Author: Amy O'Neill Houck

Chinese Dim Sum – Steamed Pork Buns and Pork with Shrimp Dumplings Originally uploaded by melbangel

On Saturday night, after the kids were in bed, my mom and I decided to catch up on Project Runway, at the same time, we had a little sewing of our own to do. Mom had offered to make me

Living Crafts magazine has just hit the newsstands. It’s a new magazine with a focus on crafts made from sustainable and recycled materials. The theme of the first issue is crafts for kids, and its full of fund projects with

Holiday crafty craziness is well underway, and while I recover from a weekend full of visitors, you can enjoy this x-mas tree from Maryse. [via] While we’re at it, and because I had advent calendars on the brain all day

Clover USA is always coming out with fun new crafting tools. Last night I got an e-mail from the about a new product called Smocking Stickers. Apparently, you put the stickers on the fabric where you want to do the

One day late, I know folks, I’m sorry–somehow Monday passed by without my notice, and I thought it was Monday all day Tuesday. But anyway, the winner of Knitting Nature is…. Amy of Amy’s Babies! Amy has recently knit a

It’s not often that I find books that I know I’ll hold onto for a long time–real reference books that I can refer to frequently and use as a valuable resource in my crochet and knitting. Clara Parkes new book,

Selma and I were wondering if we could create a little being out of only felt. This is our first attempt. I’m sure more will follow. We used random bits of roving and fleece I had lying around. The head

I’m trying to buy handmade for those gifts that I’m not making this year. My biggest challenge seems to be children’s gifts. I’m looking for interesting toys and games, things that are not just another wooden truck or name puzzle.

This shrug isn’t new–in fact it barely fits Selma now, I made it when she was four. It was the prototype for my Alpaca Silk shrug, and I’ve just now finally written up the pattern. Made from one skein of