Plum Project Blog - March 2010

Debbie Bliss Collared Cardigan (free pattern)

This pattern was originally published in Debbie Bliss Coastlines and the Debbie Bliss Knitting Magazine Spring / Summer 2009 and is now available for free on the Prima site.

free (and fun) easter project patterns

Just posted the pictures of the knitted Easter eggs that I've made up for the Studio. My girls chose the colours (the blue colourway is apparently for our dog Theo) and can't wait until I bring them back home.

celebrating greens on st patrick's day

My Mother was an interior decorator (now retired, though still actively redecorating) and my sisters will likely laugh if you say the words 'green is forgiving' to them. Mom used to say this when we were discussing how to use greens in a room. The premise is that because we are used to seeing many different greens together in nature - think the different tones of green on one leaf alone - we accept mixing them much more readily than other colours.

stash for good

For those of you not tied into our Facebook and Twitter pages, we've created a 'Sustainable Stitchers' group on meetup.com.

to ebay or not to ebay

I’ve been an ebay-er for a while and infamously (in my family) bought my Vera Wang wedding dress second hand in 2001. I also enjoy collecting vintage needlework tools, patterns and materials from ebay and recently found a lovely bulk auction for mother of pearl buttons. The wooden spools and vintage silk crochet threads shown below were purchased on ebay:

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