Use a Studio Journal as a swatch book

I thought people might like to see more of how I use a use a studio journal as a swatch book. Friends often give me bits and pieces of fabric and lace to use in my stitching. When I use them I like to know who gave them to me …

English and Spanish Crochet abbreviations

If you are an English speaker and need to translate a Spanish crochet pattern you have a bit of a problem. Because the language and abbreviations are so specialised a translator will be useless. This site of English and Spanish Crochet abbreviations (link removed as it is out of date) will …

Free patterns for hand embroidery

Through the week Sarah of Embroidery and Sewing at Knitting.com dropped me a line to draw attention to the out of copyright vintage hand embroidery patterns she has available on her site. Included in the downloads is a booklet from 1940 “Embroidery Stitches: Anchor Needlework Series Book 4” which contains …