Lion Brand have announced all the Lion Brand patterns are now free all 2,700 of them. To access the patterns you must become a member . Knitters will love this site but if you crochet don’t dismiss it as there is huge selection of interesting and modern patterns to choose …
I was poking around the BDEIG (Brazilian Dimensional Embroidery International Guild, Inc.) site and discovered some great free beginner projects. Each Project is delivered via a PDF file which means you need Acrobat Reader to open these files. You can download a free reader on the Acrobat site. These free …
If you are thinking about making or buying a skein winder to skein off hanks of thread ready to dye, you might be interested in a tutorial over on Carpool Knitter. Carpool Knitter has written a piece on using a Skein Winder made from Hose Reels. There is even a …
I was asked how I tie off skeins that I am going to dye. I thought today I would demonstrate the process and show you what I do. First up this is what the threads look like when I buy them. They need to be skeined into hanks that are …
I spotted this tutorial for a 15 sided Biscornu over on Ruthie’s X Stitch Creations. I have seen plenty of regular Biscornu patterns but not a 15 sided one which I am going to have to give this free pattern a try.
Online Photo! Editor is a free photo manipulation, enhancement and editor. It is a very basic manipulation tool but often that is all you want or need. Often textile artists take photos to act as jump off point to a design. What they need is a way to trace basic …
Many are enjoying my tutorial on How to work a needle woven picot, as the stitch produced is very leaf like. The needlewoven picot I demonstrated has an open base but if you work needlewoven picot with a closed base you get an even more life like leaf! So I …
