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Month: February 2022

Knitting Pattern reviews

February 24, 2022

The STJERNØYA Knitted Slipover // Kit Couture

I’ve been admiring the Kit Couture kits for quite some time now and finally decided to treat myself to a kit for Christmas this year! I picked the Stjernøya Slipover partly because I loved the sewing but also partly because it’s a smaller project than going for a full sweater straight off the bat. That […]

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February 20, 2022

The Zero Waste Gather Dress // Birgitta Helmersson

The Zero Waste Gather dress by Birgitta Helmersson is a pattern came to my attention a fair while ago now – well, I feel like I bought it a heck of a long time ago anyway! The concept behind the pattern is simple. Zero waste. By some magic you’d be able to use every single […]

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Pattern hacks

February 18, 2022

Hacked Jenny overall shorts // Closet Core Patterns

I made one other thing for my holiday and that was a new set of dungaree shorts! I’d always planned on making some and this seemed like a great time to do so! I decided to use a pattern I’d made once before – the Jenny overalls from Closet Core Patterns. I liked the loose […]

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Pattern hacks

February 5, 2022

The Grady bikini top + Iris Knickers // Edgewater Ave + Tilly and the Buttons

This post is a little out of season for the northern hemisphere but I recently got away for some winter sun! I managed to sneak away to Mexico this January for a much needed holiday and for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic. Ten days of glorious warmth, sunshine and beach times […]

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