Holiday Break

Taking a break from posting until 2018

Merry Christmas 

& 

Happy New Year 

from 

Fremont Fiber Art Guild 

Keeping Track of Needle/Hook Size

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Not So Granny shares a simple trick she uses to remember the needle or hook size she is using for a project. 

She simply ties knots in the tail end of the yarn to note what the needle or hook size she's using  

Read more here

December Meeting

Crocheting a Hat that Fits

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Not So Granny shares a formula to make a top down crochet hat that fits.

Her formula can be found here.

Securing a Shawl

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If you like to wear shawls in a bandana style, try this tip from Not So Granny who states, "I live a pretty busy lifestyle (who doesn’t though!) which involves lots of walking near windy fens, leaning down to help/pick up after small children, getting tugged at by small children, running after small children…the list goes on and all of these things can unwind the shawl or scarf from your neck, particularly shorter one skein shawls."

She shares her tip for keeping the shawls safely secure

How to Measure Yarn

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Calculating the yardage for a project is only half of the story. Getting an accurate measurement of your stitches is a crucial, as this is the measurement that you’ll be using for all of your calculations!


Fresh Stitches blog shares tips for measuring your stitches to determine the amount of yarn needed.

Fixing a Sweater's Fit

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Kristen (Cozy Things) knit a sweater that she loved, but it was too slouchy for her to love and wear. Finally, she decided to fix the sweater or to get rid of it. (We've all been there, right?)

Kristen decided to fix the sweater and grabbed her scissors. . .  It was a scary but successful operation.

Read about her ingenious solution here

Using Hand Carders

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Interweave's free wool combing and carding eBook shows spinners how to get the most out of their fiber combs and cards and how to get beyond commercially prepared fiber by trying new methods and a variety of wool carding tools. 

The free eBook can be found here.

Measuring Tape Cheat Cards

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Sew4Home created printable Cheat Cards based on one of their most popular articles. Their article states, "If you’ve been sewing forever, and work with fractions every day, it may seem crazy to you that someone wouldn’t know how to read a measuring tape. But if you step back for a moment, and look at that tape measure (or ruler for that matter) with the eyes of a new sewer, all those little unidentified marks might seem a bit intimidating."

No doubt you or someone you know would appreciate Sew4Home's free Measuring Tape Cheat Cards. The PDF is free and can be printed on business card cardstock. 

Using Weftovers

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Weavers, do you have a basket full of small weaving scraps and hesitate to discard them? 

If so, check out the "What to do with Weftovers" post on WEBS Yarn Store blog.

Healthy Sewing

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Sewing and Quilting can be stressful to the body. Allison (Cluck Cluck Sew) provides six tips to prevent sewing-related health issues in her post Healthy Sewing.

Older Sewing Machine Care

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If your machine is older, out of warranty, you have nothing to lose by trying to make it run better yourself.

Carole (From My Carolina Home) shares how to fix an old machine making strange noises, or maintain an older machine so you can continue to get good service from it.

Older Sewing Machine Care