My name is Ella Emhoff, and I’ll be your professor today.

And any day you come back here for more crafts.

I’m a maker.

Give me a material, and I'm going to make something fun out of it. I’ve been making arts and crafts since I was a kid, mainly using it as an outlet for the immense anxiety that was beginning to take over me. I spent all my time making and kept finding new ways to make it the center of my life. I started as a children’s ceramics teacher at a summer camp, moved on to working as an artist's fabricator (best job ever), and worked in the fashion world for a sec (desk job). Then I took a quick detour modeling while I figured out how I wanted to blend my love of art and this newfound platform I fell into. Many different steps led me to creating my beloved knitting community, ‘Soft Hands Knit Club’ (I’ll go into it, don’t worry), and then other steps led me to having to stop it (that I may not go into).

But here we are!

Here you are!

The best things come from having to adapt.

So welcome to our Soft Crafts Craft Club.

This is my first time using a platform that I’ve felt comfortable making content like this, so it’s very exciting and nerve-wracking at the same time. I feel like most people didn’t even know what my voice sounded like until the DNC (yes, I'm a deep-voiced girlie), which feels odd because I’ve had a following for a handful of years now, and I’m only now kind of breaking the barrier between my followers and myself. I don’t like when people have that online, so I don’t know why I was doing that. So if you’ve been following me and thinking, "Why is she distant?" I’m sorry. But also, I’m not, because I don’t owe anyone anything. However, I love my community, I love making art, and I love sharing it with people. I’m going to do my best to stay consistent and create the best and most fun content I can. I’m going to be doing things as I come up with them, changing things when I don’t feel like they’re working right. I’ve got a lot of ideas for video content because I’ve never really allowed myself to do them, so there will be a lot of tutorials, but there will be other crafting and more personal videos as well, so just stay tuned for the fun.

What is covered under arts and crafts?

Knitting, crochet, knit painting, weaving, beading, pottery, embroidery, clothes customization, clothes mending, general home DIY ( like the plant pot cover I made out of old fabric ).

There will be little to no coverage of tradition mediums like drawing and painting.

Here are all the goodies that come with a paid subscription.

• Guided video tutorials and patterns ( arts and crafts taught by me )

• Up-cycling guides ( ways to use everyday materials to create new things and ways to up-cycle things you have and may be wanting to get rid of. It’s like all the things you see on Pinterest that you wish was easier to understand how to do. )

• Community chats ( just general chit chat surrounding all things arts, crafts, sustainable crafting, and self care )

• Work with me videos ( just chill chatting while I work on bigger projects )

• Master lists ( like my curly hair care one and pain management one )( I will - those here also )

Here are all the goodies that come with a free subscription.

• Final projects

• Video Clips

• Artist highlight of the month!

• Master lists shortened