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Posted By admin on February 23, 2010
On some areas of the blog, we post free patterns – however, it would be really good to know what is the most common type of yarn/wool you use so our patterns can be altered to cater for you. If this is something you’d like, please complete the survey below.
Posted By admin on July 19, 2009
You may have seen some scarves for sale on our main website. Some of these are made from the pattern below and use a variety of glitzy fashion yarns, which make them look a lot fancier than when using plain wool. This pattern is probably the easiest one I’ve done and is ideal for beginners or if you need to make a large quantity of scarves in a short space of time (like for christmas presents or groups of people) as they only take a couple of hours each.
Materials Required
3 x 50g balls of fashion yarn or other suitable wool
6mm needles
Tension
22sts and 30rows to 10cm (stocking stitch) on 6mm needles. Always check your tension before starting. To achieve the right measurements, you can always increase/decrease your needle size or change the type of wool you’re using
Abbreviations
K=Knit; P=Purl; patt=pattern; RS=right side; st(s)=stitch(es); Cont=continue; cm=centimetres; mm=millimetres
Pattern
With 6mm needles, cast on 40sts. For a longer thinner scarf, cast on 30sts.
Row 1 (RS), Knit
Row 2 – K2, P36(or 26 for longer version), K2
These two rows form the main pattern
Continue in patt until you have sufficient wool remaining of the 3rd ball to enable to you to cast off, ending with RS facing for next row.
Cast off
Make Up
Do not press
Sew in ends of wool.
And that’s it – as you can see very quick and easy. I can’t stress how important it is to choose your wool properly for this otherwise the scarf can look too plain.
Posted By admin on April 5, 2009
Like so many people these days, my mother lives far away. More often than not, I use Interflora to send her some flowers and a small gift as they deal with international clients and are always super efficient. This year I wanted a change and so, given the products we’re focusing on in the online store, I made my mother a cross stitch floral bookmark with her initial on it. The finished bookmark measures 16cm x 5cm and is stitched with DMC thread on white 14 count Aida, finished with some lace from the local hobby craft store. As always, the back of the bookmark is tidied with white felt to give it a more professional look. The pattern for this bookmark is from the Sam Hawkins Designs Cross Stitch for BookMarks booklet which I bought on ebay a few months ago, but is available elsewhere as well – and what a good buy it has turned out to be, there are a great variety of bookmarks in there which gives me some great ideas for forthcoming projects this year. This bookmark is very small and light, which meant that the airmail postage was relatively cheap and that mum got something different (and hand-made) this year!
The nice thing about these bookmarks is that they can actually be used as gifts for many other occasions as well – birthdays, Christmas (stocking fillers) and even “thank you” and “get well” gifts. With the wide range available in the booklet, I’m sure you’ll be seeing many more of the bookmarks becoming available in our store. I am also going to make a bookmark range in cream Aida and then try some of the patterns on a 16 count fabric as well – as some of them seem to demand a more delicate look. For now, I’m moving onto making some easter gifts, mainly cross stitch greeting cards with easter eggs and rabbits, so I’ll be sure to post those up when they’re ready.
