whipup has a whole load 'o links to creative patching ideas

check it out here

pic from the whipup posting above

i forgot to take pictures of it

so my friend sent these to me. they were taken on her phone. the colors look HORRIBLE in the pics, but take my word for it, they are FAR more vibrant than they appear. all greens (even though some of the colors don't look green well there are the two bands of white as well). i made it for a friend's baby. they were going to march in the st. patrick's day parade (which they did, but alas the baby surprise jacket is too large for him. he'll wear it NEXT year).

my second baby surprise jacket (from elizabeth zimmerman of course!!!)

someone did some research (and that's cool!)

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Becky Striepe
blogger, crafter, and vegan foodie

 

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more knit bombing!

S(trick)-Bahn

 

.........

From Mirche:
"A group of Guerilla Knitters which I am part of have recently (31 January to be precise) stormed the U1 in Berlin disguised with knitted beards and armed with knitted cozies, to beautify and soften the harsh interior of the everyday world of commuters. After 3 months of preparation with my Stitch N Bitch group, it took us just an hour to install, and the carriage stayed in circulation until around 15:00, when the BVG security unfortunately cut it all to pieces. Despite making those few employees miserable by giving them extra work, I think we cheered up a fair amount of weary travellers on a gloomy January day!"....................

this is a GREAT sping activity for dad, mom and the kidlettes

from 5 orange potatoes (where the picture is from as well)

hot rocks! painting with wax on rocks

oh and here's a link to the 5 orange potatoes etsy shop

a wonderful posting over at whip up

i absolutely LOVE the looks these two women have brought all of us!

Guest blogger series: Stitching with Prints Charming
by kath_red

I am very happy to welcome the Kirsten and Cath, the girls from Prints Charming to Whipup today. They are sharing a tutorial for embellishing fabric with hand stitches.........


pic from the prints charming posting at whip up linked above
  

serious want

how-to felt houses

pic from the craftzine link above BUT they link to the maker: claire at poopscape

i LOVE LOVE LOVE these lil' felt houses and want them ALL around

from co design.....................

Nike Schroeder gives needlepoint a painterly update for the Vice magazine set.

 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm my yarn art doesn't look like this!

my (partial) moon and stars necklace

 it's beaded and knit. i have the other half of the silver/crystal beads to knit yet. the LONGEST part is pre-stringing all of the beads. the knitting goes fairly quickly even though it's on size 00 needles. like a GIANT DOPE i ruined some of the Kreinik silver braided thread that came with the kit. so i just ordered more and i have to wait for it (i ran out. like i said, i ruined some of ). i also added more of my own beads and am making both the crystal and the blue in the middle parts a couple of inches longer. i wanted a longer necklace. the completed necklace pic is from earthfaire itself. the one in progress is mine of course

from earthfaire.

Craft, Cloth Doll, and Mixed Media Supplies, Fabrics, Patterns, Books and Notions - Joggles.com

Craft, Cloth Doll, and Mixed Media Supplies, Fabrics, Patterns, Books and Notions - Joggles.com

came across this site and i liked what i saw. pretty cool stuff for pretty reasonable prices. 

from show tell share.........

via totally tutorials

how to make hand painted yarn (i've dyed yarn, i've never hand painted it)

pic from the show tell share tutorial linked above

i REALLY want to do this

yarnbombing that is

how about orange has some print out

st paddy's day bottle labels

pic from how about orange (linked above)

design*sponge has a great posting up on

20 gadgets for the DIYer  -amy azzarito

pic: from design*sponge linked above

a how-to

make twig buttons

but also check out the links at the bottom of the craftzine posting. there are OTHER button how tos as well

pic from the craftzine posting listed above BUT the tutorial and pic are directly from shrimp salad circus

Sunburst Mirror

Sunburst Mirror

pic from can't stop making things tutorial blog post linked above

a smile this morning

found a pretty cool blog

"Dedicated to recycling, reusing, recreating and repurposing plastic to keep it from ending up in the landfill. Recycle to Recreate to Reuse!!"

plastique recreations
and here's a pattern for a
pantyhose plarn multi purpose scrubbie


pic from plastique recreations linked above

these are PRICELESS (if you knit of course)

 i have one. i didn't make it, i bought it on etsy from granny's closet here's the posting i did when i got it

How-To: Knitting Needle Roll-Up Case

top two pics are of the circular knitting needle case made for me by granny's closet and the bottom pic is from the craftzine how to linked above

serious want

 via  (craftzine) links you up so  YOU can make (ME) one too!

instructable on the giant lego brick door stop  by lizzyastro

pic from the instructable linked above

i don't need this yet, but i will eventually

 wonderful wonderful wonderful. (you go gran!!!)

there's a giveaway over at

sew homegrown it's a BEAUTIFUL

summer blooms tote bag

go to the link above for more info: and from sew homegrown:

The giveaway will run from 3/8/11-3/15/11.  That's one week.  You have to check back to see if you won. 

I will not email you...check back.  I will announce the winner on Wednesday March 16th.  

Mark your calender.  Set an alarm on your phone.

