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The Japanese Feathers Scarf is Finished – Free Scarf Pattern

04 Wednesday Apr 2012

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Last weekend I washed and blocked the Japanese Feathers Scarf I’ve been working on. These flexible, superfine blocking wires make it so much easier than when I blocked the shawl with pins alone.

Anyway here’s the finished article.

I showed it to my daughter on a FaceTime call the other day and she likes it so it should be winging it’s way to the northern hemisphere sometime soon.

Free Scarf Pattern

I used a 2ply 100% Italian Merino Yarn called Ella Rae and 4.5mm needles.

I got the pattern for the Japanese Feather Lace stitch from the the Knitting Fool Website here. The stitch pattern uses multiples of 11 plus 1 but I added three knit stitches at the beginning and end and used 6 repeats. So I cast on 73 stitches.
So my pattern reads:
Row 1 knit
Row 2 knit
Row 3 knit
Rows 4 to 32 knit 3 – follow the lace pattern here – knit 3.
Repeat the last 28 rows until your scarf is the desired length then knit 3 plain rows.

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The finished shawl

14 Wednesday Mar 2012

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Well all that careful, if amateurish, blocking paid off. Here’s the finished shawl and I’m really pleased with the way it turned out. I took the “crumpled” photo so you can see how beautifully it drapes. I do have a question for you experienced lace knitters out there. Do you have to re-block the shawl every time you wash it??

This shawl pattern was a free one from Ravelry called Easy as Pie by Marisa Hernandez. You can access it here if you’re interested.


And just to divert myself because a watched, blocked, shawl never dries I whipped up this Banana and Blueberry cake with no added sugar. It really is delicious.If you’re interested I can post the recipe.

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Marla’s scarves

10 Saturday Mar 2012

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One of my lovely readers, Marla, has made two scarves from my free Moebius/scarf/cowl pattern and has kindly sent me some photos which she has agreed to let me share with you.The grey one is 100% wool and the coloured one is knitted with lambswool, mohair and silk yarn.

 

Aren’t the colours just beautiful? And it looks so lovely and soft and drapey. Here are some close ups of it.


I think you’ve done a great job Marla. I hope you enjoy wearing them and thanks for sharing them with us.

 

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The scarf/moebius/cowl – free knitting pattern

11 Wednesday Jan 2012

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The Scarf

Well I finished my scarf and because of the way I did my lace pattern it snaked across the surface culminating in two angled ends instead of two straight ends. It furls really nicely. You can see in this photo here. (Ignore the wool hanging off the ends I hadn’t sewn them in at this stage.)

The Moebius

The above fact makes it easy to make a moebius (a twisted circle – for more info check here) as when the scarf is twisted then the two ends meet pefectly. The moebius is lovely becasue you can wear it in different ways. See below.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cowl

If you wind the moebius around your neck twice you get this lovely cowl effect. (You can also wear it as hood but I didn’t take photo of that.

All in all a very versatile garment and so soft in this lovely hand-dyed 4ply fine Australian Merino wool.

By the way don’t ask me what the tension for my pattern is because I don’t know. I didn’t measure it and I’m not planning on blocking this scarf so I can.

The Free Pattern

Materials

100g (380m – 415yds) of 4 ply sock wool

1 pair of 4mm needles (I used bamboo needles and when I measured them they were actually somewhere between 3.75mm and 4mm but it’s not that critical).

Method

Loosely cast on 66 stitches knitwise.

Row 1: Knit to the end of the row

Row 2: Knit to the end of the row

Row 3: Knit one *K2tog, yarn over* repeat from* to * until one stitch left and then knit.

Row 4: Knit one, purl until one stitch left then knit.

Repeat rows 3 and 4 until the scarf is the desired length or you have only enough yarn left for three more rows. Then knit two rows and loosely cast off purlwise.

Enjoy!

N.B. This pattern is given as is – all care taken and no responsibility accepted. If you don’t agree to this then please don’t use it.

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Chris Chun’s new fabrics and a free quilt pattern

07 Monday Jun 2010

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Chris has posted some photos of his entire new fabric range called Le Jardin De Papillons on his blog. Take a look they’re really lovely. They should be available in November. You can also download this free quilt pattern which features the new range.

