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Weekly Reader

May 24, 2013 2 Comments

Weekly Reader, May 24, 2013 - HandsOccupied.com

An outtake from this week’s tutorial shoot. Out of focus, but this made me laugh. Self timers wait for no yawn…

This week slipped by rather quickly and quietly for me. I have been busy with a lot of projects. You can see from my Instagram highlights below that I’ve been painting some styrofoam, I cleaned up after a mouse decimated a rice-filled pin cushion for dinner (leaving behind its weight in turds – yuck), and I’ve been slowly trying to reorganize my craft space. I did find a sweet vintage sewing book I’d stashed away – complete with creepy illustrations.

My husband started a new job this week (note the snap from our post-his-last-day outing for vegetarian BBQ and beer, second from the right), which has meant some changes are going on in our lives. I’m still mulling over how I feel about all this change, so maybe I’ll open up and post about it soon…

Weekly Reader, May 24, 2013 - HandsOccupied.com

So this was awesome

Craft & Snack Tutorials

flap pocket skirt tutorial –skirt as top
succulent boutonnieres -succulents and sunshine
porter milkshakes -Yellow Brick Home
sun-printed tote bag -How About Orange
teeny tiny ice cream cone cookie treats -Damask Love

Weekly Reader, May 24, 2013 - HandsOccupied.com

Reads

I want to spend as much of Memorial Day weekend as I can reading, so I checked out The Aviator’s Wife, The Magicians, and Tell the Wolves I’m Home. So far, I’m 100 pages into The Aviator’s Wife, which is a little out of my personal reading comfort zone with the historical romance, but it’s looking like the plot’s about to thicken. I’ll keep you posted. 

Movies/Shows

I take back my glowing recommendation, Call the Midwife. Season 2, episode 8 featured absurd crocheknitting. Observe two needles poked through a granny square. What a derp, guys!

Call the Midwife Knitting Fail

grab via Stolen Hearts, Vintage Souls

In case you missed it…

  • I shared how to make fake flower headbands and boutonnieres on Monday. 
  • Yesterday, I enthralled y’all with 22 pie charts outlining the results of the Hands Occupied Reader Survey.
  • I rounded up my favorite washi tape project ideas over at The Good Weekly.
  • As always, I wrote about some cool candle-related projects for Craft Gossip.

Filed Under: Weekly Picks Tagged With: boutonnieres, call the midwife, ice cream cones, Knitting, Sewing, skirts, succulents, weekly reader

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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  1. Cassidy

    May 24, 2013 at 9:18 am

    Thanks so much for featuring me!

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    • Heidi

      May 24, 2013 at 9:23 am

      You’re welcome, I love the boutonnieres!

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Hi! I’m Heidi, an author, yarn craft designer and content creator specializing in knitting, crochet, latch hook & macrame. My work unapologetically features primary colors and vintage-meets-modern style. My first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is now available!

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A new YouTube tutorial is live today covering how A new YouTube tutorial is live today covering how to knit the Little Butterfly Stitch (aka Bowknot Stitch). It adds so much cute character to simple stockinette. Only a little funky to knit, and it packs a huge visual punch! 🦋 
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Yarn: @kelbournewoolens Germantown in Baby Blue via @knit_picks. Needles: Prism Interchangeables, also from Knit Picks. 
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Pictured: a light blue swatch of Little Butterfly Stitch knitting on a pink background. A skein of yarn and a few stitches of knitting are nearby.
“You’re telling me words can be pronounced in “You’re telling me words can be pronounced in different ways and mean the same things?!” 👀 Posting this here, just to make it clear: when anyone says skayne, skeen, or skyne, it can be safely assumed we’re talking about a bundle o’ yarn,  a SKEIN. It’s not necessary to shame someone for using a word that is known to have MULTIPLE common pronunciations. 🧶
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Can you plz comment sharing how you say SKEIN and where you learned it? The OED happens to say SKAYNE, but it’s not a personal attack if someone says SKEEN and you say SKYNE or even Saskatoon. I’m legitimately curious. We don’t all knit or crochet the same way, and craft evolves a bit like language - it is passed on. There is so much value in having conversations about & embracing these variations! ✌🏻
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Sometimes my weekend projects involve hair rather Sometimes my weekend projects involve hair rather than yarn. Here’s the latest mediocre-but-improving result of my slow quest to learn to set vintage inspired curls. 💇🏼‍♀️ I’m hoping to be able to wash my hair less using a regular vintage set, but we’ll see if it ends up being practical. 😆 Hair frustrates me so much more than crafts! 
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Do you also style your hair using vintage methods? If you have any tips for vintage hair styling or good resources to share, please do!
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Pictured: A medium sized, brown, senior dog asleep on a green bed. For some reason a donut ball of navy wool yarn sits on his head.
The first stitch tutorial of the new year is live The first stitch tutorial of the new year is live on YouTube! Diamond Brocade is a great knit+purl only stitch for beginners or anyone wanting a classic look for their knitting project. Find the video with a written stitch pattern on the blog or head directly to the video on YouTube. Both are linked in bio. ✌🏻 
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