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  • spice up your campsite cooking with wild ginger

    spice up your campsite cooking with wild ginger

    today’s wild edible profile is one of my favorites, we’ll be taking a look at wild ginger (specifically, western wild ginger). this one took me a while to find for the first time since it’s got a number of common lookalikes, and it grows low to the ground so it’s often hidden by other larger… Read more

  • DIY project: jewelry display box from thrifted materials

    DIY project: jewelry display box from thrifted materials

    here’s a fun little project I did this weekend after a goodwill trip. I wanted somewhere to hang my necklaces up in my bedroom, since I love wearing extra-long pendants and they are perpetually a tangled mess in my jewelry box. I had the idea of a sort of shadowbox type of thing that I… Read more

  • wild edible recipe: toasted couscous with nettle pesto & roasted radishes

    wild edible recipe: toasted couscous with nettle pesto & roasted radishes

    Stinging nettles are an intimidating plant to forage for, but they’re worth the trouble, I promise! My favorite thing to do with a bag of nettles is to make them into a pesto, it makes an insanely delicious and versatile ingredient. This recipe combines the nettle pesto with one of my other favorite (but little-known)… Read more

  • crochet pattern: blink dagger [dota 2]

    crochet pattern: blink dagger [dota 2]

    This post was originally written in 2020 and appeared on my old blog, daizedhandmade.blogspot.com. It has been updated and migrated here instead! [Click to jump to the pattern] Today I’ll be sharing a crochet pattern for a plushie Blink Dagger. This is probably the most complex pattern I’ve ever designed in terms of shaping, but… Read more

  • tutorial: how to use a nostepinne to wind perfect yarn balls

    tutorial: how to use a nostepinne to wind perfect yarn balls

    Is there anything more satisfying than pulling from a perfect center-pull yarn ball? Here’s how to use a Nostepinne to make one, old-school style. Read more

  • ramen noodle bowl amigurumi (free crochet pattern)

    ramen noodle bowl amigurumi (free crochet pattern)

    Click to skip to pattern This is one of the first patterns I self-drafted. I’d been learning a lot of amigurumi techniques and wanted to try designing something myself. I had a bundle of cheap mini yarn balls that I’d gotten when I was just learning how to crochet that I’d barely used, since it’s… Read more