I’ve been getting into sewing a lot these days and the books I’ve been reading have all suggested using French seams. But I’ve never done them! So I was excited to see Sew to Speak’s French Seam How To.
It’s simple and has lots of clear photos. I can’t wait to try to sew some French [...]

It seems like all my posts lately have been cupcake related. This might lead you to believe that all I do is eat cupcakes but I have been crafting too! It’s just a little easier to get photos of cupcakes than knitted items. Particularly now when it’s nearly dark when I get home and [...]

Back in February 2008 I started knitting Eunny Jang’s Endpaper Mitts. I got the first glove done pretty quickly but the second one languished. I gave my sister the one mitt for Christmas with a promise to finish the other one right away. That never happened.
This summer my sister asked me if she was ever [...]

A box of yarn arrived the other day and I was eager to start knitting my Owls sweater. It took me about five tries to get my cast on right (I wasn’t focusing the first 4 times). This should have been a clue that this was not going to work out well. I used Knit [...]

It’s only October 2nd and I’m already thinking about my Halloween costume. I don’t even know what I would wear it to…but I know what I’ll be wearing. But I’m not quite ready to reveal it to the world yet, but don’t worry it will be awesome.
I have gotten a rep as someone who [...]

I’ve had the Star Crossed Slouchy Hat in my Ravelry queue for awhile but I didn’t have any particularl plans to make it. Then 2 things happened – the weather turned fall-like and it started popping up in everyone’s Ravelry activity stream. So I frogged my Shifting Sands scarf, which I had set aside [...]

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have a lot of yarn. I’m almost done cataloging it but I’m left with the question – how do I organize it? Should I group it by weight? Color? Quantity?
Right now everything is totally disorganized and I have to rifle through every bin to find something. [...]

I’ve been putting it off for awhile, but I finally had to buckle down and do an inventory of my yarn stash. I have at least 3 66qt bins full of yarn, and lots of Christmas presents to start. I have vowed to not buy any new yarn unless I really, really (really!) need it. [...]

In the past week I’ve picked up some new yarn from Angelfire Studios and Quarter Stitch. I finally had time to enter them into my Ravelry Stash and take photos!
I plan to use the skein of Colinette Jitterbug to make myself some thin wristwarmers for work. My office can be freezing.
Both skeins of Outer are [...]

I’ve been blogging about my crafts over at crafterati.com for awhile but I felt the need for a change. So here is craftcake! This site is about my love for crafts and cupcakes. More than just writing about what I’m up to, this site will be for sharing recipes and how tos.