Annies Attic is a site for people interested in crochet, knitting, paper crafts, cross stitch and crafts for children. If you are unaware of the site do swing by and explore the site. At first glance it looks to be a standard commercial site but exploring a little deeper leads …
I discovered this free pattern for a zippity purse on the Coats site. The design looks quick, economical to make and young at heart. It is also an extremely simple design so you could easily embroider the surface, decorate with buttons, bead it, adapt it to use up quilting scraps or …
Lion Brand have announced all the Lion Brand patterns are now free all 2,700 of them. To access the patterns you must become a member . Knitters will love this site but if you crochet don’t dismiss it as there is huge selection of interesting and modern patterns to choose …
I was poking around the BDEIG (Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery International Guild, Inc.) site and discovered some great free beginner projects. Each Project is delivered via a PDF file which means you need Acrobat Reader to open these files. You can download a free reader on the Acrobat site. These free …
If you are thinking about making or buying a skein winder to skein off hanks of thread ready to dye, you might be interested in a tutorial over on Carpool Knitter. Carpool Knitter has written a piece on using a Skein Winder made from Hose Reels. There is even a …
I was asked how I tie off skeins that I am going to dye. I thought today I would demonstrate the process and show you what I do. First up this is what the threads look like when I buy them. They need to be skeined into hanks that are …
I spotted this tutorial for a 15 sided Biscornu over on Ruthie’s X Stitch Creations. I have seen plenty of regular Biscornu patterns but not a 15 sided one which I am going to have to give this free pattern a try.
