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Arts & Crafts Examiner
Do you need some holiday gift ideas for your favorite crafty kid?
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Gadabout Media DIY
Use glass beads and wire to make a charming little snowman charm bracelet or pendant.
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This week, I have 2 links from Hankering for Yarn for you, as I had to do my tutorial in two parts :

Hankering for yarn
One of my fave Christmas traditions is to make little comfort bears for the women’s shelter or other charities. This year, I designed little bears to be made on the vintage Mattel knitter (or other crank machines). Here’s the link to part one of the tutorial:
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Hankering for yarn part 2

And, here is the link to the second half of the Amigurumi Teddy Bear tutorial:
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Jewelry & Beading
Cyndi is sharing a series of Gift Guides for handmade jewelry lovers!
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The Artful Crafter
Whatever the holiday, make cute pop-up place cards to organize the dinner table and delight guests of all ages.
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Creative Dreamer
Ramblings on patience, car repair, and some cute holiday house ornaments
creative dreamer

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You’ll need: A ball of pink yarn (I used Bernat Denimstyle in Weathered Rose)

A Potholder Loom,a weaving hook, a chopstick,a crochet hook,

a 4 peg spool knitter, a loop lifter,

a craft needle, a ruler, a dime, scissors, about an ounce of polyester stuffing,

about 10 inches of red yarn, a paper punch for circles, a paper punch for the heart,

or cut it out of junk mail freehand, thick craft glue, a bee button (ONLY for older children – NEVER use buttons, charms or beads on any toy or doll that you give to any child that is under the age of 7 years old), about 2 square inches (5 cm) of black felt for eyes.

Weave one square on your potholder loom, using two strands of yarn held together.

Spool knit the following  cords with all 4 pegs, using only 1 strand of yarn:

For the ears: 2 cords that are each 4 inches (10 cm) long

For the paws: 4 cords that are each 2 inches (5 cm) long.

Now, click on the video, and make yourself a Springtime Plushie Potholder Loom and Spool knitted Bunny!

All images, text, video and layout are copyright.  Video and photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay (copyright)

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Amigurumi Jamie and Adam

This is just tooooooooooo funny!

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There are lots of free patterns and I just scrolled through a ton of totally darling amigurumi patterns. Here’s the link:

Amigurumi 

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