I got the idea for these fun little cards from a
tutorial on Crafty
Leftovers.com and couldn’t resist making making a special few to give away for Christmas. Once I got all the cutting done, the weaving went fairly quickly. It was a lot of fun to create different patterns and I like the back just as much as the front. These cards veer off from the tutorial just a bit which only goes to show how much variation can be achieved.
Whatever holiday you celebrate, enjoy the season and have fun with the rest of 2009.
Lately, I've been perusing two very fun websites:
Crafty Leftovers and
Leethal. Both sites are creative, inspiring, and not just about knitting. They make me want to drop all of my current projects and start something new RIGHT NOW.
Crafty Leftovers, which is the web adjunct to the
Crafty Leftovers Zine, covers a variety of crafts and tutorials utilizing those pesky scraps from other projects. The
Earth & Sky Mini Sock Ornament has already proven to be a major distraction. If only some of my sock leftovers matched. Guess I'll just have to use worsted weight yarn. On the non-knitting front, these little
matchstick notebooks have already taken up a bit of my time.
Leethal, which also has some focus on repurposing scraps, has a very different aesthetic than Crafty Leftovers and is no less awesome. The patterns, projects, and tutorials are so inspiring that I want to try the lot of them. After all how can I resist such things as the
Before and After Photo,
Recycled Sweater Wool Jewelry,
Gradient Mitts, and the cute
Zippered Coin Pouch. These projects do more than demand me to make them. They throw my mind on a tangent and I can't help but think about how to change and adapt them.
Unfortunately, my creative spirit has to go on the back burner. There's still Christmas knitting to be done and this yarn won't knit itself. Oh, have I also mentioned the packing?
I like to make things. Knitting is my current medium of choice and I want to share it through photos, stories, and patterns.