Tutorial - How to Make Needle Felted Love Gnomes for Valentines Day

Cutest little guy ever!

Needle Felted Love Gnomes for Valentines Day Tutorial at Fiona Duthie
"These little needelfelted gnomes are my favourite gift for the little people in my life (and some of the bigger people too!) They are quite easy to make, and have so much character. Use them in storytelling, for play, or as a little pocket friend to whisper secrets to!
They make a lovely Valentine's gift, with the hearts needlefelted onto their tunics..." Read more

Tutorial - How to Dye Wool Felt with Kool Aid

Love the mottled colors and looks like a lot of fun!

Rainbow Dyed Felt With KoolAid Tutorial at Fiona Duthie
"Dyeing with food dyes, including Kool Aid is a great project for working with children, and can also be a practical way for anyone to get some lovely variegated wool felt into their stash! We dyed ours with Kool Aid, as a way to get a nice mix of colors, with just white wool felt, and some easy to find ingredients. Food coloring or cake decorating colors also work using the same principles- they all work as acid dyes on the wool fibers..." Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Snowmen and Christmas Trees from Wool Roving Pom Poms

We're getting three fabulous tutorials in one today! First we'll learn to make the wool roving pom poms. We can use the pom poms for garland, snowmen, or trees! Love them all!

Snowmen and Christmas Trees from Wool Roving Pom Poms Tutorial at Fiona Duthie
"I have been making these wool roving pompom's for years- and I love them!
They are so fast and easy to make, and have lots of great craft applications!..." Read more

Tutorial - How to Make a Felted Sweater Bag

It's hard to focus on the bag with that sweet face looking at us! Anyway, love this bag! Starting with a felted sweater is such a great way to go.

Felted Sweater Bag Tutorial at Dandelionlady
"So as Thankgiving edges closer and the Winter Holidays are on the horizion my thoughts turn toward warm fuzzies and gift giving. This project combines the two, using felted wool sweaters.
I love these things! I pick them up at garage sales and thrift stores and a little while ago I snagged a bunch of them in a trade with my friend Lara. It's been felt heaven!..." Read more

Tutorial - How to Dye Yarn With Kool-Aid

The voice of experience is so useful when trying something like this for the first time. We can learn from her experiments! Beautiful results!

Dye Yarn With Kool-Aid Tutorial at Uzume's Crafty Goodness
"Prior to writing this, I decided, for the sake of correctness, to check the spelling of everyone’s favorite powdered drink. Kool-ade, I had thought, made sense. Like lemonade or limeade. Right?
Wrong! “Kool-Aid”, the package pronounced. I was perplexed. I still am. I guess it aids you… in being “kool”? Whatever that is. I’m bitter that my sensible-spelling logic didn’t work out.
Regardless of any personal issues I might now have with said drink mix, it is a fantastic color-izer of woolen stuff. I have been getting into yarn lately, and, even more lately, into wool yarn (it felts! Isn’t that awesome?!?!) and I vaguely remembered hearing something about Kool-Aid. I hit Google, found a few pages with general instructions, and within a few hours I had dyed my first batch of yarn.

I’ve dyed several batches since then, and here’s how I do it..." Read more