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Needlecrafts + Fiber Arts
Loose Ends Completes Handmade Projects When Their Original Crafters Can’t
Loose Ends makes sure that handmade projects get to their intended recipients when their creators can no longer finish them.
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How to Darn a Sock
A well-made sock can stand up to a lot of wear, and when a hole does finally work its way through, then you can darn that sock to make it even better than it was when it was new.
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24 Eco-Friendly Ways to Organize Embroidery Floss
Check out my list, below, of my favorite eco-friendly ways to store embroidery floss.
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30 Bernat Baby Blanket Yarn Patterns
Here are my favorite super soft, super bulky, super fun projects to make using baby blanket yarn. Some of these projects are even baby blankets!
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30 Wonderful Weaving Patterns
Whether you have a store-bought, antique handcrafted, or DIY recycled weaving loom, it’s time to make something wonderful on it!
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28 Free Bead Loom Patterns
Want to make something beautiful on a bead loom but you don’t quite know where to begin?
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Three Dozen Free Knit Hat Patterns
A knit hat is a great knitting project, whether you’re a beginning knitter or a seasoned professional, because there is a knit hat pattern to suit everybody.
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How to Make Realistic Felt Leaf Silhouettes
If you’re in the mood to decorate your home for autumn, there’s no better inspiration than the real leaves right outside!
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25 Ways to Upcycle Doilies
Fortunately, there are a lot of beautiful ways to upcycle paper and yarn doilies.
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How to Make Waxed Thread
Whether you’re a bookbinder or a leather worker, want to sew outdoor-friendly projects, or are interested in macrame or jewelry making, you have a use for waxed thread.
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How to Make a Pincushion: 40 Projects
A pincushion is one of the easiest projects that you can make–and one of the handiest!
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Crafting for Good: Warm Up America!
If you like to knit or crochet but don’t feel like you ever have the time to make a finished piece, so how can you possibly craft for charity, then I have the perfect organization for you.
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Craft for Good with Bridge and Beyond
Bridge and Beyond is an organization that provides warm handmade goods for individuals experiencing homelessness in Central Ohio.
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Handmade Review: Star Wars Felt
You probably know by now that I LOVE Star Wars crafts, so a review of Star Wars Felt?
Kind of a no-brainer.
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Crafty Call-to-Arms: Knit Finger Puppets for Kids at IWK Health Centre
Do you love to knit and have lots of little pieces of surplus yarn to show for it?
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26 Projects to Make with Plarn
Check out all of the awesome stuff that you can make with plarn, including how to make plastic yarn in the first place.
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Make Plarn Sleeping Mats for the Homeless
The news reports always make it sound desperately exotic–Sleeping mats! Out of plastic bags!–but the truth is that it’s totally do-able.
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25 DIY Pom Pom Crafts
Do you have any DIY pom pom crafts to add to my list?
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Magda Sayeg on the Power of the Yarn Bomb
Magda Sayeg was the founder of the yarn bombing movement, and in this fascinating talk, she dives into how her act of craftivism grew across the world.
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The Magic Yarn Project Makes Kids with Cancer into Princesses
The Magic Yarn Project makes the lives of kids with cancer better, one yarn princess wig at a time.
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How to Make an Upcycled Cross Stitch Bookmark
There are a lot of interesting, easy, and useful ways to upcycle cross stitched pieces, but one of the most interesting, easiest, and most useful is the cross stitch bookmark.
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She’s a 104-Year-Old Guerilla Knitter. What’s Your Superpower?
We’ve been hearing a lot lately about older people who do good works by making things by hand.
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The Gnome Project: Jessica Peill-Meininghaus Makes a Gnome Every. Single. DAY
With the right choice of product and material, the process can be contemplative and enhance your skills and stretch your creativity.
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How can crafters help the homeless?
The plarn sleeping mats movement is gaining steam! What began at a church in Chicago has spread all the way south to Louisiana. Luling, Louisiana’s Wayne Abadie heard about Chicago’s Bag Mat Project and wanted to do the same thing in his own town.
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Knitted Pouches Help Rescued Wildlife
If you’re a knitter, I know the question that you’re squealing to your screen right now.
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In Bolivia, Knitters Treat Heart Defects
With the advent of 3D printing, I think that there’s been a sea change that is leading innovators towards the idea of more local, individual, custom-fitted treatment parts.
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Cats in Hats: You’re Welcome (+ a giveaway!)
You want to make a hat for your cat. Let’s just establish that, okay? Like, trying to deny it and pretending that cats in hats isn’t an interest of yours are just not going to be options here.
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Repair Your Bamboo Knitting Needles
Did your cat get ahold of your bamboo needles? You can’t really knit when your yarn is constantly snagging on bite marks. Check out how to repair your bamboo knitting needles with good old wood filler.
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Craftivism in Action: Embroidering Against Sexism
Crafter Marie Brian – aka The Cotton Floozy on Instagram – was fed up with hateful and sexist comments on her blog. Rather than start a flame war, Brian grabbed her embroidery needle in a stunning example of craftivism.
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Crafty Book Review: Knits for Dolls, by Nicky Epstein
Got some yarn leftover after your last knitting project?
Wondering if you should stuff it back in your stash for perhaps forever? Pass it on? Trash it?
Instead, how about you thrill your favorite little kid by using that stash to knit him or her the most awesome, clever, modern doll outfits ever?
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DIY Recycled Weaving Looms
Interested in weaving? Don’t want to spend money on a loom? Got some random stuff lying around?
Chances are that there’s a DIY loom for you.