Craft Markets

Seoul: Hongdae Free Market
This market happens in the park outside the entrance gate of Honggik University. There's stalls with handmade goods and crafts, secondhand clothes, jewellry.

To get a stall, you must put in an application with the market organiser. While Kristin, the original Seoul StitchnBitcher had her application rejected for uncertain reasons, she set up a small stall on the street just outside the markets and had no problems.

The markets are on Saturday and Sunday, and start mid-morning, and finish around dusk.



Craft Fairs and Bazaars
With a punky twist on the typical craft bazaar and cake stall, diy craft communities have started to hold their own craft shows.

Art vs. Craft

DIY Trunk Show

Depart-ment

Renegade Craft Fair

Bazaar Bizarre



Bizarre Bazarr
Bizzarre

Craft and Knitting Blogs

Some knitting blogs and general craft blogs. But what's a blog?

CRAFT

Sew Wrong http://www.sewwrong.com
An entertaining and interesting sewing blog by several authors doing a range of sewing projects with step-by-step instructions.


Not Martha http://www.notmartha.org
Not Martha is a craft blog with instructions on how to make simple crafts and lots of postings on other craft projects and ideas.

Loose Tooth http://www.loosetooth.com
Just one of the blogs of crafter, artist and designer Brandy, who knits, sews, paints and makes jewellry as well as selling her craft online and participating in local craft and diy fairs. This blog, her "art" blog, hasn't been updated for a quite a while but it's still inspiring stuff!

Whip Up http://whipup.net/ is a multi author site with contributors from around the world united by a passion for making things, for beautiful design and for a desire to share ideas with others. This website has been created in order to bring the best original and exciting crafts to the attention of many.

Extreme Craft http://www.extremecraft.com/ A compendium of craft masquerading as art, art masquerading as craft, and craft extending its middle finger

Scissorina http://www.scissorina.com/ scissorina (sizz-oh-reenah) noun, a female, scissor wielding multi-tasking crafter, often found drinking beer in large packs pretending to knit.

Crafster the Blog http://www.craftster.org/blog/
A blog from one of the women behind the craft forum site Craftster.org, with her own craft activities and Craft Challenges to blog readers.

KNITTING and CROCHET

Knitting in Public http://gusset.net/kip/
A blog following the knitting and yarn adventures of Kylie Gusset, from Melbourne StitchnBitch.

Unravelled http://www.need2knit.blogspot.com/ Random thoughts and pictures to document the knitting habit.

Another Blog About Crochet and Knitting http://anothercroknitblog.blogspot.com/
because we can never have enough.

Elabeth Knits http://elabeth.blogspot.com/

Handmade Crafts for Sale

Etsy http://www.etsy.com
Etsy is a site by crafters for crafters. Our goal is to make it as easy as possible for people to sell their handmade items, without the hassle of setting up an entire website and with much lower fees than eBay. Etsy is for selling anything that is handmade, from clothes to furniture to computer cases, so let your crafting run wild.

Crafty Bitch http://www.craftybitch.com/
CraftyBitch bags are 100% handmade, one-of-a-kind creations made from unexpected materials and a wild imagination.

Crafty Chica http://www.craftychica.com/shop/
Original, fabulous, shiny, glittery, cultural art made by Patrick Murillo and Kathy Cano Murillo in our sunny Phoenix, AZ, living room since 1990! This site also has some craft projects.

Sublime Stitching http://sublimestitching.com/
The ultimate funky embroidery site. Order embroidery patterns and sets.

Sparklecraft http://www.sparklecraft.com
Gorgeous handmade guitar straps, belts and accessories.

Austin Craft Mafia http://www.austincraftmafia.com/
We're just ten independent business owners in Austin, TX who share similar beginnings in fashion, craft and art. Each lady of the ACM owns and operates a respected and established business that represents the DIY spirit and brings her own individual talents to the group. The site has links to fashion and craft sites.

Storybox Purses http://www.storyboxpurses.com/
Storyboxes purses are made by taking empty wooden cigar boxes, paint them, collage them with all sorts of vintage and reproduction vintage elements (whatever suits my fancy!), then coating them with glaze for protection.

State of Delirium http://www.stateofdelirium.com
This website has handmade bags, record bowls and some original jewelry made from antique dominos.

Sew Nifty http://www.sewniftyhandbags.com/shop.html
Knitted and sewn handbags and ponchos. All Sew Nifty handbags are either a one-of-a-kind designs or produced in small, limited quantities. All designs are original with alot of attention to small details, handmade in my home studio with a portion of the profits being donated to Diabetes Research and Treatment.

Queen Bee Creations http://www.buyolympia.com/queenbee/sid=672331518/
Queen Bee Creations is best known for its collection of bags made from vinyl, belts, wallets, click coin purses and other cool handmade accessories. Really nice stuff!

Not Without My Handbag http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com
A designer from San Francisco who makes pop-culture infused accessories like album cover purses, keyboard jewellry, and wallets made from album covers, baseball cards, donut boxes and more.

Sew Dorky http://www.sewdorky.com
Makers of fine handstitched felt donuts.

Kim White Handbags http://www.kimwhitehandbags.com
Made from Vintage Automotive fabrics, Kim White uses dead stock never-used textiles intended for use in American automobiles: cars, trucks and vans.

Uncommon Goods http://www.uncommongoods.com
We are combining the treasures of a specialty boutique, the great finds of a craft show, discoveries from a faraway bazaar, along with some enduring classics.

Ex Libris Anonymous http://www.exlibrisanonymous.com
Handmade journal and blank books made from old book covers.

Crafting Groups

Stitch n Bitch http://www.stitchnbitch.org
The group that started it all!

The Church of Craft http://www.churchofcraft.org/
The Church of Craft aims to create an environment where any and all acts of making have value to our humanness. By promoting creativity, we offer access to a non-denominational spiritual practice that is self-determined and proactive. There are Churches of Craft in major cities around the world.

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DIY Crafts: Sites with project instructions

She Made This http://www.shemadethis.com
This site has a long list of craft projects, including paper mache box lights, marble magnets and 80s earrings. There's also a community forum where crafters post crafts, and pics of contributor's creations.

Craftster.org http://www.craftster.org/
Craftster.org is a repository for hip, crafty, diy (do it yourself) projects. People who have crafty urges, but who are not excited by cross stitched bunnies and crocheted toilet paper cozies, can show off their current craft projects, ask advice on future projects and get inspiration for new endeavors. Whenever possible, members are encouraged to post pictures of the steps involved in making a project as well as the final results. Special emphasis is placed on projects that involve recycling, reusing and repurposing existing objects.

Get Crafty htpp://www.getcrafty.com
Getcrafty has been around since 1997. It started as a zine called Crafty Lady, then morphed into a full web site with forums, reviews, craft blogs - a very community-orientated site.