
Craft
All about crafts, handmade products and traditional techniques
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Master the Basics: A Fun Guide to Crochet Stitches for Beginners
This beginner-friendly guide will walk you through the essential crochet stitches so you can start your first project with confidence.
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Craft Tutorial: How to create a coaster with a tufting
Learn the Art of Tufting with This Step-by-Step Tutorial on Making a Custom Tufted Coaster Tufting has become a popular craft technique for creating unique textile art pieces. From rugs to coasters, tufting allows artists to bring intricate designs to life using vibrant colors and textures. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a tufted coaster using a loop pile tufting gun—an excellent way to start if you're new to tufting or want a small project to practice your skills. This step-by-step guide will walk you through the essential tools, materials, and techniques needed to create a beautiful, handmade coaster. Whether you're an experienced fiber artist or a beginner exploring textile arts, this tutorial will help you discover the joy of tufting.
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Celebrating Origami Day: 5 Amazing Origami Artists to Follow
If you love origami or want to get inspired, these artists will show you how amazing paper folding can be and help you celebrate the time-honored craft!
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Free Crochet Pattern: Classic Granny Square
Discover a free downloadable pattern from a popular crochet course on Domestika.
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Crochet Tutorial: Easy Crochet Scrunchie for Begginers
Learn the Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Beautiful Crochet Scrunchie with Grace, a.k.a. Amazing is Grace Crochet enthusiasts, both beginners and experts, will love this easy crochet scrunchie tutorial. In this step-by-step guide, Grace, also known as "Amazing is Grace" on social media, walks you through creating a simple and practical crochet scrunchie in just one sitting. Whether you’re looking for a quick DIY gift idea or a fun crochet project, this scrunchie is perfect! What You’ll Need: A hair elastic Any yarn of your choice A crochet hook
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The Best Household Materials For Upcycling
Discover materials that virtually every household has that can be used to create unique, upcycled art!
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Free Download: Mini Backpack Pattern
Learn how to up-cycle your old clothes and create a cute mini backpack with this free pattern!
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Beginner Pottery Tutorial: How to Hand Build a Mug
Learn the art of hand building mugs with simple tools and techniques Are you curious about hand building a mug from scratch? Whether you’re a pottery enthusiast or a complete beginner, this step-by-step guide will help you create a beautiful mug using just a lump of clay and minimal tools. Materials you need: A lump of clay A turntable or wheel Basic pottery tools
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Free Download: Problems You May Encounter During Soap Production
Access a free download from a new course that brings together all the problems you may encounter during production or on the finished product.
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5 Resources To Learn & Identify Plants
Discover five free resources that will help you learn about and identify all kinds of different plants!
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Free Download: Basic Colorwork Exercise For Learning To Knit Colorwork Socks
Access a free downloadable exercise from a popular domestika course!
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5 Free Lessons to Learn Floral Design
Improve your skills with these 5 free floral design lessons. Create bouquets, compositions and discover floral art from scratch.
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Free Download: Embroidery Landscape Pattern and Color Guide
Gain access to a free downloadable embroidery pattern and color guide from a popular embroidery course.
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Free Download: Broccoli Stem Embroidery Pattern
Get your hands on a free download from a popular embroidery course!
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Upcycling Tutorial: How To Create a Makeup Bag With Your Scraps
Turn your leftover fabric into a chic DIY makeup bag with this easy-to-follow free tutorial If you've ever finished a sewing project and found yourself with leftover material, don't toss those fabric scraps just yet! With a little creativity and some basic sewing skills, you can transform your leftover fabric into a stylish makeup bag. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the steps to create a custom makeup bag using denim scraps. Not only is this project eco-friendly, but it also gives you a unique, personalized accessory.
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Sashiko Stitching Tutorial: Introduction to Hitome Zashi
Discover the traditional Japanese technique of sashiko stitching with expert tips from Kate Ward Sashiko stitching is a centuries-old Japanese embroidery technique that combines beauty and functionality, traditionally used to reinforce and repair fabric. Today, sashiko has evolved into a popular craft for creating stunning designs on textiles. In this tutorial, expert Kate Ward offers a sneak peek into her Zen Stitching course, where she guides you through the basics of sashiko, from threading the needle to mastering the running stitch.
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Embroidery Tutorial: Creating Abstract Landscape Step by Step
Unlock your creativity with Anna Hultin’s artistic process for crafting beautiful abstract landscape embroidery patterns Are you ready to explore the art of abstract landscape embroidery? In this tutorial, artist Anna Hultin from Loveland, Colorado, guides you through the process of transforming simple sketches into stunning embroidery patterns. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced embroiderer, this step-by-step guide will help you harness your creativity and produce unique, visually captivating pieces.
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Tom Daley: Olympic Diver and Knitting Pro
Meet Tom Daley, the Olympic Diver, who is bringing knitting to a whole new level!
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A Beginner's Guide to Embroidery
Learn about the basic tools of embroidery, and start your creative journey today.
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Embroidery Tutorial: Basics of Realistic Punch Needle Technique
Master the Basics of Punch Needle Technique to Create Stunning Embroidery Art
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Downloadable Origami Cutting Practice
Enhance your origami skills with our free cutting practice templates. Perfect for beginners to improve precision and create beautiful origami designs. Download now!
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Embroidery Tutorial: Realistic Punch Needle Technique for Beginners
Learn Punch Needle Embroidery with Expert Tips from an Instagram and TikTok Star: Youmeng Liu
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10 Free Tools to Create Your Own Embroidery Patterns
Make custom embroidery designs from photos, drawings, and more with these free online embroidery pattern makers—plus discover free resources to inspire your designs
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Remembering Clara Gutierrez: A Talented Ceramist and Beloved Teacher
Join us in remembering the legacy and work of the talented Clara Gutierrez, as we honor her journey in life and at Domestika.
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Jennifer Berg: 4 Native Artists who Inspire the Knitwear Designer
Discover how Jennifer Berg draws inspiration for her designs from four influential native artists.
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Illustration Tutorial: How to Add Embroidered Details to Your Paintings
Learn step-by-step from Josefina Jiménez how to add embroidered details to your acrylic floral paintings Beautiful floral illustrations are a great way to fill any environment with color and warmth. And if a floral painting is enriched with embroidered details, it comes to life even more. That’s why visual artist Josefina Jiménez often mixes techniques, such as watercolor, acrylic, and embroidery, to enhance the details of her compositions. In this tutorial, she teaches us how to make different types of stitches to achieve a variety of textures across different plants and flowers. Find out more in the video:
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5 Tutorials for Knitting Beginners
Ready to knit? Explore our 5 easy-to-follow tutorials for beginners and start creating wonderful knitted pieces in no time.
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Free Download: Coptic Binding Ebook
Discover the basics of Coptic Binding with this free eBook and learn from Domestika's experts.