General Crafts Department
This general crafts department offers useful information for a wide variety of crafting projects that don’t fall under one of our other categories.
So, if you’re interested in crafts such as candlemaking, basketry, weaving, latch hook rugs, bead crafts, macramé, clay crafts, paper crafts, glass crafts, and flower crafts this is the place for you!
We offer project ideas, in addition to tips and hints, for different crafts on a weekly basis.
In addition, you can buy supplies for your projects through our online shopping store.
Recent Videos and Tutorials
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Even rural areas and small apartments can have fresh food and herbs by gardening with PVC pipe. This small PVC planter holds small pots.
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With this tutorial and free pattern, learn how to sew a garden apron with handy pockets for yourself or someone who loves to garden.
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You discovered the perfect ceramic flowerpot with no hole for drainage. If you can use a power drill, you can create a hole in the bottom of the pot.
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Growing potatoes in bags is super easy and simple. By using grow bags it is possible to grow potatoes in any sunny location.
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Learn how raw honey is harvested from a beehive, strained and jarred with our video and photo tutorial. Extracted honey is filtered through a mesh filter.
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This video will show how we installed 20,000 honey bees and a new queen into an empty hive.
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Do you keep misplacing your mask? Hang it on a face mask strap lanyard so it can hang around your neck when not using it.
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Kids will love making this sock puppet. All they need is a sock and some basic things around the house.
Book and Magazine Recommendations
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Lucy LeonardThis step-by-step book will help you to learn about macramé project ideas, and also utilize your spare time to create eye-catching and creative macramé projects.
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This magazine offers room design and home furnishing ideas and easy-to-make craft projects to assist the reader in decorating and beautifying the home.
New Stuff
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Gardening is much more than a hobby or fun pastime. There are multiple benefits of gardening from helping to eat better to boosting your mood and immune system. Read this article to learn all the benefits.
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Happy DIY Home
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Learn how to tie a double half hitch knot that is taught to Boy Scouts at a scouting website.
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Scouter Life
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Download Bochiknot's Free Macramé 50 Knots eBook to Learn the Different Types of Knots to Create Thousands of Beautiful Macramé Projects & Designs.
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Bochiknot
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The basic macrame wrap knot is the gathering knot. Learn how to make a gathering knot.
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Beading Tutorials
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Sometimes referred to as the "Round Stitch", the Circle Stitch is similar to the Square Stitch. Learn how to at this site.
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Boondoggle Man
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This site shows step by step photo instructions on how to make a beautiful macrame crown knot using four or more groups of cords.
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tses Home Page
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Photos on how to make 20 different macrame knots, including lesser known knots such as the Josephine knot, the interlocking square knot, and the square knot button.
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tses Home Page
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The Overhand knot (OH) is the easiest of all the Macrame knots and is found in most patterns.
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Free Macrame Patterns
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This webpage will show you how to macrame the half knot spiral.
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Bochiknot
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Learn how to tie a macrame wrap knot, a really great knot to finish off tassels.
From
Wool and the Gang