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These are gorgeous! The pattern costs $5.80 and you can find it on Ravelry. There are so many free patterns on Raverly and you can set up an account to view patterns, other people's projects, and their search engine for patterns is amazing.

From the designer on her Ravelry page:

Owl mittens with knit-on ears. The PDF has longer and shorter mittens option. There are also some owls needing coffee (on the very last page). You can knit them in straight or negative colors; in latter case you may also need to embroider the pupils dark.

Hey gang!

I thought you might enjoy seeing the second pair of Owl Around Mittens that I finished yesterday. This time, I'm not going to keep them. They are an exchange gift for my coworker, who gave me some of her handspun alpaca yarn. She saw my mittens and was enchanted by the cute details. So of course I immediately got to work.

Here they are together with their green and blue sisters, that I made for myself a while ago. They all look like they are about to drop a mean mixtape and also all of them match perfectly with my favourite scarf.

And here is my (wip) part of the gift exchange, or rather the socks I made from the gifted handspun yarn. They are sooo soft and the texture is super interesting with the inconsistencies in the material, because my coworker is a beginner spinner. But it was fun knitting with her yarn nontheless.

The pattern for the mittens is from Kulabra design, if anyone wants to know. The material I used for them is on my Ravelry page.

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@free-will-is-stressful - finally a craft I've never done or heard! Love how this basket looks. Did you weave this?

For others, this is a good tutorial for making your own from Pine Needle Basket from DIY Joy here.

Here is her DIY Pine Needle Basket with Lid video here.

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@mesterspets I love these! Such a good idea. What a great gift for a sewer.

I made a small collection of pin cushion rings for a craft market. They’re actually super useful!

The core is a wine cork, so you’ll never be able to stab deep enough to hurt yourself!

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I love shrinky dink jewelry and DIYs. I've posted so many DIYs on my blog since 2013. Instead of buying shrinky dink plastic you can also use plastic with the nymber 6 on it. Here are more shrinky dink DIYs from my blog. All links work and all have templates.

Sloth Necklace DIY

Anatomical Heart Shrink Plastic Heart

Paper Airplane DIY

DIY Shrink Plastic Phases of the Moon Necklace and Bracelet Tutorial and Template from Gloria Fort

Shrink Plastic Bowl DIY

How to make shrinky dink keychains maybe, probably not, tbh I’d be surprised if you just have these tools laying around, but here’s how you’d do it if you did 🤠

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I absolutely love your "this is fine" made out of fucks pattern! Would it be okay if I made one too? I don't plan on selling it or anything, I'd just like to have one and will need a new project once I've finished the Christmas presents I'm making for people.

It’s a super easy pattern. I’m a beginner and it was quick and easy to do. https://screamingheartdesign.gumroad.com

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LOOK AT POST ABOVE THIS FOR A ''PAY WHAT YOU CAN" FOR THIS PATTERN.

Finished a new piece. I think it speaks to my state of mind. Notice the fine details. :)

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN 2024 🎃👻💀

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Easiest Halloween Costumes Ever! 50 Shades of Gray and Social Butterfly

Find the original source here: https://x.com/coreytimes/status/1454156917522243588?s=46

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Made a hood to wear at home because my head was cold. The hood is just a big square folded in half and sewn part way into the middle in a Y shape to make sort of a pair of little darts, and then the other two edges sewn together and the remaining hole in the back gathered in somewhat uneven cartridge pleats, with the extra fullness being pleated into the neck.

The cape part is the rest of the fabric (which was a 1.3 m piece of cotton flannel from the thrift store) with the larger leftover rectangle forming the back and the smaller rectangle being cut in half mostly diagonally and added to the front.

It was a very quick project done almost entirely on machine, which is unusual for me. There are a few things I'd do differently next time - I'd make the hood a bit shorter so the front edge doesn't block my view so much, and I'd put the button loop right on top of the neck seam instead of sandwiching it inside the front edge seam of the hood. I'd have to cover the ends of the loop with a patch, which would be a good use for the neck hole cutout.

I think this pattern would work on a wide variety of sizes of fabric cut, as long as you cut the hood out first. Then the remaining piece could be cut into the cape portion and it might be very small or very large, and the two angled front pieces could be made to fit the edges on either side of the neck hole by adjusting the angle at which you cut that second rectangle apart.

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DIY Halloween Skull Pizza

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DIY Halloween Coffin Purse from Etsy

The $8.13 Pattern for this Coffin Purse from Etsy seller PerfectLittleParcel here.

What I like about this pattern is that it is all done with hand sewing.

This coffin bag is perfect for fans of hand sewing with a soft spot for the gothic! The project lends itself to beginners looking to improve their hand sewing skills, or experienced sewers wanting a simple but involved project. The instructions detail how to make the bag, from sourcing the materials to attaching the bag to a belt for ease of wear.

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3 Halloween Crochet Collars and Sleeves from Etsy

Top Image: Requiem Collar and Cuffs Crochet Pattern from OurWidow for $11.00 here.

Lower Left: Victorian Skull High Collar Crochet Collar from LunarStill for $3.91 here.

Lower Right: The Abramacabra Skull Crochet Collar Pattern from MadToymaker for $4.40 here.

I have posted so many Halloween Skull DIYs here.

Find the DIY Crochet Skull Shawl Free Pattern from kungen och majkis on Ravelry posted here on my blog.

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One of the first people I met on Tumblr 12

years ago!

Just feel like I need this in my life right now.

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Do’s and Don'ts of Designing for Accessibility

Anxiety

Autistic Spectrum

Dyslexia

Physical or Motor Disabilities

Low Vision

Screen Readers

Deaf or Hard of Hearing

Find the PDFs for Do’s and Don’ts of Designing for Accessibility here.

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DIY Resin Fabric Jewelry

Create a leather-like translucent fabric using unbleached muslin, your printer, and resin. 

You can transform your resin fabric into jewelry by painting on the back side, and then embellishing the front. Back the resin fabric with lace and muslin, add eyelets and ribbons, and you have a one of a kind fanciful cuff.

For many more unique Resin DIYs go here.

Find the detailed DIY Resin Fabric Jewelry Tutorial and Clipart Templates at The Graphics Fairy here.

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DIY Inspiration: Bottled Emotions

The instructions on the back of the package read:

Directions for use:

Open a bottle only to add to its contents; reseal it quickly.

Keep contents in bottles and sealed at all times when not in use. 

Once inside the bottle, do not let emotions back out.

Warning:

These containers are designed for adult use. The lids are not childproof. Store out of reach of children and/or emotionally labile adults. In case of accidental ingestion or overdose, give child a time out. For adults, immediately induce crying. If that fails, consult a therapist immediately.

These Bottled Emotions come from one of my favorite blogs: Stuff You Can’t Have. You can see more details at the link, like how she made the packaging.

And this is the Victorian Bottled Emotions Set She made here out of a recycled chocolate box. For more bottled emotions check the link. GIF by me using ezgif, all images from Stuff You Can’t Have.