When you live on a farm, it is hard not to be inspired by the life around you – kittens playing, foals running, cattle grazing – plus the textures of barn board, fences, crops and feathers and fur. For Michelle Miller, a hooking designer living on a farm near Bienfait, Saskatchewan, her world is her […]
Monthly Archives: June 2015
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[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] Yarn to me is the equivalent of being in a candy shop when I was child. You know how it is. When you were a kid, the sugary treats captivate your attention and you are overwhelmed with choice to pick just one. Fast forward to adulthood, I get the same emotions […]
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[columns] [span6] Tweed Jacket [/span6][span6] Lacy Shell [/span6][/columns] Here’s a new twist on the timeless Twin Set! Instead of matching patterns and colours we reverse the colour combination for each piece and use completely different stitch patterns for each. The juxtaposition of a lacy stitch for the shell with venerable tweed for the jacket gives […]
Knit Together with Cynthia MacDougall You hear it time after time: tension in knitting is important. Tension is important, but it is only important if a knitter wants a knitted item to fit well – and who doesn’t want that? I think the reason a lot of knitters dislike tension is because it requires additional […]
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[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] Can a knitter in fall possibly have too many sweaters? It hardly seems possible! The Westdale cardigan is a comfortable, cabled knit, with extra coziness hidden in the hood. Practice your basic cables across several complementary patterns that travel up the back and along the fronts, which add decorative depth just […]
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[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] When I was 20 my girlfriend taught me to knit. She had no idea that she was starting a life long passion. My inability to stick to a written pattern from beginning to end without changing things along the way led to designing garments, first for my children and then for […]
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[columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns] Remember when you used to sit for hours playing with your coloured pencils? Well I believe that we never grow out of that thrill we got from playing with colour. So I designed this project to allow you to have some fun while you make this playful sweater, and maybe […]
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[columns] [span4] [/span4][span8] [/span8][/columns] You know how the most obvious things are missed and are sitting right before our eyes?! The Going Dotty Aprons are exactly that. It’s not about the pattern, as any pattern you wish can be embellished with this ever so simple idea. Connect the dots to create a flower shape, and […]
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There is absolute beauty working with decorative stitches from your sewing machine combined with machine embroidery. Crocheting embellishments is another way to add flair to your project. There are many different tools to accomplish all creative ideas. Using stabilizers to secure decorative stitches as well as embroideries are very important, using the proper needle for […]
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[columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns] My mother was a wonderful seamstress. As she was growing up, she learned to make a lot of her own clothes, and over the years advanced to suits out of Ultrasuede® and anything else imaginable. She was determined to drag me into her world of patterns and alterations. I did […]