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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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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I have been sewing fold over elastic onto diapers for several years and am sharing my sewing tips with you! Fold over elastic (FOE) is wonderful for binding cloth diaper covers and even fitted diapers and all-in-ones. I hope you find my videos helpful in your cloth diaper and/or diaper cover sewing. In the...
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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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