Stitch 'n Dish

Category: Stashbusting

  • Sunglasses pouch

    Sunglasses pouch

    I recently watched a YouTube video on how to make a sunglasses case/pouch and it reminded me of other patterns I have seen over the years. As often happens with ALL of us who knit or crochet for any length of time, I wanted to make edits here and changes there. I ended up with…

  • Not-so-Secret Shopping

    Not-so-Secret Shopping

    Today I traveled south of my home by just over 1-hour to the 1st annual Fayette County Fiber Festival. I was not disappointed! There were multiple YARN and WOOL vendors there as well as a number of vendors with related, non-yarn items. The booths/tables were set up in a logical manner and there was plenty…

  • No negatives (only good!)

    No negatives (only good!)

    According to a number of research studies, crafting is a wonderful way to improve our mood, boost our self-confidence and help reduce stress! Craft activities also help to enhance our brain function. Crafting activities exert a positive impact on motor skills, which are movements like running, walking, stretching, playing tennis, dancing (gross motor skills) and…

  • Cord Keepers (or tamers)

    Cord Keepers (or tamers)

    I recently attended a professional conference where I came home with a small bag of business-themed giveaways. One of these was a branded piece of rubber or nylon with a snap. Its purpose is to help contain cords that accompany all of our electronics. Driving back from that event, I thought about how to replicate…

  • Stitch by stitch

    Stitch by stitch

    I don’t know about you, but I sit down to crochet or knit for a lot of different reasons. Some days it’s to work on a specific item that I plan to give to someone as a gift. Other times it’s to make something for myself. Still other times I may be teaching myself a…

  • Meditation, of sorts

    Meditation, of sorts

    I learned to crochet at around age 10. My grandmother taught me how to crochet a chain stitch and that Summer I made countless bookmarks from yarn. Years later with young children of my own, I went to the local yarn shop in Emmaus, Pennsylvania and learned how to knit. I made a number of…