Crafts & DIY
338 sites
http://marthabeth.com/needlework.html
Martha Beth's needlework hub covers everything from teaching at national stitch festivals to free downloadable charts, copyright guidance, and repetitive stress injury advice for stitchers. The site includes class listings, completed project showcases, humor, and links, making it a well-rounded resource from an experienced needlework instructor and author.
http://mousechirpy-polkadotpineapple.blogspot.com/
Polka Dot Pineapple is Arlette's personal lifestyle blog covering home decor, crafts, and everyday living with a warm, creative touch. Posts feature DIY tutorials, home organization ideas, and decorating inspiration gathered across years of active blogging since 2008.
https://needleworkretailer.com/007buyersguide.htm
The Needlework Retailer publishes a comprehensive buyers guide listing wholesale suppliers of cross stitch, needlepoint, embroidery, knitting, and yarn accessories for retail store owners. The directory connects trade businesses with dozens of wholesale vendors covering everything from hand-painted canvases to scroll frames, punch needle supplies, and original design patterns.
http://hobbyloco.com/Xpatt01.html
HobbyLoco offers a generous collection of free original cross stitch patterns organized by theme, including animals, flowers, and holiday designs, all sized for quick projects using leftover floss. The creator shares charming small patterns like biscornu designs and seasonal ornaments, and also participates in community stitch-alongs such as WIPocalypse and the Halloween and Christmas Ornie SALs.
https://mercycrimm.neocities.org/
Mercy's freshly built personal site centers on her love of knitting, with plans for a portfolio of projects and links to her free patterns on Ravelry. Still in its early stages, the site is a charming work-in-progress from someone learning HTML while sharing her handcraft hobby.
https://theadr.net/
The adr's web is a colorful personal site by a creator who regularly shares crochet projects, craft posts, music playlists, media recommendations, and a dream log. With frequent updates covering everything from handmade ornaments to Spotify wrapped recaps, it captures the spirit of the indie web with webrings, fanlistings, and a lively update log.
http://kira.eight45.net/
Kira's personal wiki-style site blends practical DIY skills like bamboo pulleys, knots, and linen cloth-making with reflections on living outside capitalism, healing, and building community. Charmingly self-hosted on a 2008 desktop running Debian, the site offers a genuinely eclectic mix of nature-adjacent crafts, personal essays, and tools for more intentional living.
http://elismomma.blogspot.com/
Run by a crafter known as LoPeZ FaMiLy, this blog chronicles an ongoing passion for cross stitch with project updates, finished pieces, card exchanges, and items for sale on Etsy. Readers will find a warm community feel with comments, links to top cross stitch resources, and a log of completed works including Christmas cards, stockings, and client commissions.
http://laurakogler.net/processing/MosaicKnitting
Laura Kogler's Mosaic Knitting Pattern Generator is an interactive browser-based tool that creates two-color slip-stitch knitting patterns using Processing.js. Knitters can customize stitch count, repetitions, colors, and apply effects like reflection and mutation, then download the resulting pattern image for use in their projects.
https://chromatic-crow.neocities.org/
Max's personal Neocities hub introduces a queer PNW creator in his late 20s with a strong focus on fiber arts and handmade crafts including knitting, crochet, sewing, quilting, and cross stitch. The site is still early in development but serves as a link hub with a shareable button and connections to neighbors in the Neocities community.