Yarn choice

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Create colourful socks and elegant sweaters and shawls with our pick of the best yar

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The Knitter Magazine

20 March 2025

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PACK INCLUDES ■ Pattern sheet x1 ■ Instruction sheet YOU WILL NEED ■ Outer PU fabric: 50x138cm wide ■ Lining fabric: 50x112cm ■ Iron-on fleece (Vlieseline H640): 50cm ■ Decovil Light interfacing: 50cm

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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

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Little maisie

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)

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Embroidery essentials

TRACING Place light-coloured and fine fabrics over the design and trace over it. For thicker or dark-coloured fabrics, a light source such as a window or lightbox makes this process much simpler. TRAN