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Best Premium Assortments
What is it?– We’ve all been to our favorite purveyor of all things sewing and been amazed by the extraordinary selection of sewing machine needle styles. Lots of names like universal, denim, stretch, jersey, etc. It all sounds impressive but is it necessary? Can we do it all with just a universal sewing machine needle? Yep, we can. Do we want to? Nope. Why? Picture this. You’ve engaged a world class gourmet chef to prepare dinner for a very special family gathering. You’ve purchased all of the ingredients she specified and…
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Best Premium Needle Anatomy
What is it?– Every Tool School is packed with valuable, useful information. But if you use a sewing machine at any point in your creative process, this one may be one of the most important. So pay attention because there may be a test at the end of class. If I were to ask you what you thought was the most important physical element of your sewing machine what would your answer be? The sewing machine itself? How about a quality thread? Perhaps even the needle? Well, they all work…
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New for Winter 2017
What is it?-Clover is introducing some exciting new knitting and crochet notions this winter and, as Yogi Bear once said, “It’s deja vu all over again.” Well kind of. The products are new, but the realization that your friends at Clover have once again brought to market some great new tools that will support you in your creative aspirations is not new. It has become expected. And we hate to disappoint you. We’re happy to comply. That’s because at Clover there is always something cooking in the kitchen. For those…
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Bead Embroidery “Kantan Couture” Tool
What is it?-To most of us “couture” means high fashion and rightly so. It’s something special, something elegant. Unfortunately it also often means something expensive and something unreachable for most of us. It’s custom made clothing and accessories made by the most exclusive designers. And often the feature that sets the couture garment apart from the ordinary is the manner of embellishment. A mesmerizing array of decorative threads, sequins and beads applied with infinite creative design adds the zing to the bling. World famous designers and an army of skilled…
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Bamboo Repair Hooks
What is it?-You’ve been making remarkable progress on your new knitting project. Amazingly so and in spite of all of those interruptions. Who knew? Smooth sailing and it’s working up fast. But then you see it. Something looks wrong. Long, uninterrupted horizontal cords of yarn. It looks like a ladder right in the middle of your project. Oh no. Somehow you missed a loop and a stitch has been dropped. The problem is you didn’t even notice for several rows. Maybe even five or six rows. Now it’s ruined. …
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Tatting Shuttles & Picot Gauge Set
What does it do? – Tatting is a needle art that requires only a shuttle, some thread and a creative vision. Add a handy set of picot gauges and you have all the tools necessary to achieve that vision. Clover Tatting Shuttle – Clover tatting shuttles are considered “post shuttles” because the tatting thread is wound around a post that holds the top and the bottom of the shuttle together. The shuttle works as a thread-holder and functions much as a weaving shuttle when manipulating threads between the threads held…
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Tool School: Standing Oval Knitting Loom
By Steve Butler What is it?– Knitting is fun, productive, cathartic, expressive and creative. But mostly it’s creative. In fact, when it comes to the selection of yarns available with all of the exciting colors, textures, and fibers that constitute them, your creative quotient is virtually unlimited.
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Tassel Makers & Handy Thread Twister
What does it do? – Using Clover tassel makers allows us to select from a variety of yarns, threads, cords or other fiber type materials to make the perfect size, shape and color tassel to compliment every project. The Clover Tassel Maker is available in two sizes. Additionally, Clover’s Handy Thread Twister allows us make the perfect cord for every tassel or decorative cording requirement. Tassel Maker – The Tassel Maker is available in two sizes, large and small. The large tassel maker has preset finished tassel sizes of 2…
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Standing Oval Knitting Loom
What is it? – Knitting is fun, productive, cathartic, expressive and creative. But mostly it’s creative. In fact, when it comes to the selection of yarns available with all of the exciting colors, textures, and fibers that constitute them, your creative quotient is virtually unlimited. All you need is a creative idea, that yarn you’ve been coveting down at the yarn shop all week and a great set of knitting needles or a loom. Wait, what? A loom? Yes, a loom. They’re not just for weaving anymore. It’s just…
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Flower Frill Templates
What is it? – Henry Beecher famously wrote, “Flowers are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into.” Claude Monet felt that he owed his iconic professional career to flowers. And don’t even get started with poets. But how do we feel about flowers? They’re important to us too. We use them to say I love you, I’m sorry, good luck, congratulations or get well. And we use them not only to adorn all of the special occasions of our lives but also…