Copyright of this image belongs to Clothworks and/or Chris Chun

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Jinny Beyer Give Away

22 Saturday May 2010

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As promised yesterday, here is my give away to celebrate the 5,000 visitor milestone.

Signed Jinny Beyer Pattern Give Away

Last year I was fortunate enough to visit the US and to meet Fran, a hand quilting, email list buddy. She was so kind and took me wherever I wanted to go and of course we had to go to Jinny Beyer’s Studio.

Jinny Beyer's Studio

Jinny Beyer's Studio

The view from the back porch of Jinny's Studio

The view from the back porch of Jinny's Studio

We spent hours in there and Jinny actually came in while we there. She was so friendly and helpful and she autographed the patterns I bought. So, to celebrate passing the 5,000 visitor mark I’m going to give away one these signed Jinny Beyer patterns. The one I have chosen is called “Sumatra” and is suitable for even beginner quilters and yet it looks stunning. I will ship internationally so wherever you are feel free to join in.

Front of pattern with Jinny's autograph

Front of pattern with Jinny's autograph

Back of the pattern

Back of the pattern

All you have to do to enter is to grab the RSS feed of the blog (the button at the top on the left sidebar) and leave a comment saying what colours or fabrics you would use if you made this quilt and I will choose a winner. The give away will be open for a week so that gives you plenty of time to enter.

Another give away in blogland

Janet from Quiltsalott is also having a give away to celebrate passing 500 followers! Well done Janet. So when you have finished here why not go over to her blog and enter her give away too? Her blog is really interesting and she does some stunning work. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.

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Ort/gift bag free tutorial

09 Sunday May 2010

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Here is the promised tutorial for the ort bag. It is written the way I actually made it but I have had some ideas since making the first one and would do some of it differently if I made another.

Ort bag tutorial

Ort bag tutorial


What you need
Materials

Materials


You need two pieces of fabric:

One 14.5″ x 3″

One 12.5″ x 5″

a length of ribbon (approx 20″)

Score .5" from the top edge

Score .5" from the top edge


Method

Take your ruler and a pin and score a line .5″ from the narrow edges of all the strips of material.

Then repeat .25″ from the edges.

Fold .25" from the top edge

Fold .25" from the top edge


Fold along the .25″ score mark and then fold again.

While holding down the folded edge, pin a strip of ribbon slightly wider than the strip along the top edge. Then machine the along that top edge. Once you have done this, machine the bottom of the ribbon to secure it. Do this top and bottom of both strips. Then trim the ribbon to the edge of the strips.

Pin the ribbon

Pin the ribbon

Sew down the bottom edge of the ribbon

Sew down the bottom edge of the ribbon


Sew the ribbon to both edges of both strips of material

Sew the ribbon to both edges of both strips of material


Sew along the folded over fabric

Sew along the folded over fabric


Fold over .25″ on the long edges of the strips and machine down.

Sewn strips

Sewn strips

Fold the narrow strip lengthwise

Fold the narrow strip lengthwise


Fold the thin strip lengthwise and finger press. The unfold and machine along the fold line. This will help the bag to fold like a supermarket brown paper bag once it is finished.

Stitch along the fold line

Stitch along the fold line


Then fold the thin strip in half the other way and finger press the fold so that when you open it out you have a cross at the centre. Then take the wider strip and first fold it lengthwise and finger press. Then open it out and fold it the other way and finger press. You should now have a cross of folds at the centre of both pieces of fabric.

Place the narrower strip over the wider strip at right angles. Take a pin and pierce the centre of the folded cross of both pieces. Then pin the strips in the form of a cross and machine stitch the borders of the cross.

Fold the wider piece

Fold the wider piece

Place a pin through the centers

Place a pin through the centers

Pin the two strips together

Pin the two strips together

Stitch around the borders of the cross

Stitch around the borders of the cross


Once you have stitched around the rectangle at the centre then stitch diagonally then across the narrow side and diagonally again and then across the the other short side.
Stitch diagonally

Stitch diagonally

Turn the bag right side out

Turn the bag right side out


Turn the bag right side out and pin around the sides of the bag.

Pin around the sides

Pin around the sides

Machine around the edge

Machine around the edge


Stitch around the edges a little less than .25″ from the edges. Do this on both ends of the bag.

