, and there will be some crafty goodness going on.

See you tomorrow! Keep it Crafty in the meantime!
Kristin

I went to Lowes this morning and spent about an hour and half wheeling my cart from “lumber” to “plumbing” trying to decide “wood” or “pvc” for the hamper. Then I did the math. Pvc won out on ease of use, because of the tools I have on had, and money. Yep, it’s about 1/4 the price to Continue reading →

In the last How To post I said something about sewing on a button without a shank and how I would show you how at some point. Well, I decided that really, this would be just an extension of the last how to post and if you make some fabric buttons the diy way I showed you last time, you really need to know how to do this so you can use them well. So here we go! Continue reading →

Our bedroom was in order. Now it’s not. What happened? Laundry. Simple as that. We have no place to put anything as far as the laundry goes (from the laundry itself to the detergent bottle lying on the floor next to it). Well, the times are a changing, we need some order. Continue reading →