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TIPS & TRICKS

Working with wool needn’t be difficult – make your projects easier with t

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Simply Sewing Magazine

16 January 2025

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Today's Quilter

Merry mice christmas stockings

“Christmas Eve is here and the mice are all extremely excited! Each stocking has a patchwork background on the front, with a lighter toe, heel and cuff. I chose a rich turquoise and lime green to brin

Simply Knitting

Autumn warmth

Cast on 36 sts loosely using 3.25mm needles and Yarn DD. Starting on a RS knit row, work in st st until piece measures 54cm, ending after a WS row. Break Yarn DD and cont in Yarn MM. Starting on a RS

The Knitter

Thorpe fell

1x1 RIB Row 1: *K1, P1; rep from * to last st, K1. Row 2: P1, *K1, P1; rep from * to end. Repeat rows 1 and 2 for pattern. Using 3.25mm needles, cast on 50 (56:62:68:72) sts. Row 1: *K1, P1; rep from

Simply Crochet

Wonder and whimsy

Our trio of quirky characters from designer Victoria Kairis will be a talking point on the tree, or box them up for a wow-factor gift ■ West Yorkshire Spinners Signature 4ply (75% wool, 25% nylon, 100