
Credit Crunch: A Time to Revive the Old Arts?
With the credit crunch making us all tighten our belts maybe it is time for us to look back at the old arts? Relax, I am not talking black magic.

With the credit crunch making us all tighten our belts maybe it is time for us to look back at the old arts? Relax, I am not talking black magic.
Are you fretting about fitting x-mas shopping into your budget this year? Don’t be. You can create unique one-of-a-kind gifts using a teeny amount of money and a lot of talent. It’s easy, it’s fun, and best of all it’s cheap.
Make your own poncho just like the one Lydia wears in the Beetlejuice cartoons!
What happens when someone pines for beautiful woolen garments, but dares to think she can create them?
I love to crochet. It’s more of an obsession, really. My friends and family will attest to that fact – I am rarely seen without a bit of ‘fancy work’ in my hands. Are skills such as knitting, crochet, sewing, and even cooking fading away in our convenience-dependent, fast paced culture? Here are six reasons for why it is important to pass these traditional skills to the next generation.
Learn the most popular ways of increasing and decreasing in knitting. Written instructions and videos for k2tog, m1, ssk, and skp make it easy to understand.
Have you ever longed to knit or crochet but found that you simply cannot bear to sit for hours and hours and hours? There is a solution! Create fabulous projects in a fraction of the time with knitting looms.
Although unfashionable during the eighties and nineties, knitting is now back with a vengeance. Here are some reasons to pick up a pair of knitting needles.
Before you can knit a single stitch, you must first cast them onto your needles. But, which cast on to use? Learn about the pros and cons of the three most common, and view videos on how to make them.