Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies These are divine. Truly. They taste just like your favorite breakfast treat but in fabulous cookie form. I wish I could take credit for the idea, but I stumbled on something like it and thought I would give it a whirl. Cookie Ingredients:- One batch sugar cookie dough (you can make your own, or just buy a roll)- 1/4 stick butter, melted- Cinnamon- Brown Sugar Cookie Instructions:- Roll out sugar cookie dough into a large rectangle (flour your rolling surface to avoid stickage!) Glaze Ingredients:- Butter, melted- Milk, warmed- Powdered (Confectioner's) Sugar- Vanilla Glaze Instructions:- Mix equal parts butter and milk- Add a dash off vanilla to butter/milk mix for flavor- Very slowly drizzle butter/milk mix into confectioner's sugar, stirring constantly until you get desired consistency
My knitted wool top hat I was asked how I made my hat and I figured I should do a write up. It started when I found this site and a pattern for a tricorn hat: I recommend thoroughly reading that article site and getting comfortable with the process. So this may not be the best way, but it's how I did it. Start: Cast on 108 placing stitch markers after 10, 10, 14, 10, 10, 10, 10, 14, 10, 10. I number my markers 1-10 so that I know when I've made a complete round. I then knit 14 rounds. I'll use (M#) to indicate where my markers are Round 15: k8, k2tog, (M1) k8, k2tog, (M2) k14, (M3) k2tog, k8, (M4) k2tog, k8, (M5) k8, k2tog, (M6) k8, k2tog, (M7) k14, (M8) k2tog, k8, (M9) k2tog, k8 (M10) Round 16: knit Hatband: Round 17: Purl Round 18: Knit Crown: Round 2: Purl Round 3-25: Knit (this is the pictured hat, I'm doing another where I'm doing about 60 rounds here to make it a taller hat) Top decreases: Repeat this 2 round pattern 4 times: Round 1: k2tog, knit to marker, repeat
Put Up Your Dukes: braided scarf tutorial I have a tutorial that is forty thrillionty times easier and better than my previous (ahem, first ever...give me some grace!) tutorial. It is accessible to infinitely more people (you dont have to have a baby, OR a dress to start out with). And it is really simple. there are only 4 lines of stitching total. Oh, did I mention it's mega cute and chic also? 5 weeks ago I saw this scarf on pinterest. it was pinned by a VERY popular pinner that I follow under her DIY board. LOVE these colors. must make a yellow and gray one for me. source The more I thought about it, the more I wanted this, and wanted it CHEAP. Then I got busy. the hardest part was figuring out the knot/braid, but Jesse jumped down and took charge like a freaking Eagle Scout. High on our success and planning the tutorial that would certainly be "my big break," I tweeted the following: And then naturally I got sidetracked with sewing orders and running and sleeping and life and never followed through on sharing this with anyone.
a common thread blog: rag bath mat tutorial i’ll start my first post back with a finished project/tutorial! a few weeks ago, my boyfriend and i were planning to throw out this huge king size comforter. it was just so much fabric though, that i couldn’t bear to part with it. so it sat beside the doorway for about a week, before it came to me. rag bath mat. so, i bought the gigantic knitting needles - size 19! ripped the comforter, made yarn from the fabric strips, and knit it up into a mat for my bathroom floor! Before  After i followed the tutorial by cocoknits, but here’s what i did.i started by cutting little slits at every 1.5” increment. then, i ripped with my hands each strip until i had a whole bunch of strips. ripping with your hands is MUCH easier than actually cutting the strips, and more accurate too. it rips right along the grainline perfectly so you have very even strips…and it’s FAST. it also makes a very gratifying noise. then, put the first strip through the slit in the 2nd strip.
delightful country cookin': homemade air freshener "Don't you get fresh with me, ya hear!" Oh, I love it when adults (especially grandparents) say that to little kids. What does it mean exactly? Does it mean we'd rather children get dirty with us? Haha...who knows? Today, I'm going to ask you to actually get fresh with me. I digress. I was roaming around on Tasty Kitchen one day when I came across a recipe for homemade air freshener. To make these little beauties, you first need a heat-proof jars (I found mine for $0.99 each at Michael's), food coloring colors of your choice, and essential oil. Into each jar, drop a few drops (I repeat...a few...it doesn't take more than 2 or 3) of food coloring. Now for the fun part. Why salt? Get one cup of water boiling on the stove. Then, pour in the other cup of cold water and the salt, stirring until the salt is dissolved. Quickly pour the hot gelatin mixture in each of your jars, and then use a disposable stick or spoon to stir it into the oil and food coloring.
