World Famous Crochet Museum

Shari Elf has converted an old Fotomat booth into The World Famous Crochet Museum! When you first arrive at the Crochet Museum you are greeted with a welcome sign made from Scrabble letters. The 40-square-foot lime green museum sits tucked behind Elf’s Art Queen gallery in Joshua Tree along State Highway 62.

The museum displays hundreds of crochet items bought, donated and found over the years, from crochet Oreos to Bert and Ernie to the crochet poodles that once hid Granny’s liquor bottles.

Introduction to Wire Wrap Jewelry : How to Make a Wire Wrap Scroll

Learn how to make a wire wrap scroll in this video on how to make wire wrapped jewelry. Expert: Nicole Bio: Nicole has been involved in jewelry making as a hobby for several years.

Buenos Aires Yarn District is Like No Other

Yarn stores in Buenos Aires, Argentina are operated much differently than those in the United States. I recently visited Buenos Aires and shopped at a few of their local yarn stores. Their unofficial yarn district had about 15 yarn shops within a 2 block area, along the 900 block of Scalabrini Ortiz. . Read more

Felted Mouse Booties with PrettyLittle

Lacey Smith of prettylittle.etsy.com was gracious enough to invite us into her Portland, Oregon home, where she shared her refined process for making unbearably cute mouse booties.

See Etsy’s handmade Blog for more info.