Every now and then the desire to dye wool yarn hits me. So far I have not invested in professional dyes. I use food coloring and/or unsweetened drink mix (ie: Kool-Aid). This time I used 5 packets of Kool-Aid pink lemonade and 2 packets of cherry flavor. I dyed a hank of Knit Picks Bare...
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I just finished sewing up a few new cloth diapers for my daughter. They are quick & easy to make when you use the following tips… Use pre-shrunk, pre-cut, ready to sew kits from DiaperKit.com. The kits are all cut and come with all of the necessary notions (size  tags, elastic, hook & loop, as...
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We love hummus at our house! Unfortunately it’s a bit on the expensive side when you’re on a strict budget.  I’ve had a hard time finding a recipe that tasted “right” to everyone in our household who eats it.  Here is the recipe that I have finally come up with that makes us all...
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I used to be a little bit intimidated by the magic loop. I looked at several pictorial tutorials and tried it out but I often just felt frustrated. As a result I developed my own little tricks for getting it to work for me. Here’s how I do it. This is a Quicktime video. Don’t...
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Here are two videos about how to sew elastic into cloth diapers. The first video is me sewing an all-in-one cloth diaper kit from DiaperKit.com. This same method is used for sewing all-in-ones and fitted diapers that are turned and topstitched. These are Quicktime videos. Don’t have Quicktime? No problem. It’s a free download and...
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When I’m working on a cable insertion I can, at times, lose my place in the cable. Having five young children and homeschooling, etc, I often have to work on my knitting in spurts of just a few minutes. If I’m working on a complex cable pattern, then I use a chart keeper and...
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I’ve been offline for a few days due to a huge storm hitting West Virginia. We lost power at 4:23 am on Saturday morning. We had power restored at 11 am on Monday. It was a long few days. We were able to stay in our house. Thankfully no pipes broke and there were...
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My daughter has been rapidly outgrowing her warm winter pajamas. She’s left with her sleeveless summer nightgowns. Which just won’t do in winter. As much as I’d like to sew up some new pajamas or flannel gowns for her, my time is pretty tight right now. The answer came from knitting inspiration. I had been...
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More and more families are feeling the pinch of the current economy. Since 2006 DiaperKit.com has been helping families all over the world save money with cloth diaper making kits. Now is a great time to share DiaperKit.com with your family and friends. It’s not difficult and you save a bundle! Have great stash...
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*This post taken from my old blog. Original writing July 2008. Sometimes during those first few rounds or rows of knitting on a new project it can be confusing which yarn is the working yarn and which yarn is the tail yarn. I find it helpful to use one of the plastic bread bag...
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