Posts tagged socks

• 05 Mar

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Fingerless Mitts, part 1 - Sewn and Recycled!

     Now that it's March and there's a touch of Spring in the air, I'm starting up a 3 part fingerless mitts roundup series!  This week isn't super long - all the ideas and tutorials I could find for mitts that are either sewn or recycled (or both), not knit or crocheted.  The knit and cro

• 07 Aug

  Blog: ThreadBanger

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Sock Knitting!

     If you're a knitter you probably are well aware that this weekend is Sock Summit - "the greatest sock show on earth... taking sock knitting almost too far"!  I am one of the lucky ones, living in Portland, Oregon, a few miles away from the event (in fact, I'll be heading over there as

• 22 May

  Blog: TB Projects

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Summery Knit and Crochet Patterns!

    I knit all year round, but it can get hard sometimes with the sun beating down on my wool, not to mention the pain of not being able to wear my creations for months.  So I've rounded up a bunch of free knit and crochet patterns for summery items, that won't heat up your crafting hands, and

• 27 Mar

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Sock Monkeys!

  When I saw Threadbanger blogger Heather Mann's awesome Jemaine Clement sock monkey (from Flight of the Conchords) I decided I had to do a sock monkey roundup!  You can see some traditional sock monkey love on sockmonkey.com (and lots more sites if you do a search) but I'm going to show you non-tra

• 29 Jan

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Sock and Awe

  The above snippet of a photo from Face Hunter serves as a great reminder that snuggling up in Winterwear doesn't mean you still can't be fashion-forward. With socks of all sorts on this year's Spring and Pre-Fall 09 runways (check out examples at Marni and Louis Vuitton), this is a trend you can ju

• 01 Aug

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Weaving!

     To celebrate the new issue of Craft magazine, which hits newsstands on Tuesday and includes a bunch of weaving projects, I'm bringing you this weaving roundup to pump you up! First off, my personal weaving role model is Sister Diane of Craftypod, who not only makes these awesome woven