Buy a New Phone Case for a Great Cause

If you have fiber-fanatic friends to shop for this holiday season, or you just want to get a little something for yourself to support a great cause, check out the cell phone cases that will be on sale from November 30 through December 7.

The cases feature all sorts of fiber arts, which makes sense because they’re being sold as a fundraiser for the Needle Arts Mentoring Program. The program provides kits to teach kids about knitting, crochet, cross stitch, needlepoint, spinning and weaving. The kits include instructions and materials to get started and complete a project or two.

The cases will be available for 31 different phone models, and a portion of the proceeds from each $20 sale will go toward buying supplies to make the kits.

You can also help out by donating cash or supplies (check out their current needs), or helping out with or starting a program to teach kids where you live.

Have you ever taught someone a yarn craft? It’s a great thing to do with young ones around the holidays!

[Photo via the Needle Arts Mentoring Program.]

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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