It’s time for the Indie Design Giftalong again! It starts tonight at 8pm EST. It’s an incredible knitting and crocheting event. Thousands of patterns are on sale 25% off with the code “giftalong2018”, and there’s a vibrant and amazing…
4 Toy Patterns I Recommend
Do you have toys you like to knit? Here are 4 I really loved making.
Gift Creep
Ah, handmade gift season…you are so wonderfulhorrible. So full of energy, best intentions, the power of love transmitted by handmade gifts! And also so full of feelings of ‘Too Much’ and ‘Where Were Those Boundaries I Put Up?’ I…
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.…
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…
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…
Soccer knitting
Coaching meeting pre-game :) Being married to the head coach really changes the vibe… I have had very little time to knit this fall. 3 practices a week, and 2 games on weekends, sometimes with considerable travel time. But the…