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O! Jolly! Crafting Fashion: January 2015

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My New Cotton Knit Fabrics for Spring and Summer. Became my blog about cutting and sewing sweater knit fabric, Crafting Fashion. Was a members only yarn-on-cones club. It was during this time, in January 2012 I wrote a post on Knitting in the Fastlane. Providing machine knitters with tips on machine knitting a product called mercerized cotton yarn. By April 2014 after reading several articles, including this one by Tom Beaudet. I found the cotton I wanted to knit! As I stated in my New Year's post. Pictu...

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O! Jolly! Crafting Fashion: Sewing a Sweater

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I've been keeping public notes (blogging) while cutting my sweater knit fabrics and sewing them into sweaters and decided to gather many of the blog posts together in one handy location. If you're using a commercial sewing pattern from a major or independent company, please download "Five Tips for Using Commercial Sewing Patterns with Sweater Knits". Though some of the tips are sprinkled throughout the blog posts, it may be helpful to read them in this pdf first. Comments and questions are welcome below.

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O! Jolly! Crafting Fashion: August 2014

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More from SpinExpo New York, Autumn 2015. As some of you know, the building where I live and work is undergoing a major renovation. This week begins the installation of new radiators directly through the area where my Passap kntting machine, yarn supply, computer, and work table are usually located. After several days of packing and moving, I've now relocated to another area in the loft, where I hope to catch up on some work. The exposition of international yarn and knit manufacturers. You can see anothe...

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O! Jolly! Crafting Fashion: Hemmed When I Could Have Ribbed

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Hemmed When I Could Have Ribbed. If I'd been using the beautiful fisherman cable knit fabric panels. The way the designer had intended, it would have been an extremely quick project - an unshaped sweater, pattern pieces easily aligned and cut along vertical motifs of cables. I assume the panels were originally designed to be cut and sewn quickly and accurately. With this fabulous Aran-style stitch design, I know I would have loved the result. That I'd been wanting to try out for almost a year. I'm happy ...

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Don’t Fear the Knits! | My So Charmed Life

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My So Charmed Life. Don’t Fear the Knits! A key quality for making things is a certain fearlessness around one’s tools and supplies. I don’t know where this comes from, for me it has something to do with time (decades of making) and age (being ancient and just not caring). Many women I know confess to owning machines but being scared to use them I was also that woman, so I understand! Now that I am over my fear of the machine, I’m left with other anxieties putting in a zipper! And until yesterday knits!

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Supplies | My So Charmed Life

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My So Charmed Life. Really immersing myself in working with clay again; learning so much from scouring the internet, but also by fearless experimentation. A recent lesson: One of the addictions of clay is an undeniable therapeutic benefit to holding something squishy in one’s hands, something that softens with one’s own body heat, something that starts out as an ugly lump and becomes anything and everything! And here it is painted. I’m not 100% happy with the paint and decided that application ...Less ob...

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2014, poncho detail. Spatial Frequency, 1987, fabric. 2013, fabric detail. Mohair, wool, bamboo. 2011, vest detail. Wool, stainless steel. Southwest Ripple, 1989, jacket detail. 2013, sweater detail. Vintage Passap Knitting Machine. Flow, 1984, sweater detail. Wool, silk, rayon. 2014, fabric detail. LMFS, 2014, dress. Wool, nylon knit fabric. Knitted Flowers, 2012. Wool/acrylic blend, wire. 2014, fabric detail.

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Crafting Fashion - O! Jolly!

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Current projects under the Crafting Fashion. Is one of a very few sources of color-grown cotton knit fabric. The shop is also the home of custom knit sweater fabrics for the professional and the sewing enthusiast. For tips and tutorials on cutting and sewing sweater knit fabrics, including industry techniques translated for home sewing, please follow the Crafting Fashion blog. And add your name to Crafting Fashion email list. It's also a place to see the fashion currently crafted with these fabrics.

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O! Jolly! Crafting Fashion: September 2014

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Shawl Cardi - Before Cutting the Fabric - Part 2. The old business (part 1). First I've decided to use the sloppy plaid for the shawl cardigan. But back to K3916. The free sewing pattern I chose with my McCall's goodie bag coupon. Next up is prepping the fabric. It's wool. Since I'll be hand washing the finished jacket, I've hand washed the material and allowed it to dry flat. Following the instruction sheet with the pattern, you'll see my next steps listed, sort of. I won't be able to use any fabric lay...