With all the hustle and bustle of the holiday, we hope you are enjoying the time you spend on our blog where we stop and celebrate everything handmade. Thank you for all of your wonderful feedback on the blog. We read and listen to each and every comment.
At the end of Day 5’s Christmas Countdown blog post, we asked you which Mitten pattern you would like to see featured and the response was overwhelmingly in favor of our Mittens and Scarf Pattern. Well designed crochet mittens are difficult to come by and we hope you enjoy these.
It’s Day 6 of our Christmas Countdown and it’s hard to believe that the first week of Christmas is almost at a close. We hope your holiday is filled with handmade gifts and the joy of the season. Today we are featuring another incredible maker. Tacia is a special maker for us because of her …
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I wanted to create a pattern that reflected the classic beauty of the tartans I had researched but one that did not involve complex stitches or color changes. When I saw the Moss, Cranberry and Stardust colors of Mary Maxim’s Woodlands yarn, I was instantly inspired and knew those were the colors that I needed to use for the design.
It’s Day 4 of our second annual Christmas Countdown. So far, we’ve hosted free patterns from Life and Yarn as well as from With Alex, so make sure to stop by their guest posts to download. We also featured our Crossed Cable Fingerless Gloves, which was only available as an exclusive kit from Mary Maxim …
Thank you so much for sharing these articles on your social media pages. Today we are sharing a special pattern that until recently was only available as a kit exclusively from Mary Maxim. Don’t worry, you can still purchase the kit which includes the expertly written pattern and all the yarn needed to complete the project.
I have always loved the spike stitch, and I thought that it would work perfectly to mimic this knitting technique in crochet form. As soon as I thought of this idea and sketched it out, I contacted my friends over at Mary Maxim
Thanks for joining our Second Annual Christmas Countdown. For the next 25 days, we are releasing amazing patterns on the Mary Maxim blog but only for a limited time. Make sure to download and save these patterns before January 31st. Take a minute to stop and follow today’s Featured Maker Brianna from Life and Yarn …
Christmas Countdown with Life and Yarn – Free Pattern – Crochet Double Brim Beanie Read More »
… a day where we pause and offer our thanks to those who have served in our military. We would like to say Thank You to our Veterans by offering our free poppy pattern at the bottom of this post.
In a season that can seem so commercial the Handmade Christmas Tree Ornament is a seasonal DIY-er’s favorite way to pass on holiday traditions. Decorating a Christmas Tree is a Yule time practice dating back to 16th century Germany. Back then, it was not called a Christmas tree but a Paradise Tree and often decorated …