Rope basket

If you’re used to working with cross stitch kits, you’ll be familiar with the concept of having everything you need ready to start stitching straight away. But when you’re following a counted chart, l

Sprinkled with a sugary colour palette of pastel pinks, butter yellow and baby blues, this folk art hoop will brighten up your winter days. Let spring in with this illustrative and detailed hoop of sy

The bag strap is knitted in Fabric Stitch first, then the stitches for each side of the bag are picked up from the WS edge of the strap, to form an outside ‘seam’. These stitches are then worked in Tw

■ Needlecord fabric: 0.5m ■ 17cm zip: 1 ■ 1.2 m of webbing strap per pouch ■ Bag clip and triangle ring: 2 ■ Matching thread ■ Basic sewing kit ■ Seam allowance is 1cm, unless otherwise stated. ■ To m

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Create celebration and nature-inspired blocks with these two gorgeous ideas by Kate Eastwood