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Knitting is one of the crafts I’ve been meaning to learn forever. Years ago, I received a ‘how to’ knitting book with all the supplies needed for beginners. I must have looked over the book and tried to knit a bunch of different ways for over a week – but just couldn’t get anywhere! I’m thinking about going to a class at Jo-Ann’s – hopefully they can teach me! In the mean time, here are some free patterns and tutorials for those who can knit.

Contents:

• Accessory Tutorials
• Stuffed Tutorials
• Halloween Tutorials
• Christmas Tutorials
• Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos

Accessory Tutorials:

• How to Knit Socks Video: Lion Brand Yarn

Child's Snaky Keyhole Scarf: Carson Ellis

Kitty-Kat's Kitty Hat: The Kat's Scratch Pad

Kat's Devilish Ear Flap Ski Hat: The Kat's Scratch Pad

Kat's "Two Sticks" Ear Flap Ski Hat: The Kat's Scratch Pad

Kat's Kiddies "Two Sticks" Ear Flap Ski Hat: The Kat's Scratch Pad

Knit a Market Bag: We Wilsons

Trios Knitted Bracelet: SoftFlexCompany

Stuffed Tutorials:

Melvin the Molar Knitting Pattern: The Kat's Scratch Pad

Halloween Tutorials:

Hallowig: Knitty

Christmas Tutorials:

Mini Christmas Stocking Ornament: Knitting.About

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Knit Zebra Pillow: CraftZine

I’m looking for more! If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

I am hardcore SET on making a stamp to use on my ‘save the date’ cards for my wedding. Of course… I need to learn how to make stamps first, and that’s why this blog post exists!

Stenciling is always fun too – maybe I’ll make presents for my bridesmaids using these tutorials. Heck yeah!

Click on the photo to go to the tutorial. I researched long and hard!

Contents:

• Stencil Tutorials
• Stamp Tutorials

Stencil Tutorials:

Stencil Printing: Honolulu Advertiser

How to Stencil With Freezer Paper: How About Orange

Apple Placemats: bkids

DIY Coffee Stencil: How About Orange

Glammed Up Lamp: Plaid Online

Storage Cube: Plaid Online

Peace and Dream Pillow Sham: Plaid Online

Silkscreened Canvas Wall Art: Plaid Online

Stamp Tutorials:

• How to Make Your Own Decorative Rubber Stamps: The Artful Crafter

Make Your Own Stamps From Craft Foam: RubberStamping.About

Creating Fun Foam Stamps: CraftIdeas.Info

How to Make Your Own Polymer Stamps: Instructables

Cute Little Cork Stamps: CraftChi

How to Create Rubber Stamps: CutOutAndKeep

How to Make Your Own Stamp: Wiki.bhgscrapbooketc

How to Make a Stamp: ArtMind

Pennant Rubber Stamp Roller Tutorial: Just Something I Made

How to Make a Rubber Stamp for Letterboxing: WikiHow

How to Make a Stamp: ValleyQuest

How to Make a Rubber Stamp: Mitchklink

How to Make Ceramic Roller Stamps: Calstaging

Stamp Tutorial: MelsOwnPlace

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

DIYscene‘s swap theme for the month of November was Burtonesque. My partner said that she loved the idea of the new movie directed by Burton, Alice in Wonderland, coming out in 2010. I decided to try something that I’ve never tried before, which was making a pillow with a character on it, made entirely with fabric scraps. I decided to do Johnny Depp’s character in Alice in Wonderland movie, The Mad Hatter.

Johnny Depp - The Mad Hatter

When starting out, I thought this pillow would be really easy to make. Actually, it took me several full days and most of the nights in November to finish it! I tried to cut out fabric according to the picture above. I worked out as many shapes as possible from the poster in Photoshop. I then cut out half of the shapes on my Cricut, and the other half by hand. It took forever to get everything to line up and look right! I had to keep altering shapes, sizes, and colors. Then, because I forgot to use the wrong Heat and Bond material (smacks head), I had to hand-sew every piece of the fabric on by hand. I absolutely LOVE how it turned out, and feel that it was totally worth making! Here are some photos that I took during the process.

If you want a better look at these photos, check out my flickr set for the Mad Hatter Pillow

Finished Mad Hatter Pillow

I do want to make more pillows like this in the future, whenever I get time! If anyone has requests for any characters on pillows, I’d be happy to take custom orders.