900+ Free Sewing Patterns

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Looking for some summer sewing projects? 

SewingSupport.com offers over 900 free sewing patterns for every sewing level. Beginners will love the ease of some of these and practicing will help you to move on up to the more expert levels. Whether you are an avid sewing enthusiast or you just like to tinker with your sewing machine from time to time, you are sure to find a pattern that you just have to make.

Invisible Crochet Finish

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Crochet Corner illustrates a great way to get rid of that little bump a slip stitch makes when you join the beginning and end of a round together.

Used together with Standing Stitches, this technique will make your rounds one glorious circle and you won't be able to tell where the rounds begin or end.

Heels by Number

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Sock knitters can easily customize a pattern by varying the number of cast on stitches; however, turning the heel can be a bit tricky with a different stitch count. Socknitters.com provides a solution for adventurous sock knitters.

The chart gives stitch count for a variety of heels: "V" heel, square heel, round heel, French heel, Dutch heel, German strap heel, and others.

Check out and bookmark Heels by Number

Four Dyeing Methods

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Those who participated in the Guild Spring Retreat enjoyed the process of dyeing wool with Kool-Aid and food coloring. 

Dye Your Yarn provides directions on over-dyeing wool on the stove, in the microwave, in gradients, and by dip dyeing. Check out the tutorials on their website. 

Felting Fiber

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Making felt has evolved into a fun, creative process—quick and easy, too. All you need is a bit of wool, warm water, wool-safe soap, and some towels, and you're ready to start making cloth in one of the fastest, free form ways you can imagine.

A free ebook from Interweave provides the instructions and some projects to get you started with creating felted fiber. 

Yarn Bombing History

Yarn-bombing has become a world-wide phenomenon. The knitter who started the craze shares the reason behind the creative movement in a short video on TED talks.

Textile artist Magda Sayeg transforms urban landscapes into her own playground by decorating everyday objects with colorful knit and crochet works. These warm, fuzzy "yarn bombs" started small, with stop sign poles and fire hydrants in Sayeg's hometown, but soon people found a connection to the craft and spread it across the world. "We all live in this fast-paced, digital world, but we still crave and desire something that's relatable," Sayeg says. "Hidden power can be found in the most unassuming places, and we all possess skills that are just waiting to be discovered."

The five-minute video can be seen here.

Measuring Fiber

Confused by all of the numbers and categories that describe fiber and yarn? You’re not alone! Interweave shares an excerpt from the Spin Off -  Fall 2016 “Ask a Spinning Teacher: Numbers,” Amy Tyler explains what the Bradford system, micron system, and blood system mean and what these systems tell you about measuring fiber.

The article can be found here.