Anything Knitted and Crocheted: Green Crafting section at FaveCrafts

Anything Knitted and Crocheted

Welcome to my blog. I hope to blog about my knitting and crocheting as well as everyday life. The patterns that I post are original and as such there is copyright on them. When they are based on another pattern there is a link to the pattern.

My husband and I adopted a beautiful dog named Leo. He is a dachshund and absolutely adorable! we adopted him on June 23, 2010 and he has become the love of our lives.

I love to share patterns that I find along the way or to talk about some of the neatest designers that are out there today, so I love to post links to the designs or the designers.

So grab a cup a and sit and enjoy the blog.

Cora

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Green Crafting section at FaveCrafts

Good Morning Crafter, The Green Crafting section at FaveCrafts is full of clever ideas to help you reuse and recycle materials such as old sweaters, wine bottles and plastic trash. These crafts help you to save money on decorations, gifts and entertainment for any age. And they help our planet too.
1. Crochet: Water Bottle Bag (shown) 2. Reycled Newspaper Beads 3. Recycled Plastic Jewelry 4. Sewing: Recycled T-shirt Pants 5. Crochet: Lightweight Shopping Bag 6. No-Knit Felt Sweater Mittens (shown) 7. 14 Things to Do with Old Jeans 8. DIY Lavender Sachets 9. Tin Can Luminaries 10. Recycled Crayons 11. Sewing: Eco-Friendly Felt Bag (shown) 12. 10 Things to Do with Old Wine Bottles 13. Recycled Crochet Hook Holders 14. Bread Tag Jazzy Jewelry 15. Sewing: Muslin Snack Bags 16. For Kids: Pizza Box Art (shown) 17. 8 Ways to Craft with Plastic Trash 18. Crochet: Eco-Friendly Handbag 19. Recycled Metal Art Collage 20. Recycled Sweater Throw Pillows 21. Plastic Cup Vase (shown) 22. 10 Crafty Uses for an Old Toothbrush 23. Plastic Bottle Birdfeeder 24. Pink Heart Card and Envelope 25. Sewing: Old Men's Shirt into Girly Dress 26. Wine Cork Board (shown) 27. Top 10 Recycled Magazine Crafts 28. Crochet: Bamboo Check Scarf 29. For Kids: Smashed Soda Can Animals 30. How to Live a Better Life with Less

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The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge

The “Proselytize Knitting” Badge - A requirement for all Knitting Scouts, the recipient must do his or her bit to present knitting in a positive light, whilst at the same time avoiding all references to “hipness”, grandmothers, and yoga.

I’m always doing my part in this arena whether it’s spoken or written like in this blog. I teach at my local community league, which was a fluke. I am involved in the Alberta Avenue Initiative and was asked to teach both knitting and crochet. I start with dishcloths as it gives the basics.

The “MacGyver” Badge (Level One) - The recipient must demonstrate clever use of a non-knitting tool in a knitting-related scenario. For instance, recipient has used paper clips as stitch markers, or successfully whittled and then utilized bamboo skewers as dpns.

I’ve used all kinds of things as stitch markers when none were available, and have found clever ways of knitting cables without cable needles using skewers.