Handmade Love & Joy

Handmade Love & Joy The creativity blog of Mieke Zamora-Mackay. Also on Instagram - handmadeloveandjoy All items are made and/or designed by Mieke Zamora-Mackay.

The page for Handmade Love & Joy, an online store for knitting patterns, hand-knit novelty items, gifts, and home accessories. Mieke is also a Certified Knitting Instructor and teaches at Hooked in Haddonfield, NJ

My Learn to Knit Socks class is back! Level up your knitting skills.Thursdays at 6:00 pm.Begins 5/7/2026
04/21/2026

My Learn to Knit Socks class is back! Level up your knitting skills.

Thursdays at 6:00 pm.
Begins 5/7/2026

Last week’s holiday make! A few bags to support and their mission to provide period flow kits to women in need at shelt...
04/13/2026

Last week’s holiday make! A few bags to support and their mission to provide period flow kits to women in need at shelters, food pantries, and other community groups.

Pattern: Flow Forward Clutch Bag
Designer: Becca Fenstermaker

Nicey Spicy!My order arrived today with a loveyly gift. Daghang salamat!
04/12/2026

Nicey Spicy!

My order arrived today with a loveyly gift. Daghang salamat!

Today’s one of those days that I have all to myself and can’t figure out what to do with it. I could take a luxurious n...
03/29/2026

Today’s one of those days that I have all to myself and can’t figure out what to do with it. I could take a luxurious nap… or sort out my TO BE MADE pile of sewing projects and decide which projects still want to be made, or should go into a goodbye pile (the fabric will likely be put back into my stash, or be donated or given away.

➡️ The remaining TO BE MADE:
- Stroller Quilt (to be finished)
- See Together Bag
- Yarn Cozies

Now to nap…

Another finally finished object. This one took a while of being on sleeve island.Pattern: Robinia LightDesigner: Anne Ve...
03/09/2026

Another finally finished object. This one took a while of being on sleeve island.

Pattern: Robinia Light
Designer: Anne Ventzel
Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Sport in Dirty Panther and Tart colorways

03/06/2026

I am participating in this year’s Knit for Food Knit-A-Thon as part of Team HookedNJ on 4/11/2026.

Founded by knitwear designer, Laura Nelkin, in 2021, this 12-hour knitting marathon has raised over $1.7 Million over the past 5 years and awareness to the vast food insecurity that exists in this world.

You can join me in two ways. First, click the link in my profile to get to Team HookedNJ’s page.

Sign up to fundraise for our team and commit to knitting/crafting for 12 hours on 4/11/2026 (Click the FUNDRAISE button, set up a profile, and choose our team and start fundraising by sharing the link to your page with others).

OR

Donate through the team page and have your donation credited to our team. (Click the DONATE button and make your donation - it will be credited to our team.

My newest finally finished object. Pattern: PatchworkDesigner: Aimee GilleYarns Used: Tosh Mo Light (discontinued) scra...
02/27/2026

My newest finally finished object.

Pattern: Patchwork
Designer: Aimee Gille
Yarns Used: Tosh Mo Light (discontinued) scraps and Quince & Co. Owlet remants

The original pattern calls for for worsted weight yarn, for a larger triangular bandana shawl. I opted to make it in fi*****ng weight scraps to make it more kerchief sized - which seems to be the neck warmer size I’m attracted to now.

I love how quiet the world seems under this blanket of white. Stay safe, stay indoors, and knit on… 🤘🏼🧶
02/23/2026

I love how quiet the world seems under this blanket of white.

Stay safe, stay indoors, and knit on… 🤘🏼🧶

Nervous traveler tip: a tubular cast on and a coffee with a touch of Irish cream can really take the edge off.
01/22/2026

Nervous traveler tip: a tubular cast on and a coffee with a touch of Irish cream can really take the edge off.

Here’s the back of my Patchwork scarf by Aimee Gille. Her pattern calls for worsted weight, but I’ve decided to work thr...
01/10/2026

Here’s the back of my Patchwork scarf by Aimee Gille. Her pattern calls for worsted weight, but I’ve decided to work through discontinued fi*****ng weight scraps making this a smaller kerchief style scarf.

Aimee has a quick and easy way to weave in the many ends that makes that step less of a project it itself.

The ends here are all woven in, but I’ll snip the rest of the tails after blocking.

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