I’m planning to knit a beanie hat for my boyfriend because he’s going to Hong Kong this Christmas and I don’t know where to buy a knitting kit. I am also a beginner at knitting, so if you could suggest a kit that has instructions with it, that would be awesome. Thanks.

P.S. Which do you think would make a better beanie, a crocheted one or a knitted one? Thanks

You may want to consider visting bizeen. Its a website which contains Businesses and stores in the philippines. you may easily find any products there, or if you have something to promote ther yourself you can create a profile of your own business.

Not to big! Approximately 6 or 7 inches height and the width the same size.

I tried searching from cross stitch patterns but all I found were lists from E-Bay.

I searched Snoopy Cross Stitch under "Images" and came up with this link. It has simple cross stitch patterns of Snoopy that you could use…free.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://digilander.libero.it/AlaricoHobby/Snoopy-1.JPG&imgrefurl=http://digilander.libero.it/AlaricoHobby/Snoopy.html&h=310&w=216&sz=52&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=O8aiXhmyKEirYM:&tbnh=117&tbnw=82&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsnoopy%2Bcross%2Bstitch%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4ADBR_enUS235US235%26sa%3DX

After seeing this link, I’m thinking you could make your own graph paper and design your own pattern.

Graph paper: http://www.mathematicshelpcentral.com/graph_paper.htm

You can search for "Snoopy Coloring Pages" under "Images" and find the picture of your choice. http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBR_enUS235US235&q=snoopy+coloring+pages

You can then control the size of the finished product through size of the graphing squares. You will probably have to adjust the size of the aida cloth and graphing squares to adjust the size of the finished product but since you are looking at "small" it might not be too difficult.

I’m looking to decorate and add a little color to our small apartment, but have almost no money to spend on this. I like crafts, and know a little about sewing, knitting and cross-stitch (but don’t know how to crochet yet). Any ideas about some do-it-yourself decorating? Our walls are off-white, and the only color we really have are the light and dark blues and greens of our tea towels and placemats, and flags hanging in the doorways to separate the rooms. Thanks for your help!

Go to your local home improvement store or paint store. They have paint that is mis-matched and you can often find a paint you love there. I recommend going about once a week or until you find a good color for your walls. Try to get a "one coat" paint. You’ll only need one gallon that way. You can even choose two or more colors, depending on your style. If you want a marbleized look, you can buy glaze in the decorative paint department. Then you paint your base color on the wall and, once it is dry, mix some of the glaze according to the bottle’s directions, and use a sponge or rags to make the design. You can find example cards in the same area as the paint sample cards. If you don’t want to paint every wall, you can paint one or two as "accent" walls, or walls that you want people to particularly notice. If you have any collections, putting them on display on tables or shelves can look nice.

I’d go somewhere like Goodwill or the Salvation Army and pick up some throw pillows. You can re-cover them to suit your decor. If you want to start out fresh, you can always just buy the polyester stuffing and make pillows from scratch. Get creative with it. You can make a pillow cover that is woven like a basket with a one-color or two-color theme. You can use buttons to button the covers onto the pillow. You can even make little cloth "ties" to tie the covers on.

The easiest and cheapest way to change a room is to concentrate on the wall color and the accessories. Make sure you choose two basic colors and add a "pop" of another color. We have used gray, blue and red/crimson well together. Greens, blues, and golds tend to go well. also. The easiest way to figure out what looks good to you is to look through magazines and see which decors you prefer. Then see what colors are used and try them out. You can also look through home decorating books from the library. It’s what I did.

If you have any art/photographs, make sure they are framed in a similar style. It will look more "put together" if you have picture frames that are almost identical or paintings that are of the same genre.

I wish you luck. And I envy you! I love playing with color.

The sites below might have some ideas you can use. Happy decorating!

I am making a twisted Bavarian knitting hat. It’s a bunch of cable all the way around. They look like the ribbon things you put on cars for breast cancer or something.

Hi, in the one pattern* that I have that uses that symbol the symbol represents a stitch that you would knit through the back loop to create a twisted stitch.

This may not be true for all patterns using this symbol. But it does make a lot of sense that it would mean to twist the stitch.

* the pattern that I’m referring to is the Koolhaas hat from the Interweave Knits Holiday 2007 issue.

Here are a few that I came across:

http://www.shop.com/op/aprod-p41271264-k24-g4-~elvis+cross+stitch-nover?sourceid=13

This U.K. site has several Elvis kits:

http://www.crafts-unlimited.co.uk/xmpeplst.htm

And there are a few kits and charts on eBay:

http://search.ebay.com/cross-stitch-elvis_W0QQfkrZ1QQfnuZ1

Hope you find what you’re looking for!

