10 Crafts to Get Started In
It's time to take on a new hobby! Discover plenty of ideas, with tutorials to help you get started with confidence in the crafts that most interest you.
Browse below, choose a craft that you'd love to explore and click through for our simple beginner's guides, featuring top tips and ideas on how to master the basics.
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Bargello is a perfect craft for moments of mindfulness, allowing you to build up stitches in a mathematical zig-zag pattern to create stunning decorative items for your home. The 70s craft named after a set of 17th-century upholstered chairs at the Bargello palace in Florence is back in vogue, and with a few products that you'll most likely have tucked away in your craft stash you can be stitching away in no time.
Brush lettering is the perfect way to start personalising – whether you're crafting homemade decor, unique papercrafts or thoughtful gifts! Create a calligraphic style of lettering, but with a brush pen. By applying more pressure on downstrokes and less pressure on upstrokes, you can produce flowing letters to customise every project.
Personalise scents, colours and styles to create unique candles, tailor-made for yourself or a friend! Craft your customised candle design, light your wick and enjoy the lovely fragrance and soft glow of your creation! Handmade candles will also make the perfect gift, ideal for adding to hampers.
Whether you're looking to take your papercrafts to the next level or create custom clothing and decor, Cricut brings a whole new world of possibilities. With the Cricut Explore and Maker machines, cut, write and score your unique designs onto a vast range of materials: cardstock, fabric, iron-on vinyl, wood, foam, tracing paper and more!
Whether you want to expand your talents beyond knit or it's your first venture into the world of yarn, there's no better time to get started in crochet! This is a versatile craft that'll transform your wardrobe and your home. Hook yourself up with the basics and explore endless inspiration below.
A classic craft that's easily customised to suit your every idea, embroidery helps you create works of art one stitch at a time. From personalised patches for clothing and accessories to unique gifts and home decor, embroidered designs will add stunning decorative detail to anything you choose.
Embroidery is also a fantastic way to enjoy mindful crafting, with endless projects that are certain to aid your concentration and help you relax.
Discover one of the most timeless crafts of all, with the potential to transform your wardrobe, accessories and homewares! We're showing you the basics of casting on and getting to grips with knitting patterns so that you'll be ready to bring a huge range of garments to life
Forget your brushes and prepare to enter the colourful world of fluid art! This is a whole new way of using acrylics to create artworks that are utterly unique every time. Experiment with the different fluid techniques and watch the colours flow.
With personalised scents, colours and shapes, create your own personal spa at home with handmade soaps! This wonderful craft will be easy to master, and your unique creations are certain to make the perfect gift for a loved one, ideal for adding to hampers.
Lino printing is a calming craft that enables you to create print after print of your handcrafted design. It'll be easy to get started with our range of tools and materials, available online and in store. The simple steps below will help you on your way to achieving custom-made prints!