Crafts & DIY
338 sites
https://snail-legs.co.uk/
Snail-legs is a charming personal site by a creator who goes by snail-legs, featuring comics, zines, a bookshelf, a games lounge, a music room, a gallery, and an oekaki drawing board. The breadth of creative sections, from hand-drawn art to a snail-themed log and archived works, makes it a cozy corner of the indie web worth exploring.
https://avenue.neocities.org/
Avenue is the personal blog of Belle, a 32-year-old UK-based creator who paints, knits, quilts, and makes zines, documenting her everyday life and creative projects since 2019. With multiple linked side projects including a photo log, hobby log, and zine, her site is a cozy corner of the old web brimming with handmade charm and personality.
https://knittingpatternsgalore.com/
Knitting Patterns Galore is a searchable database of free knitting patterns sourced from designers and publications across the web, covering everything from baby accessories to blankets and vests. Visitors can browse by category, search by yarn weight or technique, and even submit their own freely available patterns to help grow the collection.
http://starquilts.com/index.php
Polly's Quilts showcases authentic Native American star quilts handcrafted by Polly, a member of the Hidatsa and Arikara peoples from the Ft. Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. The site features a gallery of colorful, handmade quilts rooted in Northern Plains tradition, along with the story of how Polly learned her craft from her mother in 1971.
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://togs-from-bogs.blogspot.com/2009/07/steel-needles-take-two.html
Run by a medieval archaeologist specializing in garment reconstruction and historic tailoring, this blog explores the material culture of textiles through the lens of hands-on craft practice. Posts cover topics like Skjoldehamn reconstructions, steel needles, hand spinning, and knitting patterns, blending academic rigor with practical crafting guidance.
https://misandricrat.neocities.org/
Meri, a 29-year-old enby rat building their first Neocities site, shares a colorful mix of crochet projects, zines, J-pop, anime, Asian cinema, and personal manifestos as part of a post-PhD creative rebirth. The site is packed with charming old-web aesthetics, crossword puzzles, blinkies, and a warm queer-friendly vibe that makes it a delightful corner of the indie web.
https://shonasplace.greycastle.net/Crochet/MyPatterns/minigraphs.html
Shona Davidson's sprawling craft resource offers hundreds of mini-graphs for crochet and cross stitch, covering alphabets, chess pieces, musical instruments, sports equipment, and much more. With patterns organized across categories like afghans, baby items, accessories, doilies, and bookmarks, this site is a treasure trove for fiber arts enthusiasts looking for charted designs.
https://frisout.neocities.org/
Lieke Postma, a 25-year-old Landscape Architecture student from the Netherlands, has built a cozy personal corner on Neocities featuring Pink Floyd as a highlighted interest. The site participates in the Hotline Webring and has an image-heavy layout that hints at a love of music and old-web aesthetics.
https://aliolka.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post_21.html
Aliolka's Russian-language crafting blog showcases handmade embroidery and sewn creations, including a charming Christmas tree toy made with her daughter for a holiday gift exchange project. The blog features cross-stitch patterns, embroidered ornaments, and heartfelt stories about the creative process behind each handmade piece.