Last week, I posted the beginning of a vertically stripped sweater pattern. The feedback I received indicated that more pictures…
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Making a Knitted Phone Case from Yarn Scraps
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************I recently bought a phone, for travel use. The phone came with a screen protector. After a few days of…
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Determining the Fiber Content of Unknown Material
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************In today’s fiber, yarn, and fabric world, there are a lot of different types of fibers and many of them…
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Clothing for Preppers: What Will You Do When the Preps Run Out?
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Throughout history, families would often make their own clothing. It was not until the advent of the industrial revolution that…
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Caring for your Winter Sweaters
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************Winter and woolly sweaters just go together, like hot chocolate and cookies. But, sometimes caring for your winter woollens is…
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The Woad to a Sustainable Blue Part Seven: Using Woad Dyed Material
This post may contain affiliate links. If you click on a link and buy a product we may earn a commission. Thanks. ************While woad is often associated with blue and indigo, those are not the only colors achievable from the woad plant….
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