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Barrel of Craft at Reverse Garbage

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Cardboard Barrels on sale for a limited time $3/$4 each @ Reverse Garbage.

Reverse Garbage is open for trading from their new warehouse at 20 Burke St, Woolloongabba Brisbane Australia. They will be holding a Grand Opening celebrationon Saturday the 26th February.

The warehouse is bigger than their old place and will allow them to hold eco-art workshops onsite for entire classes during the school term, allow them to expand their collection of materialsand launching a new, improved giftshop!

The new warehouse is close to Park Rd train station and Boggo Rd busway. There’s a bikeway that will take you there from Southbank and by car you can access Burke st from Ipswich Rd or Annerley Rd. [here’s the map]

Grand opening of Reverse Garbage in Woolloongabba

Come along to 20 Burke St, Woolloongabba on Saturday the 26th of February for a day of fun and activities!

What’s Planned:

– Free eco-arts workshops for kids (10am – 12pm and 2pm – 4pm)
– Tours of the new warehouse
– Veggie Sausage Sizzle – Fundraiser for Friends of the Earth who are moving in upstairs at the new place!
– Heaps and heaps of salvaged materials for your next DIY or craft project!

CraftGossip readers will we see you there? Don’t forget to tell them who sent you 🙂

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Knit a Classic Aran Cardigan with this Free Knitting Pattern

Not too long ago I did a test knit for another designer that was for a cabled cardigan. It’s really cozy and nice but it just about broke me in a ton of different ways. I couldn’t get gauge, which I suppose is my own problem, but mainly I was somehow both bored and forced to pay attention at the same time. 

Because it used the same cable all over, I always had to know what row I was on, but nine out of ten of those rows, nothing in particular was going on. So I couldn’t stop paying attention, but what I needed to attend to was boring. 

It may have ruined me for knitting cabled sweaters, but maybe I just need something that’s more engaging. Like this Modern Aran Cardigan pattern from Lion Brand Yarn. 

This is a reworking of an old pattern from their archives, and you can tell that form the classic look of the cables and the oversized feel (nothing cropped about this one!). It has allover cables, but like a classic Aran sweater it’s not the same cable, so you’ll have to pay attention to what row you’re on and what cable turns happen for which cables on that row. 

Because of this, it’s considered an intermediate knitting pattern, but if you’re comfortable working from multiple charts at once it shouldn’t be a problem for you. There are three different charts and seven different cable moves. 

Also because the pattern is so big and boxy there are only two sizes available, with a finished chest measurement of either 49 or 63 inches (that’s 124.5 or 160 cm). It’s up to you to decide how much ease you would like and whether that will work for your body. 

The pattern uses worsted weight yarn (and calls for another classic, Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool). It calls for six buttons and includes pockets to make it extra cozy. 

This one looks like a great winter project to make and to wear if you’re up for a bit of a challenge. You can grab the free pattern or buy a kit with the yarn needed direct from Lion Brand Yarn. 

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]