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Designer smoke alarm arrives in Australia – $10 Off

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Receive $10 off (exclusive to Craft Gossip readers) 

Smoke alarms may be an essential home safety device but they are certainly not known for their visual design.  Here at last is a smoke alarm that breaks with convention.  Now available in Australia for the first time, the Chick-a-Dee smoke alarm is an innovative, bird-shaped smoke detector that combines form and function in a truly unique device.

 

The Chick-a-Dee’s great natural design works beautifully in both contemporary and traditional Australian interiors and of course it’s a fun and reassuring addition to kids’ rooms and nurseries.

 

The Australian Standards certified Chick-a-Dee smoke alarm is a great way to protect your family while also creating a unique talking point in your home.  It is available for sale online for $79.95 at chick-a-dee.com.au  The Chick-a-Dee is a photoelectric smoke alarm and is currently available in white with a black & white version coming soon.

 

To receive your discount – exclusive to Craft Gossip readers – simply use the discount coupon craftgossip at the checkout of the online shop: chick-a-dee.com.au/shop/  This coupon will be valid until 30 June 2013.

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Book Review: Cable Knitting Stitch Dictionary

Stitch dictionaries are a fun way to learn new-to-you knitting stitch patterns or to take a deep dive into a particular technique. Debbie Tomkies offers 100 cable stitch designs and thoughts on how to incorporate them into projects in her Cable Knitting Stitch Dictionary.

Each stitch pattern is shown in a large swatch photo and with written and charted instructions. Any special stitches are included on the page. The stitches are rated on a difficulty scale of 1 to 3, and the pattern notes also indicate how many extra stitches you should add to a project if you’re going to work this cable (since cables pull the fabric closer together you need to compensate for that) as well as how many stitches and rows are in the repeat if you want to design a project yourself.

The cables are arranged into sections: classic cables, combinations, all-over panels, creative cables, motifs and panels and cabled edges and borders.

It’s fun to flip through the designs to think about projects you can add a single cable or two to or make with an allover cabled design. Or you could make swatches of different cables and sew them together into a pillow cover or a throw.

At the back of the book there’s a section on general cable knitting techniques, reading charts, working swatches and avoiding errors (though it mentions working the wrong number of rows between cable turns, it doesn’t share how to count rows between cables to avoid this mistake).

It also talks about how to design your own cables, combine cables in a project, choose the right yarn and needles and determine how many more stitches you need to cast on when working cables instead of stockinette stitch. There’s also a glossary of symbols and abbreviations you may find in cable knitting and other patterns.

The book provides a good overview of things you can do with cables, as well as some fun things you might not have tried like infinity cables and horizontal cables. It’s a great book for a designer who likes to work with cables or a knitter who wants to play with different stitches in their projects.

About the book: 176 pages, paperback, 100 stitch patterns. Published 2024 by David & Charles. Suggested retail price $26.99.