If you're anything like me, I'm guessing, when you need to find a pattern or instructions, you turn to YouTube or another social media first. Chances are, whatever you're looking for will be there, probably with several different tutorials for you to choose from.
It is, after all, usually much easier to watch someone do something, and copy them, to learn how to make whatever it is, than it is to read instructions and try to interpret what they want you to do. Not all written instructions are clear or straightforward.
There are some crafts I don't turn to YouTube for, in particular cross-stitch. I'm not sure how that would work, to be honest. I also prefer not to use an electronic pattern: paper all the way.
Crochet can go either way: I have books of patterns, and I've found tutorials for items on YouTube. Crochet is definitely one of those crafts where I found it much easier to learn by watching than by reading, although having learned how, I did then find reading a pattern more straightforward.
Papercrafts, though, I've always looked to YouTube for ideas or instructions. I have had magazines, but they were primarily for the collection of supplies rather than the projects contained within. I'm not sure if I've ever made any of the projects from the magazines. Mostly because they all require supplies I don't (or didn't) have. So I got rid of the pile of magazines.
And then I found a Papercrafting Guide while I was browsing in the craft section of the library shelves. Full of projects not trying to sell me an exciting new supply. So of course I found the one project that actually only required card anyway.
The cards all seemed more complicated that I like in a card. So, naturally, I went for the basket-weaving. It took me several sessions of weaving, partly because of Tiny interruptions. I used the not-so-good card (it's too thin to use as a card base) for this first practice.
The book called this an Easter Basket, so I practised with some pastel colours, for spring, but I don't see why it would only have to be for Easter. It was easy enough to make, though a bit fiddly with all the weaving. It'd probably be fairly easy to scale up too. But it isn't very strong, which might be the light-weight card. I shall have to try again with a heavier-weight one. And if I can work out exactly where the corner folds will land, next time I'll score them first, to make it easier to go around the corners.
Currently it's being used to hold a load of Christmas baubles I've made. And I might look again at other papercrafting guides, for more non-card projects.
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