Whilst getting my bullet journal set up for December, I posted on Instagram a tool that I shared with Knitsonik – aka Felicity (Felix) Ford – late last year. This tool is called the Task Table, and it has helped me immensely these past few months. If you get to the end of the day…
Author: Natalie in Stitches
London-based fashion and textiles lecturer, designer and writer with specialisms in knitting, crochet, sewing and pattern cutting. Loves anything made with needles, thread and yarn.
And now for something different…
A happy new year to you! I hope to be back with the usual fare on Wednesday 26th January, but until then I’d like to share a piece written for Radicle, an alternative gardening newsletter. I hope you enjoy my exploration of home, heritage and belonging. https://radicle.substack.com/p/a-grandmothers-garden
Coat of Dreams | Interlining Construction
My final, if not penultimate, post of the year is an update on my Lagan coat! It’s slightly later than planned, but I’m pleased to say that some progress has been made. I decided to begin with the interlining – the floating layer of cotton/wool that I bought from Croft Mill – so that it…
Knitwear Design 101 | Drape, Loft, and Lustre
This is really part 3 of my fabrication series-within-a-series (you can read part 1 and part 2 at the links), and it’ll also be the last Knitwear Design 101 post of the year at least. Drape, loft and lustre are three properties of fabric and fibre that aren’t always understood or exemplified, and I wanted…
Pattern Writing and Applied Maths: Some words on decreasing, row spacing, and multipliers
This post was inspired by the age-old chestnut of writing pattern instructions, and a humble reminder that there is no such thing as perfect communication; nor will your words be understood by everyone, no matter how much effort you apply. Today I’m sharing how I approach the maths behind shaping over a given number of…
Coat of Dreams | All About Linings
I’m glad to tell you that, after a bit of deliberation, I have found all the fabric and haby I’ll need for the Lagan coat! Today I’ll talk about the various linings I plan to use for construction. Last month I mentioned that I didn’t want to use fusible interfacings, so I took myself off…