Category: Over the Top Christmas (page 4)

Two holiday parties last week, an epic sickness, and three holiday parties this week, and I am BEAT. And then at the class party today I realized I didn’t have enough presents for all the teachers aides, so I have…

As I’ve mentioned in earlier tutorials, I love yarn. So, so much. It’s so soft and beautiful I just want to wrap myself in it. Which I then go on to do when I put on a sweater. But in…

One Christmas when my youngest sister was really little, she got it in her head that she wanted a pair of earmuffs. Every Santa she saw she’d ask for earmuffs. She made it clear that this was the make it…

I’ve made some pretty dang cute things for this tree, but this one is hands down my favorite. And believe it or not it was one of the least complicated. You don’t even need a pattern! And no holes to…

On a lazy Sunday night I’ve got a couple of lazy Sunday projects for you. These two ideas are so so simple that it feels a bit like cheating to put them up, but I love the impact so much…

For every knitter I’ve ever talked to, the finished item was only half the joy of knitting, if that. Most knitters I know would be content to just have balls of yarn piled up in every room, surrounded by the…

As a teenager growing up in Seattle during the 90’s, I rarely wore an actual coat. Normally I wore layers of flannels. Usually stolen from my sister, who stole them from my dad. Since I never had many clothing options…

I think a good cable knit sweater just might be one of the most beautiful things two hands can make. I don’t really find them incredibly flattering, at least on my figure, but the intricacies of the patterns are something…

I decided early on that I was going to have to get a little creative with the shape of the ornaments for this tree. If I made every single one in the shape of a sweater, then soon enough it…

So I’m using these as ornaments for my Cozy Christmas tree, but knowing how to make a pom pom is a tool every crafter should have. These will be my workhorse ornaments on my tree, adding texture and color to…