Space for crafty types to talk about crafty things. Things you make. Things you’ve made in the past. Things you’ll make in the future. Things you wish you could make. Things you wish you didn’t make.
Howdy do once again, Craftocados. Whatcha makin’? This week, we talk about crafting and finding success and having that success bite you firmly on the butt. I’ve been following the saga of The Blue Brick Crafts, a small scale Toronto … Continue reading The Craftocado – When Success Attacks
Hello hello, fellow crafty denizens of The Avocado. It’s been *mumble* months since we checked in with each other. It’s my fault, I just plain dropped the ball. I’ve been busy, and my wrist was giving me problems, and I … Continue reading The Return of The Craftocado
Howdy do, Craftocados! As always: Whatcha makin’? This week I’m spotlighting one of my favourite cross stitch designers, Pyro Dog Pins. She sells her patterns on Etsy. Many of her patterns are movies worked up as classic-style samplers, among other pop culture references, and random bits of imagery. I love her whole aesthetic. Here is a sampling of her work, in handy slideshow format! Here’s a The Birds sampler I stitched a while back and haven’t framed yet. Continue reading The Craftocado: Designer Spotlight: Pyro Dog Pins
Hello, Craftocados! Apologies for missing posting the last thread, I’ve been busy and scattered, as I always get at this time of year. I just plain forgot. Yay, me! And I’m posting a day early this week because I won’t be around tomorrow or through the weekend. We’re back on our regular every-other-Thursday schedule for the next thread in two weeks. Anyhoo, as always… Whatcha makin’? This week, I was browsing the craft books at Ye Olde Value Village as I often do, and I was leafing through an older book that was starting to feel familiar as I went … Continue reading The Craftocado: Of Dolls and Memories
As always… Whatcha makin‘? Alright, let’s get our pop culture nerd on today. We are The Avocado, after all. Where have you seen crafting in pop culture? The header image is Stars Hollow’s knitathon in season seven of Gilmore Girls, … Continue reading The Craftocado: Crafting in Pop Culture
Hello and how are you, Craftocados? As always… Whatcha makin’? Today we talk tools. I love my tools. Both of the hardware store type and the crafting type. Do you have tools specific to your crafts that you enjoy? Do you love them and collect them like I do? It’s better not mentioned how many knitting needles and crochet hooks I have. A bunch I’ve inherited over the years, some I’ve purchased myself. I won a small set of carbon knitting needles a while back, which was very exciting for me. Are there dream tools you’d get if you found … Continue reading The Craftocado: Tools of the Trade
Howdy, fellow Craftocados! Apologies for missing last week, I spent all day Thursday thinking it was Wednesday. Upon reflection, I think we’ll be going to an every-two-weeks schedule for Craftocado posts. Week to week, I often don’t have much to … Continue reading The Craftocado: Trends, Fads, and the Cycle of Fashion
Hello hello, Craftocados. As always, first of all… Whatcha makin’? What are your plans for the new year? Are you the type who plans projects ahead and sets goals for what you want to get done over the next year? … Continue reading The Craftocado – New Year, New Projects
Howdy, everyone! As always, first and foremost: Whatcha makin’? This week, I’m going to talk about something I have encountered many times in my crafting life: snobbery and general negativity. It infects every single crafting endeavour I have ever undertaken. … Continue reading The Craftocado: Hell is Other People
First and foremost: Whatcha makin’? Today I have chosen to spotlight one of my favourite designers… UK designer Alan Dart, who specializes in knitted toys. His designs are highly detailed and often whimsical, and I adore his patterns. His patterns … Continue reading The Craftocado: Designer Spotlight: Alan Dart
Happy Thursday, Craftocados! First and foremost: Whatcha makin’ this week? Our discussion this week is about crafting and gifting. Many of you made things for Giftmas, or are up to your eyeballs in trying to have things done for the … Continue reading The Craftocado – Gifting
Hello, fellow crafters! Welcome to the first installment of The Craftocado, a space for us crafty types to talk about… well… crafty things. Things you make. Things you’ve made in the past. Things you’ll make in the future. Things you … Continue reading The Craftocado: The Craftening
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