Woven Felt Place Mats Handmade placemats are a great way to add some color and a unique touch to your table. I wanted to create a modern set that would work well for outdoor dining in the summer that would also be easy to make. These woven felt placemats require no sewing so they can be a fun all-family project! Materials These materials will make a set of six 11-inch x 17-inch place mats: Finished Measurements 11-inches wide x 17-inches long Cutting Cut each of the ecru felt pieces to be 12-inches x 17-inches (you'll be cutting the width down to 11-inches in the last cutting step). Cut all of the green felt pieces into as many 12-inch x 1-inch strips as you can (make sure you have at least 84 strips total.) Mark and cut one of the ecru pieces with a water soluble fabric marker as follows: Using a rotary cutter cut along all 10 of your vertical marks. Using a pair of scissors cut the vertical slices so that they meet up exactly with the horizontal markings. Weaving Finishing
Free Pattern Squares | Knitting & Crochet | Red Heart Yarn Printer-friendly version Send by email PDF version More free afghan patterns:Crochet Afghan Patterns, Knit Afghan Patterns, Baby Blanket Patterns, Afghan Patterns Browse through this list of free pattern squares. Crochet Pattern Squares The following 48 pattern squares have been reproduced from the book Crochet Primer, 48 Easy-To-Do Crochet Patterns, Volume 64. Knitting Pattern Squares The following 100 pattern squares have been reproduced from the book Knitting Primer, 100 Easy-to-Knit Stitches, Volume 34. We hope you find this selection of free pattern squares helpful. Patterns © by Bernhard Ulmann, a Plaid Company.
Crochet Tea Cosies -- Free Patterns Tea time is a little more enjoyable when you have a fabulous tea cosy handy to keep the pot warm while you sip. Want to get started on a crocheted tea cosy? If so, you'll find a fantastic selection of free patterns linked below. Frilly Crochet Tea Cosy This tea cosy features layers and layers of frills! Scallop Tea Cosy Instructions This tea cosy features delightful layers of scallops, in a cascade of different colors. The free pattern is posted at the crochetroo blog. Roses Tea Cosy This tea cozy is embellished with large three-dimensional roses. Simple Teapot Cozy Anna Ness designed this simple teapot cozy. Reversible 'Crochet Brioche' Tea Cosy This free pattern came about because the designer knitted a brioche tea cosy, and people kept asking her for a crocheted version. The patter was designed by Megan Mills, and it is posted at her website. Rosy Cosy Megan Mills also designed this "Rosy Cosy," a multicolored tea cozy with an interesting zigzag-style stitch pattern variation.
Fall 2011 Cape is knitted with double strand throughout. With 2 strands of MC and scrap yarn, cast on 38 [40, 44, 46] sts using the provisional cast on. You can find a Provisional Cast On tutorial here. Set Up Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, pm, k30 [32, 34, 36], pm, work last 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st. Increase Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, * k2, increase; repeat from * to marker, work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st: 53 [56, 61, 64] sts. Increase Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, * k3, inc; repeat from * to marker, work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st: 68 [72, 78, 82] sts. Increase Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, * k4, increase; repeat from * to marker, work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st: 83 [88, 95, 100] sts. Increase Row: Work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st, * k5, increase; repeat from * to marker, work 4 [4, 5, 5] sts in Seed st: 98 [104, 112, 118] sts. Size 6-8 only Work 8 more rows in pattern, maintaining the Seed st pattern at edges. Weave in all ends.
Tales Of The Stoner Sage: Conspiracy Keanu We’ve all been there: you’re a trouble-making teenager taking your first bong rip with a circle of friends while skipping algebra. After everyone has been satiated, a transformation takes place. Suddenly, one of your friends has figured out the entire freaking world and has no choice but to elucidate his new-found wisdom to the crowd. And so we introduce Conspiracy Keanu, the sage of stoners: