Ode to the ’80s Gem Sweater
Leslie Hall, a maker and crafter, creates a dance-worthy video showing how she knit the world’s largest replica of a knit 1980s gem sweater. Remember them?
Leslie Hall, a maker and crafter, creates a dance-worthy video showing how she knit the world’s largest replica of a knit 1980s gem sweater. Remember them?
Recently, while browsing Ravelry, I read a thread all about scrumptious cakes decorated to look like yarn and yarncrafting accessories. Some of these cakes were SO incredible, I just had to share them with you. (Click on the photos or highlighted text below to learn more about the cakes and their creators.) The first was…

It seems like it took ages this year, but we can finally say: sweater weather is here! In celebration of this, every crafter’s favorite season, we put together a dozen of our favorite kits for fall. Get ready for cooler weather by stitching up one of our 12 favorite kits, knit or crochet. Whether you’re…
Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, and you may be feeling it’s time to do something generous. How about making some basic hats to donate? They’re a great project, because they’re useful — you can make preemie hats for a NICU, chemo caps for a hospital, or warm hats for the homeless. Since they don’t take too…
Each week, we feature a “stitch of the week” in our e-newsletter. So far we’ve featured basic knit stitches, knit cable stitches, crochet blocks, and crochet stitches. You can find all of these featured stitches and more in the StitchFinder. Note: Each of these patterns can be used with any yarn that you like. The…
A little adventure, a bit of time-travel, and an epic romance inspired our latest pattern collection… In the video below, sneak a peek at our next pattern collection, inspired by none other than the sassenach heroine of Outlander: The Series. :: Can’t see the video above? Click here to watch – https://youtu.be/VrhRmlCKEac ::Channel your inner Scottish Highlands…
Writer, illustrator, and knitter Franklin Habit joins us for his monthly column featuring humor and insights into a yarncrafter’s life. There’s a scene in the classic film The Red Shoes in which Boris Lermontov (the passionate ballet impresario) asks Victoria Page (the passionate ballerina) a passionate question, passionately, about her great passion: Boris: Why do…
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This was an hilarious video! I liked the ‘bad 80’s dancing’ too ;o)
Way too funny, especially if you wore sweaters like that in the 80’s.
or if you wore the glasses.
Loved this! Now, the world knows what we crafters look like. 🙂
love love love this! so so so good! great! truly outrageous!!!!