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Sew this cute American flag ruffle pillow for 4th of July! Coats & Clark Sewing Secrets blog has a tutorial showing how. Red and white ruffles make the stripes of the flag, and the stars on the field of blue are novelty buttons.
Click the link below to go to the tutorial:
Patriotic Pillow, by Sewing Secrets
[photo from Sewing Secrets]
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There’s just something about plaid that makes it a classic for any time of year in just about any colors you can imagine.
The lines on the Piet Sweater from kolibri by johanna give a modern take on plaid with bright, poppy colors and a hint of pastel.
The project is worked with two fingering weight yarns held together (an alpaca and a mohair for a bit of fuzz) or you can use any DK weight yarn that gets you the correct gauge.
The pattern is worked from the top down, mostly in the round, and uses short row shaping to shape the sleeves, which are knit directly onto the body and cuffed with ribbing to emphasize the balloon shape.
Horizontal stripes are knit as you go, while the vertical stripes are added at the end with a crochet hook.
It is meant to be oversized but also cropped, though you can adjust the length if you like.
The pattern comes in seven sizes, and uses a main color and four contrasting colors. The actual chest measurement of the finished sweater ranges from 41 to 55.5 inches, or 104-141 cm, and is meant to be worn with 6 to 8 inches/15 to 20 cm of positive ease.
The designer rates the project as for advanced knitters, but if you have some garments under your belt and are comfortable with short rows and a little bit of crochet you should be fine.
The pattern is available in English, French and German on Ravelry. There’s also a cardigan version of the same style of sweater if you’d rather have a cardigan than a pullover. The sample of that one has a much more toned down, pastel color palette so it’s interesting to see how the pattern looks in different yarns. (There are quite a few projects for both sweaters on Ravelry if you want to see how it works in different colors.)
Photo: kolibri by johanna