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]]>Jessie Maed’s designs are fun, modern and minimal. All her patterns are size inclusive, gender inclusive and sold on a pay-what-you-can-afford scale. They are also created with beginners in mind so if you’re new to knitting, a Jessie Maed pattern is a great place to start.
Knitter, designer and artist Brandi Cheyenne Harper is known for her simple, chunky and super cozy designs. Her Instagram feed is a calming sanctuary, promoting balance, creativity and self-love. If you need more craftivism in your life, check out Brandi’s book Knitting for Radical Self Care: A Modern Guide.
Based in Sweden, Anna Sjösvärd’s feed is full of snow-covered cottages, crackling fireplaces and serious fika vibes! Her knits are cute, cozy and stylish, with traditional Scandi designs on more modern, cropped styles.
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]]>The post Tips for Beginner Knitters appeared first on My Daily Magazine - Art, Design, DIY, Fashion and Beauty !.
]]>Once you first start buying yarn, you’ll learn quickly that there is so much yarn out there. And it can actually get pretty expensive. But as a beginner knitter, chances are pretty low you’ll be making masterpieces from the get-go. So just start with the cheap stuff. It’ll work just fine.
Even once you get the hang of knitting, your technique and tension aren’t going to be very good for a while. That’s okay! Just keep at it; eventually, you’ll improve and your work will start to look better and better.
Ideally, have a friend teach you how to knit in person. If that’s not an option, learn from videos. But trying to learn to knit from written instructions is just a recipe for frustration.
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]]>The post Temperature Blankets: The Latest Crafting Trend on Instagram appeared first on My Daily Magazine - Art, Design, DIY, Fashion and Beauty !.
]]>Well, they’re not what you think—heated blankets. They’re actually a blanket in which you knit or crochet a set number of rows each day and you correspond your yarn color to the temperature it is outside.
You don’t have to be a knitting expert as these blankets are a great way to give knitting or crocheting a shot. They use a basic crochet stitch and you can decide what colors you would like to use in your blanket. Like, for example, you can use light blue for temperatures cooler than 20, green for temperatures in the 30s, and red for temperatures in the 40s.
Typically, people choose blue tones for colder weather and orange or red tones for warmer weather, but you can be as creative as you want! At the end of the year, you’ll have a colorful blanket that tells the temperature story of the year.
You can still get started on your blanket even though we are in February by researching what the temperatures were in January and starting from there.
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]]>The post 4 Ways to Craft For a Cause appeared first on My Daily Magazine - Art, Design, DIY, Fashion and Beauty !.
]]>The American Heart Foundation recently launched Little Hats, Big Hearts, a campaign that provides newborns with red hats to help spread awareness about heart disease and congenital heart defects. To be able to donate to the cause you need to use cotton or acrylic red yarn that’s medium to heavyweight and machine washable.
Karen Loucks started Project Linus, a nonprofit that gives handmade blankets to children in hospitals and shelters throughout the United States. They also have knit and crochet patterns in tons of different sizes that you can choose from.
Maybe you’ve come across scarves wrapped around trees and thought they were there by mistake. Community groups and churches started leaving handmade scarves in public areas with notes attached to help keep homeless people warm during the winter and you can donate scarves to help out this project.
You’ve probably heard that black dogs have difficulty getting adopted and to deal with this issue, volunteers are knitting jumpers, sweaters, and hats to help all dogs find their forever homes. What’s cuter than seeing a dog in one of your creations?
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]]>The post How to Fall in Love With Knitting appeared first on My Daily Magazine - Art, Design, DIY, Fashion and Beauty !.
]]>Do not start knitting a scarf as one of your first pieces as it takes so long to finish and it will make you give up quickly. Instead, once you have mastered the basics of knitting try making a hat. This is far less time-consuming and your mistakes are less obvious. They are a little more complicated but you will learn as you go.
Don’t choose a project that will take a while to finish, give yourself a deadline to complete your first piece, maybe a birthday coming up or a trip you are taking.
The best place to buy your yarn is at a small local yarn store, where they will be able to help first-time knitters and advise you what to buy.
Buy yarn that is medium weight and read the labels to see what size needles to buy. Bamboo is great for first-timers as it stops the yarn from slipping and there’s less chance to drop the stitches.
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]]>The post 3 Awesome Knitwear Designers You Should be Following appeared first on My Daily Magazine - Art, Design, DIY, Fashion and Beauty !.
