The Yankee Crafter

Crafts, Life, with a Pinch of Irreverence.

It is an exciting stage in a project when you start to assemble the pieces, and then, the shape of the material begins to emerge. However, t...
  There is a craze going on in the crochet world and it is called The Pocket Shawl. I love the concept but have not been keen on most of the...
Redwork is a name that originated from the red thread that is commonly used to a particularly appealing style of embroidery. The cotton ma...
I'm not sure of using the loom has lost popularity. but when I searched for patterns, it was definitely a challenge.  Learn how to knit ...
Crochet is more than just twisting of yarn and manipulation with a hook. Crocheting is an art. Crochet is a craft that involves a great dea...
I cannot tell a lie, coffee is my 2nd addiction ( a close 2nd to yarn). So it was only a matter of time that I would get absorbed into the c...
A while back I had an impulse buy, the Boye Long Loom set. I thought that with 3 kids and 4 dogs that I’d have time to learn. Wrong. So I pa...