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Meglet
Meglet
Oct 2021
8:31pm, 25 Oct 2021
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I can’t say I’ve found anything like Ravelry for sewing. Wouldn’t it be great?!

I find searching for the right pattern a real pain, often it’s scrolling through hundreds of similar Simplicity patterns that still look like the models are from the 70s
Meglet
Meglet
Oct 2021
8:32pm, 25 Oct 2021
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thanks for the tip about Knitting Pretty, Meglet, I got some lovely hand dyed yarn from George and Rose there


Glad you liked it!
panad
panad
Oct 2021
8:34pm, 25 Oct 2021
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HB - i’ve used textillia.com in the past. You can’t search by fabric length, but you can on many other requirements, so it might be useful..
Lizzie Whizz
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Oct 2021
9:33pm, 25 Oct 2021
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Boiled wool should be a jacket :-)
Drell
Drell
Oct 2021
9:36pm, 25 Oct 2021
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Thanks to everyone for their suggestions which have given me some good ideas. Still don't know what I'll actually do, mind.
HellsBells
HellsBells
Oct 2021
10:53am, 26 Oct 2021
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Thanks - I think it’s probably going to be a jacket, I’m just not sure which yet
Going back to the Italian cast on - it’s a tubular cast on and I’m doing a variation of it on Mr HB’s sweater. It gives a very neat edge which I like, but can I recommend not doing it with a very splitty dark blue yarn!
Purps
Purps
Oct 2021
3:02pm, 26 Oct 2021
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a bit of sewing from this week :)
sallykate
sallykate
Oct 2021
3:03pm, 26 Oct 2021
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Wonderful work Purps!

I have a small amount of boiled wool, bought specifically to make a short jacket, must get on with it.
Drell
Drell
Oct 2021
6:16pm, 26 Oct 2021
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I made a boiled wool jacket from this pattern: https://www.dragonflyfabrics.co.uk/product/the-anni-blazer-dragonfly-patterns-paper/. It was pretty easy and came out quite well with a couple of mods (no button, and patch pockets added). Happy to show you the FO if that would help.
HellsBells
HellsBells
Oct 2021
6:25pm, 26 Oct 2021
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That is lovely Drell, but not quite the shape I’m after - I probably want something quite fitted that I can wear in court. I also prefer paper patterns, I’m fairly useless at sticking the bits together!

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