BearyAnn Crafts

CRAFT, an online craft website I enjoy following, has posted a request for information about individual crafters.  I have been going through pictures of items on and off my knitting needles and crochet hooks, I thought I’d take a break and spend few moments to tell you a little about myself. ONE project you are [...]

When my grandson was very young I had the pleasure of caring for him while his mother worked.  One of our favorite together time activities was a tea party. We would get out one of my decorative tea pots and make a pot of tea which would be accompanied by a plate of cookies we [...]

We did it!  As of midnight, August 31 there are 26 followers of my Facebook page.  As promised in a post earlier this month, I have a teddy bear that I knitted to give to one lucky follower. Donna Cambre, congratulations.  Please contact me via email (  bearyann at gmail dot com – use the [...]

I want to organize my craft area.  Currently it is spread throughout the house.  I have so many works in process that I don’t know what I have on the hooks and needles any more. So I started to go through all the various boxes, totes, shopping bags and drawers. Here are a few of [...]

I learned to knit as a child in 4H. That was a lot of years ago.  Anyway…. I was taught the Long Tail Cast On and honestly believed it to be the only way to cast on until about 5 years ago when I learned the Knit Cast On. I like the Long Tail Cast [...]

I posted earlier about my favorite knit pattern for a teddy bear. During a recent closet clean up I found that I had made several of these bears in various sizes and with differing yarns. So in an effort to let everyone know about my facebook page, I decided to offer up a prize of [...]

I posted a story in September 2007 about how I knitted from my favorite teddy bear.  Her name is "Aunt Purl". She has had some wonderful adventures. Check back on earlier posts (enter PURL in the searchbox above). Recently I was asked about her pattern.  I posted a link to the pattern but it has [...]

If you live in the Independence/Blue Springs/Lee’s Summit area and would like to learn to knit or crochet, I will be teaching beginner classes through the month of June at the new Michaels store at Adams Dairy. I am getting the first projects made to model for you: iPhone holder / wristlets / scarf / [...]

I have so many projects in progress right now I decided to make a list to help me stay on top of them.  Unfortunately, every day I open my email and find a dozen more I’d like to do. So, I thought I’d show you some of what I got done. At Christmas my daughter [...]

I had this idea in January. "If I start Christmas projects now I will be ready and won’t have to rush through gifts next Christmas". Thanksgiving has come and gone, December is a couple days away, and here I am, rushing to make Christmas gifts. Last year I made towel toppers and dishcloths for several [...]