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DIY: Jeans into Denim Jacket
As a designer and seamstress, I love making original looks that you can’t buy online. I prefer to redesign garments into..
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Skill Level: Experienced
The basics of English Paper Piecing
Let me begin by saying that I love to sew! What kind of sewing? Well, I haven’t found a variety I haven’t liked yet, other than possibly mending.
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Improve Your Knitting Skills!
Improve your knitting skills, no matter your skill level with these free knit blanket patterns. You'll learn new stitches while perfecting basic knitting skills.
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Improve your crochet skills!
Whether you're a beginner or more advanced, these free crochet blanket patterns will teach you new crochet techniques and help improve your skills!
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How to Sew a Zipper into a Cowl
For many knitters and crocheters (and heck, even some of us sewists), projects which require zippers can be intimidating.
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Stretching Skills with New Stitches
Have you ever been so overwhelmed by a pattern instruction, that you just gave up, and switched to a different pattern? I used to do this too!
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Beginner's Guide to Knit Lace
It seems that many novice knitters balk at knitting lace, but I'm here to tell you that knitting lace does not have to be …
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Changing Colors and Fair Isle Knitting
Some knitters seem to be intimidated by changing colors in the middle of a row or round, but the development of this simpl …
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How to Read Knitting Stitch Charts
Knit charts are useful tools for visually keeping track of stitches, especially in patterns which use cables, fair isle, a …
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How to Knit Ribbing
Ribbing forms a stretchy band and is usually found at the bottoms of sweaters, sleeves, neckbands, hat brims and mitten cu …
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Knitting Cables: an Introduction
Whether simple or complex, cable patterns add depth and texture to your knitting, and they are easy to learn. Use a cable …
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How to Sew A Mattress Stitch Seam For Knitting
Mattress stitch is worked with the right-side up and becomes invisible from the right side when finished. Mattress Stitch …
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Working with Double Point Needles
I have a confession. I wasn't a huge fan of Double Pointed Needles (DPNs). The great irony is that I love to work in the r …
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How to Graft (Kitchener Stitch)
Kitchener stitch invisibly grafts two pieces of knitting together through the live working stitches. This technique is fre …
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Guide to Duplicate Stitch
Duplicate stitch is the easiest way to add color to any knitting project made in Stocking stitch. Duplicate stitch is embr …
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Introduction to Intarsia
Intarsia knitting is not all that different than Fair Isle except that separate balls of yarn are added into the row for e …
