Talk about tiny treasures being addictive! That’s more than 20 of these wee sweaters. I love knitting these things.
Gifts for Making
Don’t forget to pop over to the Pinterest board on Handmade Gift Ideas for a wide range of cool projects that might get your brainstorming a little electrified! Here are two gift-making categories we’ve used again and again: 1)…
Gifts for Knitting
Knitting, as we well know, is not for people wanting instant products. But there is still enough time to knit up a number of gifts before the holiday clock chimes midnight! Here’s a few of my favourite things to make.…
Peppermint Crunch Cookies
I’m proud of these. I mashed them together from three different recipes as well as my own imaginings and unvented something special. They freeze nicely, so they can be made well ahead of the busy times that are coming in…
3 Steps to Fantastic Handmade Gifts: a free PDF for brainstorming
I wrote last week about how our entirely handmade Christmas changed us and mentioned that brainstorming was a big part of our process. We hit on a pretty cool set of questions that allowed us to find a sweet spot between what we…
sweater surgery
First, I shortened the mysteriously long top section. I say mysteriously long since the incredible Custom Fit softwear generates a pattern with very specific instructions, down to row numbers, and there is only one size so it’s not like I just read…
an entirely handmade Christmas changed us
Giving handmade has been a significant theme in our family life. Over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing what we’ve learned about making gifts. Stay tuned for some cool resources and links! But first: where it all began and…
Expedition Tuesday
Driving south of Winnipeg the other day, the clouds were rolling in from the northwest, a dramatic charcoal, white, and steel wash of drama while the western sun lit the whole scene from behind me with the golden light of magic hour.…