 |  | From Sarah White, your About Needlecrafts Editor | | It may not officially be fall on the calendar in the Northern Hemisphere, but it’s time to get ready for brisk fall days and sniffle season. We’ve got lots of crafty ideas that will help you do just that. Happy crafting! | |  | Sign up for more free newsletters: | | | | This time of year it seems like you always need a tissue. Why not make that necessity a little cuter with this travel-sized pouch? READ NOW | |  | If you have balls of leftover yarn in your house, a scrap blanket made of strips is a great way to use them. Bonus: it keeps you warm while you knit! READ NOW | |  | A knit or crocheted hat is a great way to keep your head warm in fall or winter, and they’re pretty quick projects that you can personalize in a lot of different ways. Here are 20 crochet patterns to get you started. READ NOW | |  | OK, this one won’t exactly keep you warm, but fall is football season, and you can show your team spirit with this quick and easy football-shaped pillow, perfect for the TV room or the dorm room. READ NOW | |  | | | An every-morning rundown of the day in history, with headlines and trends produced by your pals at About.com. Click here to sign up! It's free (of course) and we think you'll like it! | | |  | Want More From About.com? | | | | Sign up for more free newsletters on your favorite topics You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About.com Needlecrafts newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. Contact Information: 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor New York, NY, 10036 Privacy Policy © 2014 About.com | |  |  | |