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Curve Ruler with Mini Ruler
Visit Our Website Here! Welcome to Tool School! with Instructor Katrina Walker In this episode of Tool School, ?We will explore the Curve Ruler with Mini Ruler. This package of rulers features two different rulers made expressly for marking curves plus a handy ½ inch wide mini ruler. The Curve Ruler with Mini Ruler set features clear rulers with clearly marked ¼” guidelines that are easy to read. The larger curved rulers also include a dotted 5/8” line especially for marking traditional seam allowances. The transparent nature of the Curve…
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Universal Knitting Counter
Universal Knitting Counter Visit Our Website Here! Welcome to Tool School! with Instructor Katrina Walker In this episode of Tool School, ?We will explore the Universal Knitting Counter. Every experienced knitter is familiar with the need for a knitting counter for keeping track of their pattern. The Universal Knitting Counter is a new improvement to a traditional knitting counter design. The traditional knitting counter design features a barrel shaped counter that is slid onto the end of the knitting needle. This design works well but is intended for use with small…
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Bamboo Knitting Repair Hooks
Bamboo Knitting Repair Hooks Visit Our Website Here! Welcome to Tool School! with Instructor Katrina Walker In this episode of Tool School, ?We will explore the Bamboo Knitting Repair Hooks. Mistakes happen. Sometimes a knit stitch is dropped, or an incorrect stitch is made. Luckily for knitters, Clover has created the Bamboo Knitting Repair Hooks! The Bamboo Knitting Repair Hooks feature a handy sharply pointed end that works great for helping to pick apart sticky yarns when frogging or even when working out those knotty stitches! The crochet style hook…
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Pattern Chart Marker Set
Pattern Chart Marker Set Visit Our Website Here! Welcome to Tool School! with Instructor Katrina Walker In this episode of Tool School, ?We will explore the Pattern Chart Marker Set. The Pattern Chart Marker Set features two different sizes of magnetized chart markers. The larger marker is sized to fit landscape-oriented letter size paper or large books. The smaller marker works perfectly for portrait-oriented pages. Each marker features two sets of thin magnetic strips. To use the Pattern Chart Markers, simply open them and slide them onto the page you wish to…
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Pro Takumi Knitting Needles
Pro Takumi Circular Knitting Needles Visit Our Website Here! Welcome to Tool School! with Instructor Katrina Walker In this episode of Tool School, We will be exploring Pro Takumi Circular Knitting Needles. Pro Takumi circular knitting needles are beautifully crafted from only the finest quality bamboo harvested from the premium portion of the stem, never the nodes. This attention to quality ensures perfectly smooth, straight, accurate needles. Pro Takumi circular knitting needles have the soft, warm hand feel that knitters love about bamboo needles. They feel wonderful to work with…
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Extra Credit: Pom Pom Maker
Pom Pom Maker By Shannon and Jason Pom-Poms… those fluffy, puffy, wooly embellishments we all know and love. We made them during arts and crafts time at camp, attaching them to hats, and bags, and made wall hangings that were as campy as they were FAB. Just looking at them brings on a sense of nostalgia that is almost unrivaled. Okay… okay… Maybe our waxing nostalgic over yarn balls is a bit over the top, but we love them and an emotion such as love does not need to be justified, right?…
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Extra Credit: Top 10 Sewing Notions
Top 10 Sewing Notions By Shannon and Jason Take a trip to your local craft supply or sewing store and you’ll find hundreds of tools and toys that claim to make your crafting life faster and easier. But how many of these tools actually do the job they claim to do? How many of them are just taking up valuable space in your sewing room (I’m looking at you Potholder Loom). We’ve put together our list of the top 10 Clover tools we believe belong in any crafters supply closet.…
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Extra Credit: Pattern Cutting Guide
Pattern Cutting Guide By Shannon and Jason Like most crafters out there, we love our gadgets! It’s always fun to discover a new gizmo that speeds up a process or opens up new creative avenues. And, once again, Clover has created such a tool. Earlier this month they sent us a brand-spanking new product, a device we’re happy to add to our crafting collection, the Pattern Cutting Guide. If you’ve ever purchased a high-end pattern with no seam allowance, you know it can be a painstaking process to add one…
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Extra Credit: Embroidery Stitching Tool
Embroidery Stitching Tool: The Swag Tag! By Shannon and Jason We give you, the Swag Tag! NOTIONS AND TOOLS Clover Embroidery Hoop – Item #8812 Scissors – Bordeaux 130 – Item #4940 Embroidery Stitching Tool – Item #8800 3 ply Needle – Item #8803 MATERIALS Fabric Top – Plain cotton fabric or muslin, enough to fully cover the embroidery hoop. Backing fabric – recommend using felt or a paper textile like Kraft-tex. 6 ply Embroidery Floss 3-5 colors of floss (we used Aurifil Cotton Floss 18yd/spool). Colorful is the word…
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Extra Credit: Sweet `n Sharp Macaron
Macaron By Shannon and Jason So, you’ve been bitten by the creativity bug and decided that hand sewing is going to be your next foray into the maker world… WELCOME! There are so many styles to choose from… embroidery, sashiko, needlepoint, crewel, kogin-zashi, or cross stitch. Whether sewing is your primary form of creative expression, or you saw that one project which inspired you to pick up needle and thread, you’re going to love the versatility and vast range of projects that hand sewing encompasses. One thing that is going…