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K’s New Jacket

Sewist — Sun, 06 Sep 2015 10:16:43 +0000

A couple of months ago, I knitted a jacket for a friend’s baby boy, K; but he grew out of it much faster than I’d allowed for! K’s Mum asked if I could make a larger jacket that would work for the winter. Trouble is, the pattern I used only goes up to 3-6 months, and she […]

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Cooey!

Sewist — Thu, 28 May 2015 14:54:55 +0000

I can’t resist a bargain, so when I spotted the Stitch London book in the Works for just £3, I knew it would be an interesting read. Several of the projects use the dreaded double pointed needles, but there’s also a few that are knitted flat, so for about the price of a Starbucks Frappuccino, […]

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A Speedy Knit?

Sewist — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 13:57:52 +0000

I was browsing through Ravelry and came across what claims to be a one-hour-knit for a baby’s cardigan. I’ve avoided knitting clothing (other than hats) for anyone, as it seems to take forever, and my knitting tension is usually a bit off as I come back to the project the next day. But a one-hour-knit? That […]

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A rush request

Sewist — Tue, 10 Mar 2015 17:28:20 +0000

I heard from a relative that he was going to be a daddy 😀 ….only trouble is, he told me about 3 weeks from the due date, which didn’t give me much time to make something! I’ve sewn a couple of messenger bags using the tutorial from Crazy Little Projects before, and knew I could make […]

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Cluing for Looks

Sewist — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:19:51 +0000

Finally, Sherlock Mouse is finished! He took a lot longer to complete than I had anticipated, mainly because I really was uncertain what I was going to do with his hair. Adding in the crocheted deerstalker hat worked perfectly, even if the hat is slightly too big for his head! The basic mouse pattern uses […]

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2015

Sewist — Sun, 11 Jan 2015 14:19:21 +0000

How did 2014 fly past so quickly that it’s 2015 already?! It doesn’t seem a year ago that I decided I wanted to start learning to sew, and was borrowing Mum’s sewing machine to get to grips with the basics! Anyhow, with the new year in mind, I’ve decided to take part in Crazy Little Project’s Crazy […]

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Sew Long to Poverty

Sewist — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 11:00:18 +0000

If we want a new sewing machine, most of us can either save up the funds, or use a credit card maybe, to purchase it. But for the women in Malabar Memsahib, a small co-operative set up by Kerala Crafts in southern India, that’s not an option. The ladies in this co-operative make clothes to sell locally, […]

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Wedding Knits

Sewist — Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:42:08 +0000

I’ve finally finished the knitting project for a friend’s wedding…. ….meet the Wedding Mice! The bride and groom have chosen a green colour-scheme for their wedding, so I thought I’d crochet a green granny square bag for the mice to sit in. And of course then there’s the mice themselves: Bride Mouse is roughly modelled […]

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