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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

"No Sew" Method of Attaching Buttons

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Check out this method of attaching buttons to knit and crochet items. The technique is explained and pointers provided on the post.

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Felted Jewelry

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Stumbles and Stitches creates jewelry - combining wool-felting and other creative objects. Some tips on creating them can be found on this Felt Week post.



Monday, March 14, 2016

Friday, March 11, 2016

Magic Yarn Balls

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Is your scrap yarn multiplying? Do you have small balls that are not sufficient to make a project? If so, you might consider making a Magic Yarn Ball.

Tutorials can be found here:
   
•  Classic Elite Yarns: Make Your Own Ball of Yarn!  This post gives guidelines for making it a group project.

•  Simply Notable - Wind Up a Magic Ball  This post gives information on how to join the different yarns.

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Handbook of Weaves

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Published in 1915, A Handbook of Weaves is a treasure trove of unique source of weaves (over 300 pages) are available in a variety of downloads (see below).


Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Keeping Track While Weaving

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Weavers may find the tips for Keeping Track of weaving sequences posted on the WEBS Yarn Store blog helpful.

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Duct Tape Dress Form

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Several years ago, Guild members made personalized dress forms. So Sew Easy provides an extensive photo tutorial of the process to Create Duct Tape Dress Forms.