So here's how you can enter:

1.  Leave a comment on any post for the next week.  

Old posts, new posts, doesn't matter.  The more comments you leave, the more times you are entered to win.  Plus, I love to hear your thoughts :)

2.  Become a follower of Sew Homegrown, if you are not one already. 

(please don't become a follower just for the giveaway - only if you really want to follow this blog)

3.  Blog about this giveaway, tweet, or post it on Facebook - leave me a comment here letting me know you did that. 

pic from: sew homegrown linked above

pop rocks!!!!

make your very own with this here instructable by chickflix

pic from the instructable linked above

a most wonderful tutorial from whipup

Guest blog series: Cutwork
by kath_red
 
Welcome Maya from Little Treasures to Whipup.

pic from maya's tutorial linked above

from craft(zine)

CRAFT Pattern: Summit American Yak Wrap from A Knitting Wrapsody

don't forget march is national crafts month........

pic via bad postcards

because it was dr seuss' bday (march 2)

and because i love him so very much (and because i've had the grinch, max and little cindy loo who, who was no more than two-tattooed on me for most of my life), here's a posting from craft

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! 16 Seuss-Inspired Crafts

pic from the craftzine posting linked above
Fish earrings from Chellery on Craftster ----- Green eggs and ham T-shirt design by Dave Graff

i'm not a saint (well i'm not even in the same sphere as a saint)

yeah, i'm not sheen and all. anywhoooooooooooooooooooooo, even though i claim i am vegan, i DO knit with wool. here's an interesting posting from crafting a green world on vegan crafting

CRAFTING A VEGAN WORLD

Becky Striepe

 pic: from ms striepe's posting linked above

because EVERYone should have a sparkle tu tu

here's an instructable to make one

by Lynne Bruning

pic from ms bruning's instructable linked above

it's craft month

well it's craft month EVERY month for moi

martha's show today will be a full hour of craftiness

living crafts has a tutorial AND a wool give-a-way

but hurry up on the give a way. it ends tonight (3/1) at 8:00 pm

Making Prefelts

By Fiona Duthie

pic from the tutorial linked above

i am ALL over this one!

a grrrl can't have enough fabric jewelry after all! from whip up



Guest blogger series: Fabric jewelry project
by kath_red 

Thank you to Kathrin from Annekata for joining me here at whipup today, where she will be sharing a simple, doable fabric jewelry project from a salvaged t-shirt. 

 

pic from annekata's tutorial at whipup linked above

oh so that's how it's done!

via

this is stunning and i LOVE it

from duo fiberworks a knitting pattern for a felted plant hanger

pic: from the tutorial/pattern at duo fiberworks linked above

four looms to make

from recycled materials. man, i really MUST build me a loom. i want to weave badly. then again, i want to do a LOT of things badly (and strangely enough, i DO do a lot of things BADLY)


FOUR LOOMS YOU CAN MAKE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS
Maria Dryden

 pic from the crafting a green world tutorial linked above

oh man, i know just who i'm going to make this for!

from dollar store crafts

Man Crafts: tea duck

 

by mikeasaurus

pic from the tutorial linked above

i've used this (not so) secret

for MANY years. most of the time, i use appliques NOT to cover stains but to cover up rips that really can't be repaired. either way, it's a GREAT idea

as a matter of fact, the pants i have on now, have an applique on them to cover a lil' tear

Guest blogger series: Stain covering appliqué

Laura Burch

popcorn applique photo from the tutorial at whipup linked above

skull applique pic from me. they're on my green pants. the pants are unusual. gathered at the ankles with a big four inch (give or take) piece, then opening up to massive fullness above that. i get most of my clothing from a MOST fabulous joint in hartford. the clothes are MADE in hartford as well. it's not only comfortable (wicked comfortable) BUT great and out of the ordinary looking too! where you ask? well japanalia of course!

i subscribe to

the photo jojo newsletter

the other day, i saw this in my mail inbox! it's kinda cool

how to make a photorealistic pouch

what's new from instructables?

lots and lots but here are two of MY personal favorites

a crocheted starship enterpirse by ChrysN (pic from the link above) and
an awesome lego chess set by chessman908
 (pic from the link above)

micro revolt is has a craft action alert out

here's the email i received:

microRevolt has launched a new craft action called 146+. The craft action involves participants knitting an armband enumerating the fire victims from the Triangle Waist factory that catalyzed an international labor movement exactly 100 years ago this March. The project connects the factory fires to the ones that have taken place in Bangladesh, where workers are making consumer apparel for Walmart, JCPenny and H&M. The overall goal of the project is to have a maker-class who may consider themselves DIYers, on-line merchants or craft hobbyists in the context of a larger economy and labor movement. So we hope for 146 or more participants to stand in solidarity with Workers United (workers in hospitality, food service, gaming, apparel, etc.). Volunteering to knit a simple numbered armband would contribute to the action even if you cannot make it to the factory site on March 25th, 2011 on the centennial.  

Here is the link to the project for more information; we hope some of you can participate! Please forward widely:

http://www.microrevolt.org/146+/

i signed up for a number, please consider doing so as well (and thanks!!!)

pic: from the microrevolt website

i just read an article on the triangle waist factory fire in the ny times. i wrote about it here

some pretty cool japanese graphics from the 20s and 30s

see them all here

big knitting decor by biscuit scout

and here is the etsy shop of biscuit scout

pic from the etsy site of biscuit scout linked above (man, i'd LOVE to buy that)

whipup has the cutest lil'

crochet star pattern (adorable!!!)

http://whipup.net/2011/02/09/crochet-star-pattern/

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmango chutney
By Andrew Lewis

pic: from the craftzine posting linked above

plarchie

yes, plarchie the GIANT squid (who just happens to be knitted out of plastic bags) plarchie!!!

pics from the whodunnknit link above

awwwwwwwwwwwwwww

from craftzine valentine (re-purposed) animals! cute no? cute YES (by way of ziggity zoom (Designed by Sharon Pierce McCullough) pic from the links above

sweater; WANT

via

for valentine's day

(no, i really don't celebrate it...BUT...ANY excuse for a holiday and fun and food and friends is fine by me)

from knitty

a pattern by by Dawn Payne

302 calories (and yes, it IS a knitted licorice thong)
pic by dawn payne from the knitty link above