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Easiest Beginner Knit Hat Pattern Ever. The Any Size, Any Yarn, Any Needle Hat When I started teaching knitting and crochet I wanted to give my students something they could work on besides a scarf.

Easiest Beginner Knit Hat Pattern Ever

Quiet Book for Kids by sweetdreams3. Why Not Sew?: How to Make Homemade Laundry Detergent. In the spirit of Laura Ingalls, with wash day being Monday, here's a little recipe for homemade laundry detergent you can use tomorrow, Monday!

Why Not Sew?: How to Make Homemade Laundry Detergent

Wash on Mondayiron on Tuesdaymend on Wednesday churn on Thursday clean on Friday bake on Saturday rest on Sunday from Little House in the Big Woods. Overview of patterns. Fortune Cookie Baby Booties. Download, print, and cut out template.

Fortune Cookie Baby Booties

Also download the booties visual how-to (located in the materials field) for helpful pictures of the process. Select polar fleece in two contrasting colors and be sure that pieces are at least 13 inches long by 8 inches wide. With pieces of fleece right sides together, use a marker to trace two copies of the canoe-shaped template directly onto the fabric. To create a right and left bootie, be sure that traced templates are mirror images of each other. With fabric scissors, cut pattern from fabric, being sure to cut through both pieces of fleece at the same time. Pottery barn inspired tote tutorial.

We die for the Knock Off goodness, y’all!

pottery barn inspired tote tutorial

We knew it was going to be good, but this is more than we thought! And today is no exception- I can’t wait for you to see the Knock Off Pottery Barn bag that Tasha’s put together. But before we get ahead of ourselves, let us introduce y’all properly- Tasha from Creation Corner, kojo readers. Kojo readers- Tasha from Creation Corner. The Layered Skirt. Many of you commented that Lucy’s seersucker skirt last week would be great for Easter.

the Layered Skirt

So I got busy. And here it is. Being creative to keep my sanity: Homemade Laundry Soap!! Sick of buying laundry soap?? Me too. This stuff is awesome because it is way stronger then the store bought laundry soap. You only have to use 1 Tablespoon per load. This recipe makes a huge cookie jar full of soap and is going to last a life time, well maybe not quit that long. Pattern Search Results for "Knitted flat and seamed together you can make this animal friend and create a cuddly toy zoo for the playful child in your life ": Lion Brand Yarn Company. Zip-itself-tetrahedron-coin-purse-red.jpg (JPEG Image, 588 × 392 pixels) Purl Bee Penguin. Winter in New York City can be hard to love with its frozen sidewalks, dirty snowbanks, and bare trees.

Purl Bee Penguin

But this winter I'm counting on my new cold weather friend, the Purl Bee Penguin, to help me through! Its happy ovoid shape and graphic palette are sure to remind me that joy really does exist in January. Just ask an Emperor Penguin! I used our new Penguin Fat Quarter Bundle, a lively mix of black and white dots, stripes, and prints, to sew up this quirky little trio of penguins. A Craft a Day: Pillow Pets - mini tutorial. Do your little ones want pillow pets as much as mine do?

A Craft a Day: Pillow Pets - mini tutorial

Seeing as I have 4 children, spending $20 on a pillow seems like a waste. That's $80!!! Free Pillow Pet Pattern & Tutorial. Most Popular Repurposing Tricks of 2011. Picture 225 « Purse Pattern: Tiger Coin Purse. This is the original idea of what I want to design and make instead of the kitty coin purse!!!!

Picture 225 « Purse Pattern: Tiger Coin Purse

The test purse turned out too gentle and cute, so I made it into kitty purse. This one, with the ferocious look , it resembles more like a tiger now This purse is 11cm W x 8cm H (11 cm from tip of ear) / 4 1/4” x 3 1/8“. Nice enough to keep some loose coins, notes, credit cards, or you can use it to keep your keys, or cosmetic for touching-up while out. Handy Pants: From onesie to diaper cover. Now nobody likes their underwear to show, but MOST people do not have QUITE the problem that little ones do.

Handy Pants: From onesie to diaper cover

THEY just cannot sit around like little ladies ALL the time and they LOVE to wear pretty dresses. I have had a bit of an obsession with making t-shirt dresses for a while now and I FINALLY decided that it was SiLLy to just throw away the bottom of the onesie. SOOOO I decided to turn that waste into a little diaper cover. Here is the run-down. Caliti5.jpg (JPEG Image, 800 × 600 pixels) LED Firefly Baby Booties Tutorial.

Make these cute LED Baby Booties made by CRAFT readers Ana Pires and João Silva.

LED Firefly Baby Booties Tutorial

This talented husband and wife team entered the booties into our Michael Miler Baby Bootie Contest and the rest is history. The Great Cover-Up. May 25, 2011 It’s warm outside! I’m so ready for the hot, hot heat and the days of blistering sunshine. I LOVE summer and if there’s one thing I want to pass along to my girls, it’s the love of all things summer. Many afternoons in my life have been spent in a bathing suit, lounging in the sand or splashing in the pool. So when I got a request for a swimsuit cover-up, I was thrilled. Recovering a Baby Car Seat. Do you love your infant car seat……but hate the cover? Is the material scratchy or stained? Torn or outdated? OTHR - Pillow Pal Giraffe pattern by K4TT. ~ Crocheted with materials listed, models which have been produced are approximately 16 inches long.

However, depending on your crochet style, this measurement may/will vary. ~ Pattern: Easy Materials Used in Model: Red Heart® WW 4-Ply Yarn in 0320 Cornmeal, 0336 Warm Brown and 0365 Coffee poly-fil fiberfill Size US H/6-5.00mm crochet hook (US) Crochet Needle for sewing Long Straight Pins for positioning. Walker Bag. How to make gift bags from newspaper. When I bought something at a store recently, the clerk handed me my purchase in a bag made from a newspaper. I liked it very much and had to make some more—thus today's DIY recycled newspaper project: gift bags made from the Wall Street Journal. You can vary the dimensions, of course, but here's what I used to create a bag that's 5" tall, 4.5" wide, and 3" deep. Crayola.com. Japonizer -和風壁紙素材ツール. Söta filtdjur – Cute animal felties.

TECHknitting. Colorchart_mixed_bags.jpg (JPEG Image, 1000 × 1522 pixels) - Scaled (47%) Pattern of crocheted Cat with diagram (Amineko) Beautiful patterns knitting. Style HaNi design: dress for beachFigure knitting braids Crafts for Spring : colorful hat, crochet pattern If you want to have any crochet products and translate patterns to English , please order, you can see more products in my shop. Thanks. Weloveamigurumi: Guide to Reading Japanese Patterns. Just thought I'd make a guide on reading Japanese amigurumi patterns to complement this awesome guide, which I've seen linked a couple of times, since it isn't amigurumi-specific and hence didn't include some of the stitches commonly used to make amis.