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Cleveland Handmade is enabling, maybe even encouraging, holiday shopping procrastination wit… Continue

Leah Anastasakis of Leah Ana Designs issued a challenge to our team to show our best orange and black creations just in time for Halloween. Help us choose the best by voting for your three favorites using the ballot linked below the photographs at the bottom of this page at the link below. If you join our mailing list at the same time, we’ll enter you into a drawing for a $10 gift certificate good for any item at any of the challenge p… Continue

Yeah, I am in a love/hate relationship with knitting, well, at least blocking and edging. When I see a cable or lace pattern that I want to translate into a garment, I struggle mightily with creating an edging that doesn't roll. Sometimes I want the roll, but not so much on a scarf. So I block and block and then worry and worry that the scarf will eventually roll months after the client gets her home...and that person will swear at me and never wear it again and never buy another thing... And ye… Continue

I am a wool junky. I know this is true. My love of yarn lead me to explore felting of all sorts. My latest obsession is needle felting. I started making necklaces this spring, but the learning curve is pretty steep for jewelry making. Luckily for me, my Cleveland Team ( http://clevelandrocksetsy.blogspot.com/and http://clevelandhandmade.com) at Etsy is filled jewelry artists who are generous with their secrets.

So what came out of all this playing around with fiber? A trilogy inspired by one of… Continue

Summer is almost at a close. I see the pre-school opening faculty meetings looming on the calender and am frantic to finish the house projects on my list. The most important-at least to my neighbors-is painting window sills. But for me, I really wanted to complete a headboard project I've been waiting a few years to do.

A couple of years ago, my grandmother replaced her front doors. I had always loved the weather beaten blue doors and so, in the name of nostaglia and thriftyness, I took them, o… Continue