Needlecrafts & Yarn Archive

  • Embroidery: Hand Embroidery Supplies

    Embroidery: Hand Embroidery Supplies

    There are a lot of ways you can eventually use that big pile of magazines that has been gathering beneath your bed. I like to make my own sayings and quotes by snipping various sized letters of the alphabet in different shades and putting them...

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  • Yarn: Ribbon

    Yarn: Ribbon

    Look Around! There are supplies all around you! Paper Plates can be masks with some scissors and markers, A pizza box can be cut up to make a big wall collage, dry pasta can be painted many colors and glued on as a decoration. When you’re...

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  • Tatting & Lacemaking: Tatting Patterns

    Tatting & Lacemaking: Tatting Patterns

    Not only am I an avid scrap-booker, but I also love creating homemade crafts. I know first-hand that purchasing supplies from art supply retail stores can get very expensive. So, here I’ve compiled all of the ways I’ve found to save on supplies and...

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  • Crocheting & Knitting: Notions and Tools

    Crocheting & Knitting: Notions and Tools

    Finally the huge stack of magazines that’s been accumulating under your bed can now be put to use in a lot of different ways. One of my favorite pastimes is making sayings or quotations by cutting out letters of many different sizes and hues. A...

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  • Yarn: Blends

    I’m always buying supplies for my scrap-booking and craft work, so I know how costly it can get to purchase your supplies from retail shops. And so, the list I am presenting here details means that in my experience help craftspeople to purchase materials at...

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  • Yarn: Angora

    Yarn: Angora

    With a little imagination, you can find many ways to use that abundant collection of old magazines which are currently hidden beneath your bed. Making sayings or quotes made out of cutting out different sized colored letters is my lovable technique. Try snipping letters from...

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  • Yarn: Cotton

    Yarn: Cotton

    Look Around! There are supplies all around you! You can showcase your creativity by making masks out of paper plates, embellishing them with markers and cutting eye holes with scissors. Perhaps you could transform an old pizza box, opened up, into a collage for...

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  • Yarn: Nylon

    Yarn: Nylon

    Look Around! There are supplies all around you! Paper Plates can be masks with some scissors and markers, A pizza box can be cut up to make a big wall collage, dry pasta can be painted many colors and glued on as a decoration. Think openly...

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  • Tatting & Lacemaking: Books & Instruction

    Tatting & Lacemaking: Books & Instruction

    I am a serious scrap-booker and enjoy making homemade crafts, so I realize that it can be very expensive to purchase supplies from art supply shop. Originality can still be expressed while economizing on tools and supplies, and I’ve made up a list on how...

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  • Crocheting & Knitting: Knitting Boards & Looms

    Crocheting & Knitting: Knitting Boards & Looms

    If you take a few minutes to observe what it around you, you may find some supplies you can use. Paper Plates can be masks with some scissors and markers, A pizza box can be cut up to make a big wall collage, dry pasta...

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