~This post originally appeared on Neat House. Sweet Home., a blog dedicated to providing you the best tips, strategies and home management advice to help you create a more ordered home and life. To get started now, see 52 Weeks To A Neat House.~ Ever since I picked up my first lap loom a couple of…
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Creative Weekend Links: All About Yarn
When you love yarn as much as I do, you are always plotting your next yarn fix! Even while doing other projects and DIY’s, yarn is not far from my mind. Â Really! I love all the traditional crafts you can do with it, as well as all the alternatives that don’t require using a needle,…
Friday Faves: 10 DIY Mini Weavings
As you all know, I have fallen hard for weaving! Ever since I bought my first lap loom a couple of years ago, I’ve been learning all I can about this traditional craft. I’ve even shared a few projects with you including 3 Mini Weavings/2 Techniques, 5 Simple Ways To Add Texture, and more recently, How To…
How To DIY A Woven Pillow
For those of you who follow me on Facebook, you’ll recognize this DIY Woven Pillow tutorial which I first shared on Always Made With Love. Today, I thought I’d share the full tutorial with all of you lovely readers of my blog. Looms: To Buy or Not To Buy Before we get started, I wanted…
DIY Weaving Techniques: 5 Simple Ways To Add Texture
If you are a beginner weaver, then you are probably already thinking about how you can add all those lovely textures to your weavings. Aside from all the colours you can choose from and the lovely patterns you can create, texture is one of the most lovely – but perhaps a little intimidating – aspects…
3 Mini Weavings, 2 Techniques
As I continue to ‘weave my way’ (pun intended 😉 ) through skeins of yarn, I find that I am always learning new weaving tricks and techniques that stretch me – which I am happy to share with all of you. From An Introduction to Weaving to showing you how to DIY a Mini Framed Weave to…
FEATURED BLOGGER: An Interview with Kate from ‘The Weaving Loom’
Today I am thrilled to be interviewing the supremely talented weaver and blogger Kate from The Weaving Loom: The Modern Lap Loom Weaver’s Resource.  If you don’t already know her, I know you will instantly become a fan.  Kate’s blog is filled with beautiful images and practical tutorials on everything from basic weaving techniques to resources…
DIY Woven No-Sew Pillow
Hi Everyone! Today, I am sharing this DIY Woven No-Sew Pillow over at the lovely lifestyle blog, Always Made With Love. You can find the tutorial here: DIY Woven No-Sew Pillow. Lydia is the author of the blog that covers a wide variety of crafts, DIY’s, recipes, and mommy-related topics (she shares the most adorable pics of her…
DIY Mini Framed Weaving
Hi Everyone! It’s been a while since my last post – ah, such is (a busy) life! But I’m glad to be back with another tutorial. This DIY mini framed weaving is a fun little project you can do when you’ve got some yarn scraps and about an hour of time to kill. It’s a great way to incorporate the wall weaving…
Top 10 Posts of 2015
Hi Everyone! So glad to be back with you all. After enjoying some time with friends and family over the holidays, I am eager to start doing more projects around the home again. While on break, I also realized just how much I missed sharing a piece of myself, my life, with all of you. After all, crafting or styling a…
10 Tassel Projects That Will Inspire You
Happy Friday All! In today’s post I’ve rounded up 10 tassel projects that will inspire you. Ever since completing my DIY mini tassel fringe project for our living room throw (see the tutorial here), I’ve been just a wee bit obsessed with figuring out how else I might apply tassels to the home 🙂 I don’t want…
DIY Yarn Embellished Cards
I never did a lot of paper crafts as a kid. Oh sure, there was the occasional project in elementary school for occasions like Mother’s Day or during the holidays, but never much beyond that. Over the years I’ve wanted to try my hand at paper crafts, but I’ve not had much to inspire me. That is, until…