The latest issue of CQ Mag Online was released a week or so ago (I know I am late with this news but in some ways I am still playing catch up here) If you have not yet checked it out make a cuppa and do so. This issue has …
Stitches: This seam is embellished with lace decorated with French knots, and straight stitches. Thread: DMC perle thread #8. Placement and Foundation Fabric: This seam buts against piece 3 and the join of piece 1 and 2. You will find the diagram in the article I wrote when I introduced block 9. …
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 …
This row of stitching sits below the large crab motif (and actually needs to be pressed straight!) but you can still see what is happening. The band of stitching is a line of half Algerian Eye stitches that are offset as they are worked. The middle row is line of …
Stitches: As you can see I lost a sequin and bead on this seam embellishment. I only noticed when I was preparing the photo for the web! I have to repair it but you can see what I have done to embellish this area. First lace was stitched down and …
By sheer chance look at what is my 100th detail in this series. Has to be a good omen of sorts for the 100. This area was created using all sorts of stitches against a pulled thread background. The pulled back ground is Wave stitch (I could not resist as …
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 …