]]>Jessie Maed’s designs are fun, modern and minimal. All her patterns are size inclusive, gender inclusive and sold on a pay-what-you-can-afford scale. They are also created with beginners in mind so if you’re new to knitting, a Jessie Maed pattern is a great place to start.
Knitter, designer and artist Brandi Cheyenne Harper is known for her simple, chunky and super cozy designs. Her Instagram feed is a calming sanctuary, promoting balance, creativity and self-love. If you need more craftivism in your life, check out Brandi’s book Knitting for Radical Self Care: A Modern Guide.
Based in Sweden, Anna Sjösvärd’s feed is full of snow-covered cottages, crackling fireplaces and serious fika vibes! Her knits are cute, cozy and stylish, with traditional Scandi designs on more modern, cropped styles.
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]]>The post Tips for Beginner Knitters appeared first on My Daily Magazine - Art, Design, DIY, Fashion and Beauty !.
]]>Once you first start buying yarn, you’ll learn quickly that there is so much yarn out there. And it can actually get pretty expensive. But as a beginner knitter, chances are pretty low you’ll be making masterpieces from the get-go. So just start with the cheap stuff. It’ll work just fine.
Even once you get the hang of knitting, your technique and tension aren’t going to be very good for a while. That’s okay! Just keep at it; eventually, you’ll improve and your work will start to look better and better.
Ideally, have a friend teach you how to knit in person. If that’s not an option, learn from videos. But trying to learn to knit from written instructions is just a recipe for frustration.
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]]>The post Temperature Blankets: The Latest Crafting Trend on Instagram appeared first on My Daily Magazine - Art, Design, DIY, Fashion and Beauty !.
]]>Well, they’re not what you think—heated blankets. They’re actually a blanket in which you knit or crochet a set number of rows each day and you correspond your yarn color to the temperature it is outside.
You don’t have to be a knitting expert as these blankets are a great way to give knitting or crocheting a shot. They use a basic crochet stitch and you can decide what colors you would like to use in your blanket. Like, for example, you can use light blue for temperatures cooler than 20, green for temperatures in the 30s, and red for temperatures in the 40s.
Typically, people choose blue tones for colder weather and orange or red tones for warmer weather, but you can be as creative as you want! At the end of the year, you’ll have a colorful blanket that tells the temperature story of the year.
You can still get started on your blanket even though we are in February by researching what the temperatures were in January and starting from there.
The post Temperature Blankets: The Latest Crafting Trend on Instagram appeared first on My Daily Magazine - Art, Design, DIY, Fashion and Beauty !.
]]>The post 4 Ways to Craft For a Cause appeared first on My Daily Magazine - Art, Design, DIY, Fashion and Beauty !.
]]>The American Heart Foundation recently launched Little Hats, Big Hearts, a campaign that provides newborns with red hats to help spread awareness about heart disease and congenital heart defects. To be able to donate to the cause you need to use cotton or acrylic red yarn that’s medium to heavyweight and machine washable.
Karen Loucks started Project Linus, a nonprofit that gives handmade blankets to children in hospitals and shelters throughout the United States. They also have knit and crochet patterns in tons of different sizes that you can choose from.
Maybe you’ve come across scarves wrapped around trees and thought they were there by mistake. Community groups and churches started leaving handmade scarves in public areas with notes attached to help keep homeless people warm during the winter and you can donate scarves to help out this project.
You’ve probably heard that black dogs have difficulty getting adopted and to deal with this issue, volunteers are knitting jumpers, sweaters, and hats to help all dogs find their forever homes. What’s cuter than seeing a dog in one of your creations?
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]]>The post How to Fall in Love With Knitting appeared first on My Daily Magazine - Art, Design, DIY, Fashion and Beauty !.
]]>Do not start knitting a scarf as one of your first pieces as it takes so long to finish and it will make you give up quickly. Instead, once you have mastered the basics of knitting try making a hat. This is far less time-consuming and your mistakes are less obvious. They are a little more complicated but you will learn as you go.
Don’t choose a project that will take a while to finish, give yourself a deadline to complete your first piece, maybe a birthday coming up or a trip you are taking.
The best place to buy your yarn is at a small local yarn store, where they will be able to help first-time knitters and advise you what to buy.
Buy yarn that is medium weight and read the labels to see what size needles to buy. Bamboo is great for first-timers as it stops the yarn from slipping and there’s less chance to drop the stitches.
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