Rain dance

Dress it up, dress it down – you can’t go wrong with this custom waistcoat front pattern. By Emma Friedlander-Collins ■ Stylecraft Special DK (100% acrylic, 100g/295m), 1 ball of each: Yarn A Purple S

This month we bring you three larger kits for those wanting to progress their cross stitch skills… Country Garden and Harbour View have a finished size of 42x42cm, and Riviera is 50.5x35cm. All are fu

STITCH ON THE GREEN I wanted to show you my latest finished project. I bought this DMC* kit in Belgium more than 20 years ago (it was priced in Belgian francs, not euros), thinking that one day I will

The pattern is worked in the round with the clove stitch pattern worked in rows. When working in rows, turn work at end of row, and work a w&t into the last st worked. This will allow you to work in r

Create your next favourite Spring make that will follow you all through the summer and autumn too! The Carlotta Cardigan by Juliana Martejevs is a comfortable cardi with short, puffed sleeves, making

Notes Leave long tails at the cast-on and bind-off edges of each piece for sewing. Sew the seams with the RS facing, using mattress stitches unless instructed otherwise. For pieces with colourwork, wo