Finished bag folded like a supermarket bag

Finished bag folded like a supermarket bag

Bag from the other side

Bag from the other side

 Finished bag open

Finished bag open


I hope you enjoy making this bag. If you use the contact form to let me know you have made one I’ll be happy to send you my email address so you can send me a photo and I’ll put it up on the blog.

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Peg tidy tutorial – Part III

15 Thursday Apr 2010

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The next thing to do is to the quilt the top patchwork pieces to the carrier fabric the same way you did for the bottom pieces that will make the pockets. Once you have done this fold the bottom pieces up so they make a pocket and then place the two pieces right sides together. Then stitch down one side, across the bottom and up the other side and then turn it right side out.

Place right sides together

Place right sides together

Sew along one side, then across the bottom and up the other side

Sew along one side, then across the bottom and up the other side

Once you have turned it right side and out and pushed out the corners take your last 2.5″ strip of around 26″ and prepare it as you did for the piping on the pockets. FInd the middle of the strip and place it over the middle of the top edge of the peg bag. Pin the piping on and pin the loose bits that hang over the edges. Then sew all the way along.

Pin piping to top edge of the peg bag.

Pin piping to top edge of the peg bag.

Sew piping from edge to edge.

Sew piping from edge to edge.

Tie a knot in each end of the piping and then hang the bag from a skirt/trouser hanger.

Side 1 of Peg Tidy/Peg Bag

Side 1 of Peg Tidy/Peg Bag

Side 2 of Peg Tidy/Peg Bag

Side 2 of Peg Tidy/Peg Bag

There you have it. If you have any problems please let me know in the comments section and I’ll be happy to help.

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Peg tidy tutorial – Part II

14 Wednesday Apr 2010

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Ok so by now you should have two pieces of carrier fabric that have a strip of patchwork attached to their top halves. Turn them over and repeat the process, pressing the patchwork fabric towards the bottom half this time.

Both sides now have patchwork attached

Both sides now have patchwork attached

The next post will give instructions for the final assembly.
Then you need one of your 2.5″ strips. Cut it to around 13″ long. Fold it in half lengthwise and press. Then open it out and fold each edge towards the centre and press again.

Fold strip in half and press

Fold strip in half and press

Open out, fold each edge towards the centre and press again

Open out, fold each edge towards the centre and press again

Take one of your carrier fabric pieces and fold the piping over the raw edges of the bottom patchwork piece. Pin and sew.

Pin the piping on

Pin the piping on

Sew the piping

Sew the piping

Once the piping is on stitch across the flap to anchor the patchwork to the carrier fabric. Please note at this stage you have not folded the carrier fabric at all. That comes next

Quilting the pocket flap

Quilting the pocket flap

Repeat for the other piece. Fold your patchwork flap up so that now you have both patchwork sections on the same side of the carrier fabric and you have formed the basis of the pocket. You should now have two pieces ready for the final assembly of the bag.

Two sides ready for assembly.

Two sides ready for assembly.

The next post will show the final steps of how to assemble the bag.

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Peg tidy tutorial – part I

12 Monday Apr 2010

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Ok, so you’ve gathered your fabrics. I used 2 pieces of white cotton twill as the “carrier fabric” and 8 x 6.5″squares of patchwork fabric. You can use whatever fabric scraps you have as long as you can sew them into 6.5″ x 12.5″ rectangles.

18.5" x 12.5" rectangles

18.5" x 12.5" rectangles

8 x 6.5" squares

8 x 6.5" squares

Construct the patchwork rectangles

Sew the patchwork fabrics together to make 4 rectangles  12.5″ x 6.5″. Press the seams flat.

Patchwork rectangle 6.5" x 12.5"

Patchwork rectangle 6.5" x 12.5"

Check the dimensions and trim if necessary. Lay one of the patchwork rectangles face down on the “carrier fabric”  6.25″ from the top edge.

Patchwork face down 6.25" from the top edge

Patchwork face down 6.25" from the top edge

Then sew it down with a .25″ seam. Then press the rectangle towards the top of the carrier fabric so that the right side is visible. The top of the patchwork should be level with the top of the carrier fabric. See illustrations below.

Patchwork pressed towards top of the carrier fabric

Patchwork pressed towards top of the carrier fabric

Do the same to the other piece of carrier fabric with one of the other patchwork rectangles. We’ll attach the next patchwork rectangle in the next tutorial.

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