Wooly Links: February 2018
/Wooly Links is a round up of the best knitting, spinning, and crochet links I find on the web. The collection goes out bi-weekly in the With Wool Express. You can sign up to get the newsletter full of Wooly Links and other good stuff every week below.
A clear tutorial on how to work double crochet without it turning into a wobbly trapezoid. Saving this for the next time I dabble in crochet.
How to make super fluffy pom-poms
MochiMochiLand is at it again with a cute (and free) knitting pattern for a four-leaf clover.
I was in a bind the other day when I needed to figure out how to space button holes on a button band. This button band calculator from did all the math and made the knitting a breeze.
Cute alert! Check out this free crochet pattern for a cactus hat.
As part of the Tuff Socks Naturally project, which explores the durability of socks made without nylon or superwash fibers, @rebeccaspindle shared the interesting history and breeding of the Ryeland Sheep.
Beth Smith shares how she uses sample cards to plan her spinning for large and small projects.
Adventures in natural dyeing with black beans. Follow along with a super detailed attempt at dyeing yarn with black beans. The colors are lovely.
Nora Fok creates wearable art using knitting, weaving, braiding, and knotting. One piece is made of 3,500 knit spheres made from nylon microfilament.
Even a knitter with decades of experience can really screw stuff up.
I’ve never washed a raw wool fleece, but this is the tutorial I’d use if I ever decided to try.
Curious Handmade has written an informative series on how to get started knitting your own socks.
Tutorials for 3 different and beyond-the-basics knitting cast-ons.
And now for something completely different... is about the other interesting stuff I find online. Sometimes it's photography, art, science, crafty goodness, or a good story.
I am continually surprised by the scale and detail that can be achieved with needle felting. Paolo Del Toro makes huge masks similar to Japanese Noh theater masks.
Cayce Zavaglia creates incredible portraits using embroidery, and this behind the scenes interview gives a neat look at her thought process and intention.
Bete Molina uses her background in graphic design to create these incredible patterned quilts.
Bring on the giant, inflatable, light-up rabbits of Amanda Parer! I’d love to see these in person.
