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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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Magic loop is a useful technique for knitting in the round, enabling you to knit any size piece, even down to glove fingers, on one long circular needle. Today we’ll learn how to knit with the magic loop method, and how to do a forward cable, while making this simple shawl-collared shrug with cable details, [...]  A few weeks ago, we learned how to cast on, knit, increase and decrease, and bind off. Today, we’ll add to that by learning to purl, and a rather nifty technique called illusion knitting, to make what at first glance looks like a simple striped handbag. Seen from the right angle, however, a row of [...] Today we continue with our crochet lessons, learning how to single, double and treble crochet, plus chain stitch and the magic ring cast-on. We’ll be making a belt inspired by Susan Cooper’s ‘The Dark is Rising’ novels (incidentally, if you haven’t read these books, please do check them out! I’ve reread them every year since [...] Amigurumi is a Japanese word meaning ‘knitted stuffed toy’. Amigurumi are simple to make, once you’ve learned the basic techiques, and a fun way to use up scraps of yarn. Today I’ll show you how to crochet one of the simplest shapes, a ball – and to show you just how versatile even the simplest [...] Sorry, I can’t show you how (except maybe pop-bottle-and-beans maracas) – but I know somebody who can My friend Jesse exhibited some of his musical instruments at a local gallery/performance space the other day, to promote his soon to be launched blog, rockfreakinsolid.com. From the middle of this month, he’ll be showing folks how [...] Everybody does it – when you first start out knitting, you find yourself gaining stitches, losing stitches, or finding holes in your knitting. Well, today we’re going to troubleshoot your knitting, and find out how to fix the three most common knitting problems. 1. I have more stitches that I started with! There are three [...] I'm not photogenic! In this quick and simple project, we’ll learn how to knit, how to cast on using the backward loop method, how to make an increase and 2 types of decrease, and how to bind off. We’ll also look at how to begin deciphering the mysterious code that knitting patterns seem to [...] What Valentines gift could be more personal than a picture of the two of you in a handmade frame? Today we’ll finish off our little love-fest by making a photo frame decorated with Japanese paper and origami stars. Of course, if you don’t have any Japanese paper, you could just as easily use gift-wrap or [...] More felting this week, as we look at how to make a felted lily like the ones on this bag. I recently made a hair accessory for a friend with 2 of these in blue – you could also attach one to a pin/brooch back for a dramatic corsage, or attach to wire stems for [...] |
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