Crafts & DIY
338 sites
http://make-stuff.com/
Make-Stuff is a comprehensive DIY resource for crafters, hobbyists, and home entrepreneurs covering everything from craft projects and sewing to homemade formulas, gardening, and holiday ideas. Visitors can browse hundreds of free step-by-step projects including tissue paper flowers, homemade glue recipes, plaster masks, and household cleaner formulas.
https://snifflebear.moe/
Snifflebear is a cozy personal site run by a creator who documents their wardrobe, outfits, crocheting, nail art, bento, beauty, and home setup with an adorable aesthetic. Sections covering fashion hauls, desk updates, and Japan trip planning make it a charming slice-of-life corner of the web.
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.
https://divergentrays.com/
Divergent Rays is Neko's lovingly hand-coded personal homepage inspired by the old Geocities era, covering a wide range of interests including cats, recipes, cross stitch, pixel art, cocktails, and personal shrines. The site's name comes from an x-ray term the creator learned in radiology school, used as a metaphor for their many divergent passions.
http://solaria-gallery.com/index.html
Solaria Gallery is the personal design portfolio of Stoyanka Ivanova, a Bulgarian needlework artist offering cross-stitch and gobelin tapestry patterns in multiple languages including English, Bulgarian, Russian, French, and more. Visitors can browse her original needlework designs and find freebies, making it a lovely destination for embroidery and tapestry enthusiasts worldwide.
https://shadylane.com/homedecdownloadspg1.htm
Shady Lane offers downloadable PDF crochet patterns focused on home decor projects, including rugs, tissue box covers, toilet seat covers, and wall hangings. Patterns are sold individually via PayPal and cover a range of themes like butterflies and floral designs, making it a handy shop for crochet enthusiasts looking to spruce up their bathrooms and living spaces.
http://prairieschooler.com/free.htm
Prairie Schooler is an established needlework design company offering free counted cross stitch and needlepoint patterns as a bonus for visitors, alongside their full commercial catalog of chart packs and seasonal designs. The site features downloadable freebie patterns, inventory listings, Schooler Santas collections, and limited edition chart packs for needle arts enthusiasts.
https://afewscraps.com/
Christina Cameli's quilting blog covers free-motion quilting techniques, design inspiration, and tutorials for sewists of all levels. The site features a rich archive of posts dating back to 2008, along with free-motion design galleries, wedge quilt tutorials, and links to her video course on choosing quilting designs.
https://alpistrickbuch.blogspot.com/
Alpis Strickbuch is a German-language knitting resource created by an experienced crafter named Alpi, who has been knitting for decades and shares her techniques online so they can be easily referenced and linked. The site covers basic and special knitting techniques, stitch patterns, patchwork, and original sock designs like the whimsically named 'Serpentes' sock.
https://tabf5.com/
TabF5 is a personal creative site featuring wood carvings, a device museum, photo updates, and an assortment of other projects. The numpad-style navigation and retro aesthetic make it a quirky and distinctive showcase of one person's hands-on hobbies and collections.