Hot off the machine

This scarf begins with a central colourwork panel worked from an i-cord cast-on using two colours. Only one colour is worked at a time over the row. Stitches are either slipped with the yarn in front

■ Assorted cream fabrics – ½yd ■ Assorted red fabrics – ¼yd ■ Assorted aqua fabrics – ⅜yd ■ Red fabric for sashing – ⅜yd ■ Border fabric – ½yd ■ Fussy cutting (if required) – One (1) 4½in square and f

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

BACK Cast on 86 (92: 98: 102: 108: 114) sts with 4mm needles and Yarn A. Purl 4 rows. Row 1 P5 (4: 3: 5: 4: 3), (K4, P4) to last 9 (8: 7: 9: 8: 7) sts, K4, P5 (4: 3: 5: 4: 3). Row 2 K5 (4: 3: 5: 4: 3)

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