Weekly Green Crafts: CAGW Round-Up for Feb 23rd-Feb 29th
It all started out with just little old me, trying to post at least once a day to get Crafting a Green World on its feet. That was just four months ago. Now, CAGW has seven other writers with more on the way. To see how much the blog has grown in such a short time still makes me take a pause.
Thanks to all of the kick ass writers on our team, CAGW is up to at least 10 posts a week! We’ve got some exciting series in the works, so make sure and stay tuned for all the upcoming developments.
February 24th — Artifacts: The Eco-Hippies by Autumn Wiggins: “Welcome to the first installment in a series of posts about crafty relics with an ecological twist. Mostly, I will be highlighting a history of methods and finished objects created with what would be considered sustainable materials by today’s standards. I think back to …”
February 25th — Recycle Sweaters Into Yarn by Skye Kilaen: “Normally we buy yarn in order to make sweaters. Did you know you can also do it the other way around? Ashley Martineau started knitting and quickly found that it can become an expensive hobby. To feed her addiction, she started unraveling sweaters from …”
February 25th — Trending Green by Kelly Rand: “New online knitting mag MetaPostModernKnitting arrived on the internet last week with the fashion forward in mind. Complete with great patterns, blog and articles, MPMK is a welcome edition to the online world. In their first issue, The Knitting Bully contemplates …”
February 25th — Recycled Photo Collage by Juliet Ames: “I forgot how much fun it is to make a collage but after seeing this collage by Justyn Hegreberg, I can’t wait to dive in! Justyn’s work is so interesting and original because he uses recycled photographs (mostly doubles and blurry snapshots collected from Craigslist) and …”
February 26th — ReadyMade Readers Renew Broken Umbrellas by Victoria Everman: “When was the last time you cleaned out your attic? How about your basement? Are there still boxes sitting around from when you first moved in years ago? Under all that dust and clutter, I bet there are some pretty random things …”
February 27th — No Limit Hold’em: Make a Playing Card Bag by Autumn Wiggins: “Every time I play Monopoly with my husband, he mercilessly beats me, and proceeds to rub it in my face for a solid 12 hours. Well friends, revenge is mine. His precious Park Avenue will someday soon find itself permanently affixed to …”
February 27th — Eat Out of the Can by Tara Hogan: “The Koo Tomato Paste Box is made in South Africa out of recycled tin and wire. Just think of all the things you could make if you saved all your cans and tins! Small, medium, and large sizes available from $22-$42. This lovely tin box is available at Indigo. Indigo is …”
February 28th — Yearn-Worthy Yarns: Knit One, Crochet Too by Victoria Everman: “It’s not often that I write about a specific yarn instead of a whole company’s collective offerings. Rare as it is, I couldn’t resist when it comes to Knit One, Crochet Too’s 2nd Time Cotton yarn. I first heard about 2nd Time Cotton in …”
February 28th — Recycled Bottle Cap Necklaces by Skye Kilaen: ” Via shopping blog Great Green Goods, I found these cute necklaces made from reused bottle caps. Syncopation Company was founded by two women who found that staying at home with their kids meant reevaluating their consumption patterns. The challenge of ….”
February 29th — More is More by Emma Henderson: “The first time I saw Stuart Haygarth’s work was at Designers Block in London back in September 2005, I walked into a dimly lit room and was confronted with the most amazing visual spectacle. The Tide Chandelier was the first thing I saw, it is an extraordinary …”
















