I’ve been using these crochet dish rags for maybe a year now. They work fine for handwashing dishes, make a decent amount of foam (not as much as a sponge, but then again, plastic sponges…
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A red knitted beanie (with pattern) and first signs of spring
Hello, hello is this thing on? Um… yeah it’s been a while. What a year! Am I right? We all know what kind of year that was so let’s just fast-forward. There isn’t much we…
Easy knit spring vest with construction details and a sort of a pattern
I was very inspired lately by all the beautiful, airy knits that I’ve been seeing on Instagram. A lot of beautiful, spring pop over vests, that looked like they were easy and fast to…
Inspiring Women: Embroidery Patterns to Use as You Wish
Staying at home is difficult for most, but probably the least affected are individuals with hobbies such as ours: sewing, embroidery, knitting, drawing, all silent, individual, meditative acts. In these strange times, the best is…
60 t-shirt hacks and reconstruction ideas
Why t-shirt tacks? You might have a lot of old t-shirts laying around. You might want a creative challenge. You might be interested in sustainability and want to repurpose something you already own rather than…
31 Slow living practices for early winter
At the center of slow living are time and the effort to control it. To somehow create more time. Yet slowing down ourselves does not change the passing of time, just our perception of it.…
Modern low-waste pattern cutting
Zero or low waste pattern cutting refers to the technique of cutting a sheet of textile material in a way that the least amount of fabric is lost. The benefits of this way of creating…
Make something truly beautiful
This is what I wrote a few weeks back in my bullet journal. And something quite magical happened – I gave myself permission to do it. I haven’t had taken out the sewing machine in…
The things they don’t tell you about the capsule wardrobe
I recently stumbled upon Leslie Price‘s (author at Manrepeller), article about the things people don’t talk about much, when they talk about the holy capsule wardrobe. I recommend reading this piece even if you’re…
What I’ve learned from 30 days of drawing
In January I challenged myself to try and make at least one drawing a day. There were days I felt inspired and in the “flow” and where the pages turned and new sketches were eating…