I try to knit and crochet to use up of my stash of yarn. These are two crochet blankets, one from remnants of 4-ply woollen yarns (picture 1), the other from leftovers of socks I knitted some time ago- I liked the variegated and self-striping yarns but ha
Some of you asked for the placement line I used for napkins. I uploaded two in DBC: for 4x4 and 5x7 hoops. The first one is the smaller one, the second the larger. Make sure you change the name of the second one you download (add an L or a 2) else you'd
Carolyn's nice project had me having a go at digitising some cross stitch designs. As our planned trip to Norway was cancelled due to my hubby having some health problems my diary was empty and I had time on my hands. Have yet to stitch them, need to
Effects of different stitch angles. I got quite a few comments about the nice shading in my begonias. There was not any shading at all, just different stitch directions. The picture shows one colour being stitched and the apparent colour shades
Tutorial Bookcover. As requested. Step1 - make a patter of the cover by measuring and drawing, or fold a piece of paper or tearaway stabiliser around the notebook, I made the flaps 2" wide. Step 2 - Cut the fabric. I added 5/8 of an inch
Years ago I bought a panel of 12 men's hankies. I cut them up, thought about the narrow hems and left them in my stash. So yesterday I ordered some accessories for my machine, which just arrived, amongst them a narrow hem foot. 2mm, about 1/12 of an inch
Hi Cuties, I'm so happy I want to shout it from the rooftops. The 8th of May my new granddaughter was born. She's my 7th grandchild, but the greatest wonder of them all.
Carolyn loves cross stitch. I had an off-day and to cheer me up had a go at a carnation border for a 8x14"or 200x360 hoop. I have yet to try it out but here's a picture from the software programme.
Some time ago I posted that I got a number of cones thin yarn for knitting machines. I knitted a jumper for my granddaughter (swatch picture 4), crocheted a lap-size blanket (start of it picture 3), did a second one with different coloured stripes (pictu
As my children told me they hire a container and dump all my stuff in it when I die, I am trying to sew and knit and crochet in order to use up some fabrics, yarns, etc. Yesterday I came across a half sewn skirt with an interesting history. My daughter ha
Today I spent 10 hours on the ferry from Hirtshals in Denmark to Stavanger in Norway. Had my latop with me and digitised the current free cliart by Clipartopolis: Bluework Noah's Ark. Here they are. I intend to use them as a colouring book for my grandda
I just sent the tutorial to 28 recipients. I hope I did not miss anyone, but if you don't get it, please PM me again. And the same applies to those who forgot to give me an email address.
A friend brought me a bag with 5 fleece blankets. Her daughter wanted to have names on them and she had pinned the names on each one. The friend showed me the top one which mentioned the height of the letters. I could choose my own colours and she knew it
As a result of Loralye's challenge I finished a knitting UFO, the cable one. Then I started the blue self-striping one. My husband saw my renewed knitting enthousiasme and bought me a book that was also published in an English translation - Dutch Tra
Now Sue has offered a tutorial for her wreaths I've uploaded the design for the leaf in YouEmbroidery.