As promised, I am doing a two-part blog post on how to sew a zipper into a knitted garment. In Part One, we learned how to sew in the zipper and make sure both sides of the garment align well. Now, in Part Two, we will work on creating a facing to cover the zipper tape on the wrong side of the …
Garments
How To Sew In a Zipper, Part One
As promised, I am going to do a two-part tutorial on adding a zipper to your knitted garment. This method involves hand sewing, picking up stitches, and creating a facing. It's a bit time- and labor-intensive, but in my opinion, it's well worth the trouble if you want to give your garment a …
The Contract Is Up!
Over the last few months, the contract has run out on several of my patterns. What does this mean? It means that when I sold the pattern to the publisher, they got exclusive rights to sell it for a period of time (12 or 24 months), and that time is over. Now I get the rights back to sell the …
A Visit with Lopi
At the beginning of last month, my brother visited us for a week. He has been living in northwest UK for the last year, and he will be there until the end of 2019, when he plans to move back to the US. It has been tough to have him so far away, with our conversations limited to Skype calls, and only …
The Year In Review: 2018
First of all, let me just say: I'm so happy to be back to blogging! Second, let me also say: 2018 has been one tough year. I'm so ready to move on and hope for brighter horizons in the New Year! This goes without saying, but I had to take a bit of a hiatus from my website. After some staffing …