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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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Our last post on how to knit a sock covered how to knit the toe and instep of a very basic sock. By this point we’re ready to start that sometimes perplexing-looking task, turning the heel. There are many different heel styles, with and without gussets, shortrow heels, afterthought heels, eye of the partridge, French [...]  Hope you’re all having a great weekend! Most people know how to sew on a button, but what if you want to make a buttonhole, but don’t have a sewing machine with a buttonhole foot? Today I’ll show you one way to hand-sew a buttonhole. With fabrics that don’t fray, such as fleece or felt, [...] 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 [...] Felt is a cheap and versatile fabric for sewing projects. It doesn’t fray, and can be cut to any shape, making it great for decorative work. Today we’ll be learning how to sew felt, by making this fun monster coin purse. I’ll be showing you how to sew edges together with a whip stitch, and [...] On Wednesday we began our first knitting lesson with casting on, how to knit, how to make an increase, and some pattern abbreviations. Today let’s finish off our project with two types of decrease stitch, and how to bind off. First let’s recap our pattern: co 5 and knit 3 rows Increase section row 1: [...] 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 [...] |
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