Category: Creativity
Now that spring is here, I wanted to make a stylish and cute beaded necklace with my flower and seed beads. This necklace was super simple to make and it makes me happy to wear it. Keep reading for a step by step tutorial:
The Houses of Reykjavik shawl by Stephen West is a beautiful and entertaining knit. I had a lot of fun using up my leftover yarns to make this shawl. Keep reading for my experience knitting this fun shawl.
Categories
Fort Sweater | Knitting Experience
Sweater season is here! I love when the weather starts to cool down and I can knit something cozy. I wanted to knit a new sweater for my husband and I decided on the Fort Sweater. Keep reading for my experience knitting this sweater:
When I saw this shawl on instagram, I was drawn to the vibrant, fun colors. This shawl was originally designed for a yarn advent calendar as a mystery knit along. I think, at the time, the pattern wasn’t available unless you had purchased the yarn kit. But at the end of June, it popped up on my feed again and the pattern was on sale. I immediately purchased it and started to plan my colors. Keep reading for my experience knitting the Good Things shawl:
Recently while on vacation with my family, I got to try out a crochet kit from The Woobles. Although I’ve been a knitter for several years, I had no idea how to crochet. In this post, I’ll share my experience learning to crochet with the Harry Potter kit from The Woobles:
Categories
Starflanket | Knitting Experience
I knit the Starflanket blanket using mostly stash and leftover yarns. This project is large and a was lot of fun. Keep reading for my experience knitting the Starflanket:
I made the cutest beaded bag charms and keychains using a variety of colorful beads and paracord string. These charms were so easy to make and they are the perfect accessory for any bag or outfit. Keep reading for a guide on how to make beaded bag charms and keychains!
Categories
Monday Sweater | Knitting Experience
The Monday Sweater by Petite Knit is a polished and simple raglan sweater. I wanted to knit this sweater to be a lightweight cozy spring sweater. It’s been a while since I knit a sweater, and I was excited to get started.
The Go Go Dynamo shawl was the 2024 Westknits Mystery Knit Along (MKAL) design. It calls for two contrasting colors and an optional lace weight mohair color to create a semi-circular shawl with stripes, bubbles, brioche, and more. This shawl was so much fun to knit! Keep reading for my experience knitting the Go Go Dynamo shawl.
This post will walk you through how to make your own stretchy friendship bracelets step by step. These bracelets are super easy to make and will always be secure when you follow this guide:
Categories
Honeycomb Brioche Blanket
I had just finished creating my beautiful Nimbus Drift shawl and I needed a chill, relaxing project to knit. Since I’d just knit a shawl, I was looking for something different and decided to make a blanket using more of my yarn leftovers! Keep reading for my experience knitting and a pattern for the Honeycomb Brioche Blanket:
Categories
Nimbus Drift Shawl | Knitting Design
After learning a lot from my first real attempt at shawl design, I wanted to try again. I was inspired to try a new design with some beautiful yarns I had in stash. Keep reading for my experience knitting and designing the Nimbus Drift shawl:
When the Quirky Quintet Shawl by Stephen West was released, I was really excited because it has a similar look to the Fantastitch (my favorite shawl pattern). I thought this would be a fun pattern to knit so I gathered my left over yarns to make a stash-busting version. Keep reading for my experience knitting the Quirky Quintet!