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• Seven Steps to Shawl Design Success

  

  Shawls and stoles are the most versatile and eye-catching accessories you can knit. From a light and lacy splash of color to accent an outfit to a full worsted-weight cover-up to provide warmth and insulation from the elements, shawls are your go-to companions. So imagine … Read More

  Crafts

  by Melissa Leapman

• Sewing Together: Collaborative Quilting with Kids

  

  Every year, Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal School — the school where I teach — holds an auction to raise funds for scholarships and teacher needs. Each class is enlisted to produce a project that is kid-made, but also of auction-worthy quality. Quilt making is the perfect … Read More

  For Kids

  by Amie Petronis Plumley

• Project: Mandala Embroidery Sampler

  

  To be an editor of craft books requires (at least) two traits: attention to detail and a love of crafts. I recently came across a photo of my 12-year-old self that suggests I’ve been on this path for some time. My mom taught me to … Read More

  For Kids

  by Michal Lumsden

• Building a Path to Pain-Free Crochet Design

  

  I learned to crochet when I was seven, but the craft didn’t really capture my interest until years later. When I decided I was ready to try my hand at designing crochet patterns, it was an arduous process with lots of trial and error (so … Read More

  Crafts

  by Sara Delaney

• From Almost-Doomed to Domesticated: Restoring the Alaskan Musk Ox

  

  In mid-September, after the rush of summer visitors was over, my husband and I visited the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer, Alaska. We walked the grounds, finding green pastures that reminded us of home, except for the shaggy musk oxen we came … Read More

  Author News

  by Janet Vorwald Dohner