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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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I remember making tons of these when I was in secondary school! The technique for making these colourful friendship bands is called fingerweaving, although more accurately it is a form of macrame as the fabric is formed by tying knots. A variety of different designs can be made using just two basic knots (well technically [...]  Making your own stamps can be so much fun, to add a personalised touch to cards, gift tags, scrapbook pages and other craft projects. Small and medium-sized stamps can be carved from erasers, which are easy to obtain, and have the advantage that they don’t need mounting on a wooden block to be used. To [...] When I was younger I often wondered how to make patchwork. Patchwork – for quilts, bags, clothing, home decor and more – can be as simple or as sophisticated as you like. You can recycle scraps of old clothing, or make use of the many beautiful quilting fabrics now available. You can piece patchwork by [...] The idea of sewing your own clothes can seem a daunting one at first, but if you can stitch a straight seam, then you can run up something cool to wear! Today we’ll make this really simple and versatile skirt, which can be worn in multiple ways and is really easy to make. You can [...] Yay! My new crochet pattern booklet is finished! “Brighten your kitchen and wash up in style with this collection of sea creatures. Made from acrylic yarn, tawashi save on soap, protecting real aquatic life from the phosphates in our detergents. Pattern booklet includes 6 patterns, each using less than one skein of medium-weight acrylic yarn” [...] A couple of weeks ago we learned how to sew felt flat and how to applique. Today we’ll go 3D, and learn how to make felt stuffies with these two easy toy microbes, an amoeba and a salmonella bacterium. There isn’t all that much difference between sewing felt flat and sewing stuffed toys, so if [...] 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 [...] For this week’s Saturday Quickie, we’ll make a simple leatherwork project, this elegant flower hair accessory. You’ll need: 3 leather scraps in different colours length of covered elastic scissors and/or craft knife paper and marker pen Fold the paper into 6 and draw a petal on it. Cut out, and unfold, then use it as [...] 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 [...] Here’s part 2 of our basic sewing tutorial. On Wednesday we made a coin purse and learned how to sew whipstitch. Today, we’ll learn backstitch and blanket stitch, and make a bright floral phone case (or camera case, or eyeglasses case…) With these three stitches – whip stitch, blanket stitch, and backstitch – you can [...] |
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