I’ve got a load of completed cross stitch and want to sell it so that I can raise some money for epilepsy charities.

I have sold a few pieces of semi-completed tapestry on E-Bay via auction (as opposed to via Buy It Now) and have been pleasantly surprised at how much has been bid for them. So, that may be worth trying – but I wouldn’t advise putting the whole lot on at once, as E-Bay fees have a habit of mounting up and also as there are only so many people at one time looking for this kind of item.

We live in the UK and at first had a lot of success selling our handcrafted jewellery on E-Bay – not any longer, sadly, due to mass listings of imported jewellery. We initially tried some big craft fairs and markets – but even those that were not "full up for jewellery" proved unprofitable in terms of time, effort and cost. Some charge £30 – £40 an upwards for a stall!

If you also live in the UK and have enough completed cross stitch to fill a whole stall I can highly recommend contacting your local churches and schools – we have done five fairs at churches and schools this summer and on each occasion have taken over £100. The organisers are unfailingly friendly, the stall charges are very reasonable – £10 – £15 average – and as churches and schools are strong communities the events are always well attended.

Most areas have lots of churches and schools within easy reach and many will be having Christmas fairs soon. Well worth a few phone calls, I would say. And you will probably find, as we have done, that you will "get on the circuit", in that if people who belong to other churches/schools attend and like what you are selling they will ask you for your contact details and you will be on their mailing list for future fairs.

All the best of luck!

I’m currently knitting off a pattern that said I need to knit with two strands of wool together. I completely ignored this and am only knitting with the one strand. My question is – what are the benefits of knitting with two strands together? Will the item just be thicker? Is my blanket going to be ruined now that I didn’t do as the pattern said?! Thank you.

The difference is that it would be thicker. Another advantage to knitting with 2 strands is that you can mix colors. Patterns are great, but you can always alter them if you want. It’s not set in stone! If you want to only use 1 it shouldn’t cause any major problems.

embroidery &cross stitch kits

http://www.allcrossstitch.co.uk/ & http://www.crossstitchuk.com/ are sites my partner uses. Hope this helps.

My mom wants me to start writing my christmas list and i don’t know what to put on it ? I’m into crafts like cross stitching and scrap booking.. I love perfume, I have a Nintendo DS Lite.. help me write my list please !

Here’s some ideas:

WII
Mario Kart Game- Wii
Clue Board Game: Secrets and Spies
Books
Nintendo Dsi
Laptop
Stereo
Clothes
Perfume
Telescope
Door Beads
Amazon Kindle
Shoes
Jewelery
Things to decorate your room with
Comforter for bed
Photo frames
Planner
Instrument like the guitar
Trampoline
Straightener, Hair products
Concert tickets
Movies

Maybe something like Soccer lessons or some sort of sport or instrument ? You can get guitar lessons?

There’s also this alarm clock called "Clocky" search it on youtube or google. It wakes you jumping out of your bedside table and running around your room until you get him. It’s pretty cool!

Your probably do have a lot of this stuff, but there’s not much else haha.

Hope I helped & Good luck
Laura

I’m a beginner in knitting, and I would like to learn how to do different styles of stitch besides the stockinette stitch and the knit stitch while making a scarf. A website that tells you how to do it would be greatly appreciated, especially if that site offers training videos! Best answer gets 10 points! =)

Well, technically, there are only two stitches in knitting…that is: knit and purl. Everything else is just variations of that ie: knit one row, purl one row is stockingnet stitch; knit every row is garter stitch; knit one stitch, purl one stitch is 1×1 rib, etc. Stockingnet, garter and ribbing are not, technically speaking, stitches. They are stitch patterns that are made up by the two stitches, knit and purl, in different combinations.

There’s also techniques in knitting, such as increasing, decreasing, and various lacy knitting techniques such as YO’s (yarn overs), Sl (slip a stitch) etc.

For these things, I would go to :

http://www.knittinghelp.com/videos/learn-to-knit

It has lots of videos on most all of the commonly used techniques, and I would recommend it for any beginner. It does have a few stitch patterns. Most of the time, though, if you have a pattern, the stitch pattern is written in.

There’s also Ravelry, which is a knitting community with lots of forums full of helpful knitters to answer your questions and a fabulous pattern browser which makes it simple to search the internet for free patterns. You have to sign up, and wait a bit for approval, but it’s worth it. You can find that site here:

https://www.ravelry.com/account/login

Good luck, and Happy Knitting!