This week I've been catching up on all the wonderful things happening in the blogs.   I'll admit, though, that too often a blog will take me to another blog or YouTube; one  leads to another and I'm lost for an hour or more. I mean, can someone explain how I ended up watching Daft Hands - Technologic about 10 times?  Well, I'm sure you've been there yourself.  The next thing you know, the family is begging for supper or clean clothes and you're wondering where your week went!

Let's see...

Scrapbooking

Most crafter believe that those who share their passion are all warm, fuzzy, sharing, caring folk.  Then  a story proves that crafters in any genre are really just huuman beings, flaws and all.  Mad Croppers pointed us to a huge scandal: Cheating!   As reported by Newsweek, one of the 2007 Hall of Fame recipients for Creating Keepsakes was caught cheating. Two women were replaced. The rest of the story reads like Mean Girls!

However, we hands-on and digital folk still like to share.  Scraps of Mind argues that Quick Pages mean pages can finally be done. She pointed to a YouTube video tutorial by Ro Paxman for using Quick Pages.  YouTube?  Thanks...

Crafting

Ali Edwards's beautiful photos documented creating a button tree. Want directions to make your own?  The designer, Tia Bennett, published them at Two Peas.

Quilting/Sewing

The start of Project Runway has brought a new Project Runway challenge from AmyB. Like the designers, you have 15 minutes to sort through your stash for fabrics, papers, and trims.  Then create something that says YOU. There's still time to play!!

Beate Knappe shared her handmade cards for this holiday season.  Makes me want to grab some fabric, embroidery threads, buttons and beads and make cards my own.

I just found Thread Banger on YouTube (again...) This network is dedicated to people who make their own fashion. Every Friday the twosome uploads a new episode of Thread Heads! Their website includes a blog and forum.  Killed a couple hours catching up with pair and will be visiting again regularly.

Knitting/Crochet
If you're a fast knitter, there is just enough time to whip up a Felted Thanksgiving Oven Mitt!  Whitney and the Purl Bee provide the directions, you add feltable yarn (the Farmhouse Yarn used in the sample is fabulous!) and a little time.

Drew, The Crochet Dude, suggested we check out Vickie Howell's lates podcast.  She scored an interview with SNL regular Will Forte, a knitter,  talking about craft and "dudes", including Drew!

And finally.. because it's just fun to watch and I'm all about fun on YouTube today:

This YouTube video shows a knitting machine built entirely of LEGO's! 
It's just a mechanized version of a Knitty Knobby but mesmerizing!

When Debra Roby isn't dreaming about making something or watching YouTube videos, she blogs her creative life at A Stitch in Time and her mundane life at Deb's Daily Distractions .