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Speaking of sewing your own bow ties…

June 15, 2011

I think I’m on a roll. I found a free pattern for a bow tie on Burdastyle.com called “David”. Click here if you want to download it. I had a thrifted silk dupioni jacket which, while beautiful, was way too big for me – and heaven help me if I ever grew into it! When [...]

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Sew your own bow ties

May 30, 2011

Conversation with a young red-headed boy in my congregation right after he pulled off his clip on neck tie because it was poking him in the throat: Me: Maybe you need a tie that ties around instead of clips on. Jordan: I want a bow tie. Me: Really Jordan? What’s your favorite color. Jordan: “Red” [...]

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Another hat: Claudia

May 26, 2011

Hats are so fun to make. Like dishcloths, they’re almost instant gratification for getting a project started and finished. This project “Claudia” used similar skills as the mesh dishcloth – since it also had twisted stitches. Actually, they are two-stitch cables, and it was just a little trickier than the dishcloth because there were purls [...]

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Mesh Dishcloth

May 24, 2011

I sourced the pattern for this stitch from Barbara Walker’s Charted Knitting Designs which I checked out from the library and is apparently now one of the “Treasury” books. I did a 3 row/3 st garter stitch border to frame the mesh and then just knit till it looked square plus a little for shrinkage. [...]

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Sewing Edition: The Bird Bag

May 19, 2011

Don’t you just love it when you make a project that COULD be a little bit costly, but ends up costing you pennies? I give you the Bird Bag. The bird fabric, a friend of mine purchased for a bathroom curtain, got it home, and decided it was too “busy” – so she gave it [...]

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