2013 Spring Patterns
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The Boys Primitive Hooked Rug
Using old techniques, and to give new life to old items, Michelle’s pattern is based on two Siamese cats that she shares her home with. About eighty percent of the wools in this rug are recycled from skirts, jackets, pants, and old wool blankets. The rest, mostly the reds and oranges, which were harder to find are mill, or hand dyed. There are over forty different colours and textures of wools in this rug pattern.
Designed by Michelle Miller
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Strawberry Patch Candle Mat
Who doesn’t love fresh strawberries in the summer? Now you can have the look of fresh strawberries all year long with this cute little candle mat. Felted wool is lovely to work with and the addition of beads gives this piece extra appeal.
Designed by Christine Baker
Fairfield Road Designs
P.O. Box 24, Brockville, Ontario K6V 5T7
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Silk Ribbon Sunflowers
Sunflowers now come in a variety of new red, brown, white and variegated tones besides the traditional yellow and gold tone, so you may choose to update your hat with some new sunny gems! Adapt the colours in the instructions to your own personal taste.
Designed by Erla Wilson
Country Garden
905.772.3757
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Seashell Lace Socks
To accommodate the stitch pattern, Kate has done something rather unorthodox. Most sock patterns have the heel worked on half the total sock stitches – I haven’t done that here. This allows me to keep the pattern centered and running neatly down into the foot, with a purl stitch on either side for balance. You can’t tell I’ve ‘cheated’ in the final result – it fits just as well, and looks even better!
Designed by Kate Atherley
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Pink Delight toe-up Socks
These socks are worked from toe to cuff so you can try them on as you go and custom fit to your foot.
Designed by Laura Gebhardt
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Pansy
The happy faced pansy comes in almost all colours, in many combinations and is a cheerful, hardy, early addition to the eager gardener’s plot after a long winter!
Designed by Erla Wilson
Country Garden
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Never Trust a Skinny Cook Reversible Apron
Use Trisha’s zany design for your favourite apron front. It will surely be a topic of conversation at the next gathering around the table. Basic apron diagram included.
Trisha Della Vella
Harebrained Happenings
416.282.9949
www.harebrainedhappenings.com
Morning Glory
These sweethearts of the morning love to climb. They come in various shades of pink and blue to welcome you fresh each morning and if you let them seed down they will be loyal to you for years to come. I have been blessed with one which appears to have mutated and is now a double, frilly bloom which returns each year.
Designed by Erla Wilson
Country Garden
905.772.3757
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Lily
Erla’s Day Lilies comes in an amazing array of colours, colour combinations, sizes, wide, narrow and ruffled petals. Plus they keep on blooming for months producing new blooms every day!
Designed by Erla Wilson
Country Garden
905.772.3757
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Itsy Bitsy Spring Santa
In Maria’s A Santa for Every Season Collection, she imagines what Santa is doing the rest of the year. This spring Santa is certain to draw a chuckle and is a quick Santa project to stitch up any time of the year.
Designed by Maria E. Gollek
www.marnicdesigns.com
Aspiring to inspire before I expire
How Old Would You Be?
“How old would you be?” is not just a rhetorical question. It’s a question that urges us to shed the labels that come with age. We really are as old as we feel or think we are. If we didn’t know our age, how old would we feel?
Designed by Jo Gatenby
model stitcher Pat Nicklow
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Hidden Secrets at St. Peter’s Abbey
When Hidden Secrets at St. Peter’s Abbey was on display, the first thing viewers notice is the effect of the stained glass. It actually looks like there is sunshine from behind the window. But on closer inspection, they noticed the hidden objects. What’s that? Yes, there are 6 corsets, 6 panties and 12 bras hidden in the stained glass design. Some viewers have even seen swimsuits! But the optical illusions have all been created from clever cutting of the challenge fabric.
Designed by Beverly Johnson
www.bramakerssupply.com
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Hats on for Spring! Set
Learn to make your own bouquet of flowers made up with ribbon. These flowers use the art of ribbonwork and the art of making flowers with ribbon to achieve life like flowers.
Designed by Erla Wilson
Country Garden
905.772.3757
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Gingham Mug Mat Set
Here’s a brand new needlework feature to ANPTmag – plastic canvas. We’re starting with some easy items to brighten up your kitchen for spring. Let us know what you think!
Designed by Laura Gebhardt
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Fun & Fast Beaded Bead Earrings
This project can be finished in less than a half hour and can be made to match a favourite necklace, top or as a special gift. Change the look or size of the beaded beads by changing the colour, size, and shape of the beads. Add a string of beads to make a dangling beaded bead earring. There are endless varieties and possibilities for making quick and interesting earrings using this simple beaded bead technique.
Designed by Brenda Franklin
www.bfdesigns.on.ca
Fan Vaulting Beret
This pattern is inspired by the wonderful, fan-vaulted ceilings found in many cathedrals. The ceiling at Bath Abbey inspired Denise to knit the first of a series of berets based on the fanned-out ribs and arches. This is the design for the fourth beret.
The hat starts with a lengthwise band knitted as i-cord. Stitches are then picked up along the band, then increased sharply, to start the twisted rib pattern. Decreases are hidden in the pattern to form the crown of the beret, which ends with the traditional tab.
Designed by Denise Powell
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Crossing Boundaries
Learn how to make a mosaic quilt with this informative article and the step by step essence of the technique.
Designed by Rebecca Sham
Cone Flower
These flowers now come in a variety of lovely shades of pink as well as white and burgundy shades.
Designed by Erla Wilson
Country Garden
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Blossom Branches Socks
This branching pattern incorporates tiny bunches of eyelets to give the impression of flowers. The colour is called raspberry but it makes Fiona think of the darker wine-like pink found in the centres of cherry blossom blooms.
When choosing shoes she always pick one up and hold it to see how it will look to me when I’m wearing it. So I applied this notion to this sock design. The pattern changes at the ankle so that the branch effect can be seen not only by an admirer but also by the wearer.
Designed by Fiona Ellis
www.fionaellisonline.com
Berry Nice cuff-down Socks
Easy to crochet cuff down socks.
Designed by Laura Gebhardt
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Bahach SPIRIT of WEALTH
This treasure box is perfect for storing leaflets, little flyers and business cards. It is embellished with the traditional Belarusan motif, the Spirit of Wealth.
Designed by Iryna Varabei
Spirit of Belarus
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