One of the most frequent questions I hear from crafty sellers new AND old is “How much should I be charging for this?” A lot of beginners make some common mistakes and misjudgments.

If you run a home based crafty bussiness, this article is a good tool.

How to: Pricing Your Handmade Goods & Products 

Hi dear crafters, It has been passed long time since I haven’t posted nothing on my Workshop. I’ve take up a new hobby, it’s knitting and crocheting little monsters, but today I will release a useful English/American crochet terms chart, It will help you If you want to make some patterns made by me in the future. Tomorrow, I’m going to give you an spooky surprise….

Take care everybody :) 

PD: You can download the chart by clicking the pic above.

New on my Crafty Podcast

Learn how to make a recycled t-shirt tote. Comment pls =D

New on my Crafty Podcast: How to use a pocket knitter.

Funny and simple to use, the pocket knitter -which is a kind of loom- is an easy and convenient way to make knitted accessories but not exactly knitting. 

Customize a pair of flip flops

Hi everyone, this is a cute tutorial originally posted by craft4all. It is written in arabic, but I’m going to transtale this moreless according to the pictures. I will make my own personalized flip flops for the summer :)

Instructions:

1. Cut the plastic straps off of both soles.

2. With sharp scissors, enlarge the strips holes in the wrong side of the sole. Don’t cut all the way through, making the hole bigger……..just make a bigger resting spot for your knot to lay (that you’ll be placing here in later steps).  Cut about 1/3 of the way through the thickness of the sole.

3. Make a fabric flat (or round) braid following this steps. Take note that you need to use a semi stretch fabric in order to keep your feet on the flip flops. To determine whether or not the braided section in long enough, wrap the braided knit around the back of your foot and then up over the top of your foot and down through your toes.  And then make sure that there is enough to stick through the sandal and then tie in a knot.  

4.   Now, you need to shove the raw ends down into the hole by the toes of the sandal.  You can use a pen (in the “off” position) to shove the ends down in there.  The hole will stretch so you can really shove a lot down in there with some effort.

5. You should have both ends coming out the bottom of the sandal.  Be sure that the braid isn’t all twisted on the other side.

6. Next, tie really tight knots into each end of the braid and then trim off the excess fabric.

7. Then add a little hot glue beneath your knots and into the crevice of the flip-flop that you dug out earlier.

8. While the glue is still hot, press the knots into the foam sandal and as hard as you can, to really secure the knots in place…….and to force them into the sole of the sandal.

9. Now, cut 2 more strips of your knit fabric and make a loop of fabric on each side of the sandal, including the braided strap as you loop the side strap down in place.

10. After you have both side loops in place, make knots in the bottom and trim off the excess.  Glue them in place the same way.

11. Wrap some thread around the toe section over and over again as tight as you could (without breaking the thread) and knot it in place.

And finally, your sandals should now look like this. That’s it. I hope you enjoy this as much as I like :3

Don’t forget to visit my Crafty Podcats. 

Soleil Knit Fingerless Gloves - New Zealand Merino Wool & Cashmere by Tickled Pink Knits / Elena R. on Flickr.

Cute fingerless gloves. They would be my next proyect to make :)

crafty-licious:

vintage purse (by pontinhos meus)

Made by Me by Jane Bull - Book review.

Hi crafters, let me tell you about a book plenty of cute and lovely things to make. This is Made by Me, writen by Jane Bull. It is a step-by-step guide to introduce yourself in the awesome world of embroidery, sewing and knitting by making easy and lovely proyects like felted flowers or lavender pouches.

This book was made thought in little girls, but actually, inside the pages you will find that most of the proyects could be suitable for young ladies.

I recommend this book to every women from all ages who wants to begin on sewing, embroidery and knitting and learn them in an easy and funny way.

Another video about how to make recycled paper. You will need newspaper sheets or another waste paper, water-based colorant, and water. A mixer or blender and a 25”x20” frame as tools.  Enjoy it, I’m expecting your comments :)